1423 - 1461
Georg von Peuerbach (also Purbach, Peurbach; Latin: Purbachius; born May 30, 1423 – April 8, 1461) was an Austrian astronomer, poet, mathematician and instrument maker, best known for his streamlined presentation of Ptolemaic astronomy in the Theoricae Novae Planetarum. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georg von Peuerbach has received more than 72,759 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Georg von Peuerbach is the 199th most popular mathematician (up from 201st in 2019), the 318th most popular biography from Austria (down from 311th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Georg von Peuerbach ranks 199 out of 823. Before him are Marcel Grossmann, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Jan Łukasiewicz, Richard von Mises, Laurent Schwartz, and Édouard Lucas. After him are Abu Nasr Mansur, Constantin Carathéodory, Piet Hein, Lars Ahlfors, Alonzo Church, and Paolo Ruffini.
1878 - 1936
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 193
1651 - 1708
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 194
1878 - 1956
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 195
1883 - 1953
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 196
1915 - 2002
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 197
1842 - 1891
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 198
1423 - 1461
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 199
960 - 1036
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 200
1873 - 1950
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 201
1905 - 1996
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 202
1907 - 1996
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 203
1903 - 1995
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 204
1765 - 1822
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 205
Among people born in 1423, Georg von Peuerbach ranks 4. Before him are Louis XI of France, Ferdinand I of Naples, and Uzun Hasan. After him are Laonikos Chalkokondyles and Pierre d'Aubusson. Among people deceased in 1461, Georg von Peuerbach ranks 5. Before him are Charles VII of France, Owen Tudor, Domenico Veneziano, and Charles, Prince of Viana. After him are Thomas of Bosnia, Afonso I, Duke of Braganza, Sayf ad-Din Inal, and Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland.
1423 - 1483
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 1
1423 - 1494
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 2
1423 - 1478
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 3
1423 - 1461
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 4
1423 - 1490
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 5
1423 - 1503
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 6
1403 - 1461
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 1
1400 - 1461
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 2
1410 - 1461
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 3
1421 - 1461
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 4
1423 - 1461
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 5
1411 - 1461
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 6
1377 - 1461
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 7
1380 - 1461
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 8
1421 - 1461
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 9
Among people born in Austria, Georg von Peuerbach ranks 318 out of 1,237. Before him are Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872), Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (1628), Friedrich Gulda (1930), Gerhard Berger (1959), Johann Joseph Fux (1660), and Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg (1902). After him are Fritjof Capra (1939), Walter Kohn (1923), Baron Alexander von Bach (1813), Rudolf Hilferding (1877), Alois Riegl (1858), and Michael Hainisch (1858).
1872 - 1942
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 312
1628 - 1662
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 313
1930 - 2000
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 314
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 315
1660 - 1741
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 316
1902 - 1962
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 317
1423 - 1461
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 318
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 319
1923 - 2016
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 320
1813 - 1893
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 321
1877 - 1941
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 322
1858 - 1905
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 323
1858 - 1940
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 324
Among mathematicians born in Austria, Georg von Peuerbach ranks 4. Before him are Kurt Gödel (1906), Josef Stefan (1835), and Paul Ehrenfest (1880). After him are Emil Artin (1898), Hans Hahn (1879), Georg Alexander Pick (1859), Karl Menger (1902), Philipp Frank (1884), Hermann Bondi (1919), Simon von Stampfer (1790), and Otto E. Neugebauer (1899).
1906 - 1978
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 1
1835 - 1893
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 2
1880 - 1933
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 3
1423 - 1461
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 4
1898 - 1962
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 5
1879 - 1934
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 6
1859 - 1942
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 7
1902 - 1985
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 8
1884 - 1966
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 9
1919 - 2005
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 10
1790 - 1864
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 11
1899 - 1990
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 12