1852 - 1939
Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann (12 April 1852 – 6 March 1939) was a German mathematician, noted for his proof, published in 1882, that π (pi) is a transcendental number, meaning it is not a root of any polynomial with rational coefficients. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand von Lindemann has received more than 173,408 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand von Lindemann is the 122nd most popular mathematician (down from 117th in 2019), the 762nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 667th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Mathematician.
Ferdinand von Lindemann was a German mathematician who is most famous for proving that π is a transcendental number.
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Among mathematicians, Ferdinand von Lindemann ranks 122 out of 823. Before him are Christopher Clavius, Hermann Weyl, Leonid Kantorovich, Émile Borel, Aloysius Lilius, and Edward Norton Lorenz. After him are Andrew Wiles, Marian Rejewski, Brook Taylor, Henri Lebesgue, Herbert A. Hauptman, and Menelaus of Alexandria.
1538 - 1612
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 116
1885 - 1955
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 117
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 118
1871 - 1956
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 119
1510 - 1576
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 120
1917 - 2008
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 121
1852 - 1939
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 122
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 123
1905 - 1980
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 124
1685 - 1731
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 125
1875 - 1941
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 126
1917 - 2011
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 127
70 - 140
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 128
Among people born in 1852, Ferdinand von Lindemann ranks 18. Before him are Joseph Joffre, Charles Taze Russell, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Alice Liddell, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, and Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant. After him are Calamity Jane, Julius Richard Petri, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Tewfik Pasha, Constantin Fehrenbach, and H. H. Asquith. Among people deceased in 1939, Ferdinand von Lindemann ranks 21. Before him are Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Matthias Sindelar, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Antonio Machado, Alexander Yegorov, and Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria. After him are Louis Wain, Douglas Fairbanks, Otto Rank, Anthony Fokker, Ghazi of Iraq, and Ernst Toller.
1852 - 1931
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 12
1852 - 1916
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 13
1852 - 1912
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 14
1852 - 1934
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 15
1852 - 1925
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 16
1852 - 1924
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 17
1852 - 1939
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 18
1852 - 1903
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 19
1852 - 1921
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 20
1852 - 1905
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 21
1852 - 1892
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 22
1852 - 1926
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 23
1852 - 1928
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 24
1848 - 1939
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 15
1903 - 1939
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 16
1857 - 1939
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 17
1875 - 1939
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 18
1883 - 1939
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 19
1866 - 1939
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 20
1852 - 1939
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 21
1860 - 1939
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 22
1883 - 1939
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 23
1884 - 1939
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 24
1890 - 1939
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 25
1912 - 1939
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 26
1893 - 1939
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 27
Among people born in Germany, Ferdinand von Lindemann ranks 762 out of 6,142. Before him are Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (1735), Ernst Chain (1906), Maria of Yugoslavia (1900), Bettina von Arnim (1785), Paul Breitner (1951), and Anselm Kiefer (1945). After him are Jürgen Klinsmann (1964), Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), Wilhelm Hauff (1802), Peter Weiss (1916), Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666), and Hugo Sperrle (1885).
1735 - 1806
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 756
1906 - 1979
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 757
1900 - 1961
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 758
1785 - 1859
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 759
1951 - Present
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 760
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 761
1852 - 1939
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 762
1964 - Present
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 763
1918 - 2007
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 764
1802 - 1827
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 765
1916 - 1982
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 766
1666 - 1726
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 767
1885 - 1953
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 768
Among mathematicians born in Germany, Ferdinand von Lindemann ranks 18. Before him are Alexander Grothendieck (1928), Friedrich Bessel (1784), Felix Klein (1849), Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804), Christopher Clavius (1538), and Hermann Weyl (1885). After him are Robert Aumann (1930), Johannes Trithemius (1462), Ernst Zermelo (1871), Hermann of Reichenau (1013), Maria Reiche (1903), and Constantin Carathéodory (1873).
1928 - 2014
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 12
1784 - 1846
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 13
1849 - 1925
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 14
1804 - 1851
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 15
1538 - 1612
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 16
1885 - 1955
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 17
1852 - 1939
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 18
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 19
1462 - 1516
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 20
1871 - 1953
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 21
1013 - 1054
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 22
1903 - 1998
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 23
1873 - 1950
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 24