MATHEMATICIAN
Guillaume de l'Hôpital
1661 - 1704
Guillaume de l'Hôpital
Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital (French: [ɡijom fʁɑ̃swa ɑ̃twan maʁki də lopital]; sometimes spelled L'Hospital; 1661 – 2 February 1704) was a French mathematician. His name is firmly associated with l'Hôpital's rule for calculating limits involving indeterminate forms 0/0 and ∞/∞. Although the rule did not originate with l'Hôpital, it appeared in print for the first time in his 1696 treatise on the infinitesimal calculus, entitled Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l'Intelligence des Lignes Courbes. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guillaume de l'Hôpital has received more than 416,559 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Guillaume de l'Hôpital is the 96th most popular mathematician (down from 90th in 2019), the 640th most popular biography from France (down from 622nd in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Mathematician.
Guillaume de l'Hôpital was a French mathematician and physicist who is most famous for his work on the differential calculus.
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Among MATHEMATICIANS
Among mathematicians, Guillaume de l'Hôpital ranks 96 out of 1,004. Before him are Lars Ahlfors, Adrien-Marie Legendre, G. H. Hardy, Siméon Denis Poisson, Leopold Kronecker, and Gabriel Cramer. After him are Thābit ibn Qurra, Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Isaac Barrow, Grigori Perelman, Joan Clarke, and Christian Goldbach.
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HPI: 66.45
Rank: 90
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1752 - 1833
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 91
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HPI: 66.37
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HPI: 66.28
Rank: 93
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HPI: 66.26
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Gabriel Cramer
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HPI: 66.22
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HPI: 66.19
Rank: 96
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HPI: 66.10
Rank: 97
Pierre Louis Maupertuis
1698 - 1759
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 98
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HPI: 65.60
Rank: 99
Grigori Perelman
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HPI: 65.48
Rank: 100
Joan Clarke
1917 - 1996
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 101
Christian Goldbach
1690 - 1764
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 102
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1661, Guillaume de l'Hôpital ranks 5. Before him are Charles II of Spain, Louis, Grand Dauphin, Sukjong of Joseon, and Feodor III of Russia. After him are Marie Angélique de Scorailles, Georg Böhm, Antonio I, Prince of Monaco, Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, Jahandar Shah, Christopher Polhem, and Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach. Among people deceased in 1704, Guillaume de l'Hôpital ranks 4. Before him are John Locke, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, and Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet. After him are Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, Georg Muffat, Jean-Baptiste Denys, Isabella Leonarda, Selim I Giray, and Charles Plumier.
Others Born in 1661
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POLITICIAN
1661 - 1700
HPI: 76.94
Rank: 1
Louis, Grand Dauphin
POLITICIAN
1661 - 1711
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 2
Sukjong of Joseon
POLITICIAN
1661 - 1720
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 3
Feodor III of Russia
POLITICIAN
1661 - 1682
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 4
Guillaume de l'Hôpital
MATHEMATICIAN
1661 - 1704
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 5
Marie Angélique de Scorailles
POLITICIAN
1661 - 1681
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 6
Georg Böhm
COMPOSER
1661 - 1733
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 7
Antonio I, Prince of Monaco
POLITICIAN
1661 - 1731
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 8
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine
POLITICIAN
1661 - 1742
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 9
Jahandar Shah
POLITICIAN
1661 - 1713
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 10
Christopher Polhem
PHYSICIST
1661 - 1751
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 11
Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach
POLITICIAN
1661 - 1705
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1704
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PHILOSOPHER
1632 - 1704
HPI: 85.32
Rank: 1
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
COMPOSER
1645 - 1704
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 2
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
WRITER
1627 - 1704
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 3
Guillaume de l'Hôpital
MATHEMATICIAN
1661 - 1704
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 4
Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia
POLITICIAN
1657 - 1704
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 5
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
MUSICIAN
1644 - 1704
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 6
Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark
NOBLEMAN
1649 - 1704
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 7
Georg Muffat
COMPOSER
1653 - 1704
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 8
Jean-Baptiste Denys
PHYSICIAN
1643 - 1704
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 9
Isabella Leonarda
COMPOSER
1620 - 1704
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 10
Selim I Giray
POLITICIAN
1631 - 1704
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 11
Charles Plumier
BIOLOGIST
1646 - 1704
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 12
In France
Among people born in France, Guillaume de l'Hôpital ranks 640 out of 6,770. Before him are Gaston Leroux (1868), Paul Doumer (1857), Albert Fert (1938), Chlodomer (495), Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), and Hugues de Payens (1074). After him are Emma of Normandy (985), W. Somerset Maugham (1874), Ariovistus (-101), François Guizot (1787), Louis Blériot (1872), and Maurice Chevalier (1888).
Others born in France
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WRITER
1868 - 1927
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 634
Paul Doumer
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1932
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 635
Albert Fert
PHYSICIST
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 636
Chlodomer
NOBLEMAN
495 - 524
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 637
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
WRITER
1741 - 1803
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 638
Hugues de Payens
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1074 - 1136
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 639
Guillaume de l'Hôpital
MATHEMATICIAN
1661 - 1704
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 640
Emma of Normandy
COMPANION
985 - 1052
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 641
W. Somerset Maugham
WRITER
1874 - 1965
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 642
Ariovistus
POLITICIAN
101 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 643
François Guizot
HISTORIAN
1787 - 1874
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 644
Louis Blériot
INVENTOR
1872 - 1936
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 645
Maurice Chevalier
ACTOR
1888 - 1972
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 646
Among MATHEMATICIANS In France
Among mathematicians born in France, Guillaume de l'Hôpital ranks 20. Before him are Émilie du Châtelet (1706), Urbain Le Verrier (1811), Abraham de Moivre (1667), Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728), Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752), and Siméon Denis Poisson (1781). After him are Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698), Charles Hermite (1822), Girard Desargues (1591), Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788), Alexis Clairaut (1713), and Étienne Bézout (1730).
Émilie du Châtelet
1706 - 1749
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 14
Urbain Le Verrier
1811 - 1877
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 15
Abraham de Moivre
1667 - 1754
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 16
Johann Heinrich Lambert
1728 - 1777
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 17
Adrien-Marie Legendre
1752 - 1833
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 18
Siméon Denis Poisson
1781 - 1840
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 19
Guillaume de l'Hôpital
1661 - 1704
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 20
Pierre Louis Maupertuis
1698 - 1759
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 21
Charles Hermite
1822 - 1901
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 22
Girard Desargues
1591 - 1661
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 23
Jean-Victor Poncelet
1788 - 1867
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 24
Alexis Clairaut
1713 - 1765
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 25
Étienne Bézout
1730 - 1783
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 26