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Girard Desargues

1591 - 1661

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Girard Desargues (French: [ʒiʁaʁ dezaʁɡ]; 21 February 1591 – September 1661) was a French mathematician and engineer, who is considered one of the founders of projective geometry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Girard Desargues has received more than 84,272 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Girard Desargues is the 110th most popular mathematician (up from 111th in 2019), the 789th most popular biography from France (down from 770th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular French Mathematician.

Girard Desargues was a French mathematician who is most famous for his work on projective geometry.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Girard Desargues ranks 110 out of 823. Before him are Lodovico Ferrari, John Couch Adams, Thābit ibn Qurra, John Wallis, G. H. Hardy, and Meton of Athens. After him are Isaac Barrow, Theon of Alexandria, Charles Hermite, Grigori Perelman, Josef Stefan, and Christopher Clavius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1591, Girard Desargues ranks 3. Before him are Mustafa I and Jusepe de Ribera. After him are Guercino, Louise de Marillac, Alexandre de Rhodes, Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Isabella of Savoy, Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine, Andrew Bobola, and Stanisław Koniecpolski. Among people deceased in 1661, Girard Desargues ranks 3. Before him are Cardinal Mazarin and Shunzhi Emperor. After him are Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias, Vasile Lupu, Andrea Sacchi, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jan Fyt, Louis Couperin, Martino Martini, and Zheng Zhilong.

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In France

Among people born in France, Girard Desargues ranks 789 out of 6,011. Before him are Paul Vidal de La Blache (1845), Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741), Vincent Cassel (1966), Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677), Bernart de Ventadorn (1135), and Charlotte of Savoy (1441). After him are Antoine François Prévost (1697), Pierre Boulle (1912), Lorin Maazel (1930), Jacques de Vaucanson (1709), Louise Élisabeth of France (1727), and Alain-René Lesage (1668).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Girard Desargues ranks 23. Before him are Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752), Guillaume de l'Hôpital (1661), Émilie du Châtelet (1706), Siméon Denis Poisson (1781), Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698), and Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788). After him are Charles Hermite (1822), Émile Borel (1871), Henri Lebesgue (1875), Alexis Clairaut (1713), Michel Rolle (1652), and Jacques Hadamard (1865).

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