1501 - 1576
Gerolamo Cardano (Italian: [dʒeˈrɔːlamo karˈdaːno]; also Girolamo or Geronimo; French: Jérôme Cardan; Latin: Hieronymus Cardanus; 24 September 1501– 21 September 1576) was an Italian polymath whose interests and proficiencies ranged through those of mathematician, physician, biologist, physicist, chemist, astrologer, astronomer, philosopher, writer, and gambler. He became one of the most influential mathematicians of the Renaissance and one of the key figures in the foundation of probability; he introduced the binomial coefficients and the binomial theorem in the Western world. He wrote more than 200 works on science.Cardano partially invented and described several mechanical devices, including the combination lock, the gimbal consisting of three concentric rings allowing a supported compass or gyroscope to rotate freely, and the Cardan shaft with universal joints, which allows the transmission of rotary motion at various angles and is used in vehicles to this day. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerolamo Cardano has received more than 941,518 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Gerolamo Cardano is the 33rd most popular mathematician (up from 34th in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from Italy (down from 225th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Mathematician.
Gerolamo Cardano was an Italian mathematician and physician who is most famous for his work on probability.
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Among mathematicians, Gerolamo Cardano ranks 33 out of 823. Before him are Pope Sylvester II, Srinivasa Ramanujan, François Viète, John Napier, Augustin-Louis Cauchy, and Georg Cantor. After him are George Boole, Kurt Gödel, Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, Ada Lovelace, Gottlob Frege, and Niels Henrik Abel.
938 - 1003
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 27
1887 - 1920
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 28
1540 - 1603
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 29
1550 - 1617
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 30
1789 - 1857
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 31
1845 - 1918
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 32
1501 - 1576
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 33
1815 - 1864
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 34
1906 - 1978
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 35
1805 - 1859
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 36
1815 - 1852
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 37
1848 - 1925
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 38
1802 - 1829
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 39
Among people born in 1501, Gerolamo Cardano ranks 3. Before him are Anne Boleyn and Pope Marcellus II. After him are Isabella of Austria, Garcilaso de la Vega, Queen Munjeong, Yi Hwang, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Sahib I Giray, Leonhart Fuchs, Bairam Khan, and Ivan Susanin. Among people deceased in 1576, Gerolamo Cardano ranks 2. Before him is Titian. After him are Tahmasp I, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Aloysius Lilius, Hans Sachs, Isabella de' Medici, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Bálint Bakfark, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, and Bartolomé Carranza.
1501 - 1536
HPI: 81.86
Rank: 1
1501 - 1555
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 2
1501 - 1576
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 3
1501 - 1526
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 4
1501 - 1536
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 5
1501 - 1565
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 6
1501 - 1570
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 7
1501 - 1578
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 8
1501 - 1551
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 9
1501 - 1566
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 10
1501 - 1561
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 11
1501 - 1613
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 12
1488 - 1576
HPI: 81.37
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1501 - 1576
HPI: 73.52
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1514 - 1576
HPI: 73.28
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1527 - 1576
HPI: 72.19
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1510 - 1576
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1494 - 1576
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1542 - 1576
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1515 - 1576
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1528 - 1576
HPI: 55.36
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1507 - 1576
HPI: 54.95
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1525 - 1576
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 11
1503 - 1576
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Gerolamo Cardano ranks 227 out of 4,668. Before him are Diodorus Siculus (-90), Cesare Lombroso (1835), Pope Clement X (1590), Pope Boniface V (575), Piero della Francesca (1415), and Pope Celestine V (1215). After him are Lucius Verus (130), Pope Lucius I (200), Giorgio Armani (1934), Ludovico Sforza (1452), Pope Pius I (90), and Pope Benedict XI (1240).
90 BC - 30 BC
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1835 - 1909
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1590 - 1676
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575 - 625
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1415 - 1492
HPI: 73.60
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1215 - 1296
HPI: 73.53
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1501 - 1576
HPI: 73.52
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130 - 169
HPI: 73.50
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200 - 254
HPI: 73.47
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1934 - Present
HPI: 73.43
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1452 - 1508
HPI: 73.40
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90 - 154
HPI: 73.39
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1240 - 1304
HPI: 73.35
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Among mathematicians born in Italy, Gerolamo Cardano ranks 5. Before him are Archimedes (-287), Fibonacci (1170), Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736), and Luca Pacioli (1445). After him are Archytas (-428), Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718), Philolaus (-470), Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), and Lodovico Ferrari (1522).
287 BC - 212 BC
HPI: 91.69
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1170 - 1240
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 2
1736 - 1813
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 3
1445 - 1517
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 4
1501 - 1576
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 5
428 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 6
1718 - 1799
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 7
470 BC - 390 BC
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 8
1499 - 1557
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 9
1858 - 1932
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 10
1598 - 1647
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 11
1522 - 1565
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 12