1927 - 2012
Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch ForMemRS (17 October 1927 – 27 May 2012) was a German mathematician, working in the fields of topology, complex manifolds and algebraic geometry, and a leading figure in his generation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Hirzebruch has received more than 92,925 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Hirzebruch is the 456th most popular mathematician (up from 489th in 2019), the 3,013th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,981st in 2019) and the 56th most popular German Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Friedrich Hirzebruch ranks 456 out of 823. Before him are Ion Ghica, Francesco Maurolico, Lothar Collatz, Enrico Betti, Auguste Kerckhoffs, and John Hadley. After him are Thomas Bradwardine, Geminus, Pierre Fatou, Roger Cotes, Maryam Mirzakhani, and Whitfield Diffie.
1816 - 1897
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 450
1494 - 1575
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 451
1910 - 1990
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 452
1823 - 1892
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 453
1835 - 1903
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 454
1682 - 1744
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 455
1927 - 2012
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 456
1300 - 1349
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 457
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 458
1878 - 1929
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 459
1682 - 1716
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 460
1977 - 2017
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 461
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 462
Among people born in 1927, Friedrich Hirzebruch ranks 164. Before him are Joan Segarra, Kenneth Anger, Ales Adamovich, Elvin Jones, Erich Probst, and Tom Bosley. After him are Juan Alonso, Joe Turkel, Florencio Campomanes, Jack Cassidy, Bernard Fox, and Oleg Yefremov. Among people deceased in 2012, Friedrich Hirzebruch ranks 164. Before him are Barry Commoner, George McGovern, Jack Klugman, Roy Salvadori, Adrienne Rich, and Rajesh Khanna. After him are Josef Škvorecký, Claude Pinoteau, Ann Rutherford, I. K. Gujral, Jiří Raška, and Leonardo Favio.
1927 - 2008
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 158
1927 - 2023
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 159
1927 - 1994
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 160
1927 - 2004
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 161
1927 - 1988
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 162
1927 - 2010
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 163
1927 - 2012
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 164
1927 - 1994
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 165
1927 - 2022
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 166
1927 - 2010
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 167
1927 - 1976
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 168
1927 - 2016
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 169
1927 - 2000
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 170
1917 - 2012
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 158
1922 - 2012
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 159
1922 - 2012
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 160
1922 - 2012
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 161
1929 - 2012
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 162
1942 - 2012
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 163
1927 - 2012
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 164
1924 - 2012
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 165
1925 - 2012
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 166
1917 - 2012
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 167
1919 - 2012
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 168
1941 - 2012
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 169
1938 - 2012
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 170
Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Hirzebruch ranks 3,013 out of 6,142. Before him are Fritz Darges (1913), Friedrich Wolf (1888), Wilhelm Griesinger (1817), Herbert Achternbusch (1938), Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (1615), and Peter Thiel (1967). After him are Oliver Hirschbiegel (1957), Friedrich Meinecke (1862), Meryem Uzerli (1983), Hans-Joachim Stuck (1951), Henny Porten (1890), and Alfred Delp (1907).
1913 - 2009
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 3,007
1888 - 1953
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 3,008
1817 - 1868
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 3,009
1938 - 2022
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 3,010
1615 - 1690
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 3,011
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 3,012
1927 - 2012
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 3,013
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 3,014
1862 - 1954
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 3,015
1983 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 3,016
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 3,017
1890 - 1960
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 3,018
1907 - 1945
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 3,019
Among mathematicians born in Germany, Friedrich Hirzebruch ranks 56. Before him are Otto Hölder (1859), Hans Freudenthal (1905), Johann Samuel König (1712), Max Dehn (1878), Henryk Zygalski (1908), and Lothar Collatz (1910). After him are Adam Ries (1492), Johann Friedrich Pfaff (1765), Heinrich Martin Weber (1842), Wilhelm Jordan (1842), Martin Ohm (1792), and Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719).
1859 - 1937
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 50
1905 - 1990
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 51
1712 - 1757
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 52
1878 - 1952
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 53
1908 - 1978
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 54
1910 - 1990
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 55
1927 - 2012
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 56
1492 - 1559
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 57
1765 - 1825
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 58
1842 - 1913
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 59
1842 - 1899
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 60
1792 - 1872
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 61
1719 - 1800
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 62