Geminus of Rhodes (Greek: Γεμῖνος ὁ Ῥόδιος), was a Greek astronomer and mathematician, who flourished in the 1st century BC. An astronomy work of his, the Introduction to the Phenomena, still survives; it was intended as an introductory astronomy book for students. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geminus has received more than 101,328 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Geminus is the 458th most popular mathematician (down from 453rd in 2019), the 537th most popular biography from Greece (down from 516th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Greek Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Geminus ranks 458 out of 823. Before him are Lothar Collatz, Enrico Betti, Auguste Kerckhoffs, John Hadley, Friedrich Hirzebruch, and Thomas Bradwardine. After him are Pierre Fatou, Roger Cotes, Maryam Mirzakhani, Whitfield Diffie, Adam Ries, and Mitchell Feigenbaum.
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
1492 - 1559
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 463
1944 - 2019
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 464
Among people born in Greece, Geminus ranks 537 out of 936. Before him are Leosthenes (-400), Philostratus of Lemnos (200), Nephon II of Constantinople (1450), Oenopides (-490), Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851), and Antiphanes (-388). After him are Arethas of Caesarea (860), Nikolaos Michaloliakos (1957), Thrasyllus (-450), Antigone of Epirus (-350), Charilaos Vasilakos (1877), and Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou (1950).
400 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 531
200 - 230
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 532
1450 - 1508
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 533
490 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 534
1851 - 1911
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 535
388 BC - 311 BC
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 536
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 537
860 - 935
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 538
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 539
450 BC - 406 BC
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 540
350 BC - Present
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 541
1877 - 1964
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 542
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 543
Among mathematicians born in Greece, Geminus ranks 9. Before him are Conon of Samos (-280), Theaetetus (-417), Menaechmus (-375), Aristyllus (-400), Diocles (-240), and Dinostratus (-390). After him are Cahit Arf (1910) and Demetrios Christodoulou (1951).
280 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 3
417 BC - 369 BC
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 4
375 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 5
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 6
240 BC - 180 BC
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 7
390 BC - 320 BC
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 8
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 9
1910 - 1997
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 10
1951 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 11