MATHEMATICIAN
G. H. Hardy
1877 - 1947
G. H. Hardy
Godfrey Harold Hardy (7 February 1877 – 1 December 1947) was an English mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis. In biology, he is known for the Hardy–Weinberg principle, a basic principle of population genetics. G. H. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of G. H. Hardy has received more than 2,493,531 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). G. H. Hardy is the 92nd most popular mathematician (up from 108th in 2019), the 378th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 526th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Mathematician.
G. H. Hardy is most famous for his work in pure mathematics. He was one of the few mathematicians to have ever reached the rank of a Fellow of the Royal Society and the first mathematician to be knighted.
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Over the past year G. H. Hardy has had the most page views in the Spanish wikipedia edition with 704,880 views, followed by English (223,580), and Russian (24,960). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (315.35%), Spanish (292.72%), and Bengali (132.11%)
Among MATHEMATICIANS
Among mathematicians, G. H. Hardy ranks 92 out of 1,004. Before him are Alexander Friedmann, Stanislaw Ulam, Katherine Johnson, Paul Erdős, Lars Ahlfors, and Adrien-Marie Legendre. After him are Siméon Denis Poisson, Leopold Kronecker, Gabriel Cramer, Guillaume de l'Hôpital, Thābit ibn Qurra, and Pierre Louis Maupertuis.
Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsAlexander Friedmann
1888 - 1925
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 86
Stanislaw Ulam
1909 - 1984
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 87
Katherine Johnson
1918 - 2020
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 88
Paul Erdős
1913 - 1996
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 89
Lars Ahlfors
1907 - 1996
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 90
Adrien-Marie Legendre
1752 - 1833
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 91
G. H. Hardy
1877 - 1947
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 92
Siméon Denis Poisson
1781 - 1840
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 93
Leopold Kronecker
1823 - 1891
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 94
Gabriel Cramer
1704 - 1752
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 95
Guillaume de l'Hôpital
1661 - 1704
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 96
Thābit ibn Qurra
836 - 901
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 97
Pierre Louis Maupertuis
1698 - 1759
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 98
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1877, G. H. Hardy ranks 11. Before him are Charles Glover Barkla, Joan Gamper, Frederick Soddy, Muhammad Iqbal, Francis William Aston, and Heinrich Otto Wieland. After him are Louis Renault, Raoul Dufy, Kees van Dongen, Said Nursî, Gabriele Münter, and Kārlis Ulmanis. Among people deceased in 1947, G. H. Hardy ranks 22. Before him are Ettore Bugatti, Halford Mackinder, Anton Denikin, Aung San, Ernst Lubitsch, and Han van Meegeren. After him are Karl Mannheim, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Pierre Bonnard, Nicholas Roerich, Black Dahlia, and Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque.
Others Born in 1877
Go to all RankingsCharles Glover Barkla
PHYSICIST
1877 - 1944
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 5
Joan Gamper
BUSINESSPERSON
1877 - 1930
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 6
Frederick Soddy
CHEMIST
1877 - 1956
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 7
Muhammad Iqbal
WRITER
1877 - 1938
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 8
Francis William Aston
CHEMIST
1877 - 1945
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 9
Heinrich Otto Wieland
CHEMIST
1877 - 1957
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 10
G. H. Hardy
MATHEMATICIAN
1877 - 1947
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 11
Louis Renault
INVENTOR
1877 - 1944
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 12
Raoul Dufy
PAINTER
1877 - 1953
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 13
Kees van Dongen
PAINTER
1877 - 1968
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 14
Said Nursî
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1877 - 1960
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 15
Gabriele Münter
PAINTER
1877 - 1962
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 16
Kārlis Ulmanis
POLITICIAN
1877 - 1942
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 17
Others Deceased in 1947
Go to all RankingsEttore Bugatti
BUSINESSPERSON
1881 - 1947
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 16
Halford Mackinder
POLITICIAN
1861 - 1947
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 17
Anton Denikin
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1872 - 1947
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 18
Aung San
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1947
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 19
Ernst Lubitsch
FILM DIRECTOR
1892 - 1947
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 20
Han van Meegeren
PAINTER
1889 - 1947
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 21
G. H. Hardy
MATHEMATICIAN
1877 - 1947
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 22
Karl Mannheim
SOCIOLOGIST
1893 - 1947
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 23
Frederick Gowland Hopkins
CHEMIST
1861 - 1947
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 24
Pierre Bonnard
PAINTER
1867 - 1947
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 25
Nicholas Roerich
PAINTER
1874 - 1947
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 26
Black Dahlia
CELEBRITY
1924 - 1947
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 27
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1902 - 1947
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 28
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, G. H. Hardy ranks 378 out of 8,785. Before him are Anne, Princess Royal (1950), Calico Jack (1682), Martin Ryle (1918), Harold Pinter (1930), Hugh Grant (1960), and George Mallory (1886). After him are Kenneth Branagh (1960), Mordred (null), Christian de Duve (1917), Pelagius (360), Henry Morgan (1635), and William Crookes (1832).
Others born in United Kingdom
Go to all RankingsAnne, Princess Royal
NOBLEMAN
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 372
Calico Jack
PIRATE
1682 - 1720
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 373
Martin Ryle
ASTRONOMER
1918 - 1984
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 374
Harold Pinter
WRITER
1930 - 2008
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 375
Hugh Grant
ACTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 376
George Mallory
MOUNTAINEER
1886 - 1924
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 377
G. H. Hardy
MATHEMATICIAN
1877 - 1947
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 378
Kenneth Branagh
ACTOR
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 379
Mordred
COMPANION
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 380
Christian de Duve
BIOLOGIST
1917 - 2013
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 381
Pelagius
PHILOSOPHER
360 - 420
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 382
Henry Morgan
PIRATE
1635 - 1688
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 383
William Crookes
CHEMIST
1832 - 1919
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 384
Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom
Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, G. H. Hardy ranks 6. Before him are Bertrand Russell (1872), John Napier (1550), Ada Lovelace (1815), George Boole (1815), and Alfred North Whitehead (1861). After him are Isaac Barrow (1631), Joan Clarke (1917), Thomas Harriot (1560), John Wallis (1616), Brook Taylor (1685), and John Couch Adams (1819).
Bertrand Russell
1872 - 1970
HPI: 79.72
Rank: 1
John Napier
1550 - 1617
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 2
Ada Lovelace
1815 - 1852
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 3
George Boole
1815 - 1864
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 4
Alfred North Whitehead
1861 - 1947
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 5
G. H. Hardy
1877 - 1947
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 6
Isaac Barrow
1631 - 1677
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 7
Joan Clarke
1917 - 1996
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 8
Thomas Harriot
1560 - 1621
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 9
John Wallis
1616 - 1703
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 10
Brook Taylor
1685 - 1731
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 11
John Couch Adams
1819 - 1892
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 12