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Gino Fano

1871 - 1952

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Gino Fano (5 January 1871 – 8 November 1952) was an Italian mathematician, best known as the founder of finite geometry. He was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Mantua, in Italy and died in Verona, also in Italy. Fano made various contributions on projective and algebraic geometry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gino Fano has received more than 53,767 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Gino Fano is the 561st most popular mathematician (up from 569th in 2019), the 3,030th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,982nd in 2019) and the 45th most popular Italian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gino Fano ranks 561 out of 1,004. Before him are Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, Cahit Arf, Henri Brocard, Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, Paul Bernays, and Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin. After him are Agner Krarup Erlang, Francesco Barozzi, Ibrahim ibn Sinan, Thoralf Skolem, Giacomo F. Maraldi, and Klára Dán von Neumann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Gino Fano ranks 99. Before him are Nándor Dáni, Zacharia Paliashvili, Arthur Wynne, Friedrich Akel, Benjamin I of Constantinople, and Harry Brearley. After him are Lou Tseng-Tsiang, Igor Grabar, Daniel Alomía Robles, Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, Nils Edén, and Nicholas Adontz. Among people deceased in 1952, Gino Fano ranks 101. Before him are Edward S. Curtis, Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Krystyna Skarbek, Max Dehn, David Bergelson, and Adolf Busch. After him are Ludwig Kaas, Karel Lamač, Herman Sörgel, Italo Montemezzi, Teffi, and Albert Bassermann.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gino Fano ranks 3,030 out of 5,161. Before him are Teofilo Folengo (1491), Giovanni Gradenigo (1273), Agostina Belli (1949), Anthony Panizzi (1797), Daniele Crespi (1598), and Rosalinda Celentano (1968). After him are Anna Galiena (1954), Luciano De Crescenzo (1928), Alessandro Safina (1963), Galeria Fundana (null), Benedetto Antelami (1150), and Ranieri de' Calzabigi (1714).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Gino Fano ranks 45. Before him are Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555), Francesco Maurolico (1494), Daniele Barbaro (1513), Federico Commandino (1509), Eugenio Calabi (1923), and Maria Angela Ardinghelli (1728). After him are Giacomo F. Maraldi (1665), Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (1781), Ulisse Dini (1845), Beppo Levi (1875), Pietro Mengoli (1626), and Luigi Bianchi (1856).

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