1602 - 1675
Gilles Personne de Roberval (August 10, 1602 – October 27, 1675), French mathematician, was born at Roberval near Beauvais, France. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gilles de Roberval has received more than 41,289 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Gilles de Roberval is the 208th most popular mathematician (down from 194th in 2019), the 1,483rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,310th in 2019) and the 44th most popular French Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Gilles de Roberval ranks 208 out of 828. Before him are Joseph Petzval, Victor D'Hondt, Emil Artin, Édouard Lucas, S. R. Ranganathan, and Giovanni Ceva. After him are Theodorus of Cyrene, Sam Loyd, Seymour Papert, Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, Lars Ahlfors, and Mary Jackson.
1807 - 1891
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 202
1841 - 1902
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 203
1898 - 1962
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 204
1842 - 1891
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 205
1892 - 1972
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 206
1647 - 1734
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 207
1602 - 1675
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 208
465 BC - 398 BC
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 209
1841 - 1911
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 210
1928 - 2016
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 211
1849 - 1917
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 212
1907 - 1996
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 213
1921 - 2005
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 214
Among people born in 1602, Gilles de Roberval ranks 8. Before him are Otto von Guericke, Athanasius Kircher, Elisabeth of France, Francesco Cavalli, Philippe de Champaigne, and Salomon van Ruysdael. After him are Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Zhu Yujian, Per Brahe the Younger, and Kanō Tan'yū. Among people deceased in 1675, Gilles de Roberval ranks 9. Before him are Gerrit Dou, Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, James Gregory, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, Thomas Willis, and Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine. After him are Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Guru Tegh Bahadur, Leopoldo de' Medici, Allaert van Everdingen, Feodosia Morozova, and Abraham van Diepenbeeck.
1602 - 1686
HPI: 78.16
Rank: 2
1602 - 1680
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 3
1602 - 1644
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 4
1602 - 1676
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 5
1602 - 1674
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 6
1602 - 1670
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 7
1602 - 1675
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 8
1602 - 1675
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 9
1602 - 1637
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 10
1602 - 1665
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 11
1602 - 1646
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 12
1602 - 1680
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 13
1602 - 1674
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 14
1613 - 1675
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 3
1634 - 1675
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 4
1638 - 1675
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 5
1601 - 1675
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 6
1621 - 1675
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 7
1604 - 1675
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 8
1602 - 1675
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 9
1602 - 1675
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 10
1621 - 1675
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 11
1617 - 1675
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 12
1621 - 1675
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 13
1632 - 1675
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 14
1596 - 1675
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 15
Among people born in France, Gilles de Roberval ranks 1,483 out of 5,234. Before him are Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767), Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (1524), Raymond of Burgundy (1070), Hervé Villechaize (1943), Elliott Erwitt (1928), and Stephen, Count of Blois (1045). After him are Carausius (300), Hugh of Cluny (1024), Chris Marker (1921), Léon Werth (1878), Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761), and Régis Debray (1940).
1767 - 1824
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 1,477
1524 - 1574
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 1,478
1070 - 1107
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 1,479
1943 - 1993
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 1,480
1928 - Present
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 1,481
1045 - 1102
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 1,482
1602 - 1675
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 1,483
300 - 293
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 1,484
1024 - 1109
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 1,485
1921 - 2012
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 1,486
1878 - 1955
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 1,487
1761 - 1804
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 1,488
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 1,489
Among mathematicians born in France, Gilles de Roberval ranks 44. Before him are Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801), Jean Gaston Darboux (1842), Laurent Schwartz (1915), Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749), Camille Jordan (1838), and Édouard Lucas (1842). After him are Michel Chasles (1793), Édouard Roche (1820), Élie Cartan (1869), Henri Cartan (1904), Joseph Bertrand (1822), and Émile Picard (1856).
1801 - 1877
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 38
1842 - 1917
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 39
1915 - 2002
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 40
1749 - 1822
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 41
1838 - 1922
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 42
1842 - 1891
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 43
1602 - 1675
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 44
1793 - 1880
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 45
1820 - 1883
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 46
1869 - 1951
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 47
1904 - 2008
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 48
1822 - 1900
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 49
1856 - 1941
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 50