MATHEMATICIAN

Guðbrandur Þorláksson

1542 - 1627

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Guðbrandur Þorláksson or Gudbrand Thorlakssøn (c. 1542 – 20 July 1627) was bishop of Hólar from 8 April 1571 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guðbrandur Þorláksson has received more than 40,685 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Guðbrandur Þorláksson is the 520th most popular mathematician (up from 529th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Iceland and the most popular Icelander Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Guðbrandur Þorláksson ranks 520 out of 1,004. Before him are Peter Lax, 'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk, Solomon Lefschetz, William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker, Polyaenus of Lampsacus, and Jai Singh II. After him are Carl Neumann, Julia Robinson, Martin Ohm, Hendrik C. van de Hulst, Eugenio Calabi, and Dai Zhen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1542, Guðbrandur Þorláksson ranks 15. Before him are Jan Zamoyski, Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, Henriette of Cleves, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, Isabella de' Medici, and Joris Hoefnagel. After him are Magnus, Duke of Östergötland, and Gioseffo Guami. Among people deceased in 1627, Guðbrandur Þorláksson ranks 18. Before him are Olivier van Noort, Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Christina of Salm, Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, and Jan Gruter. After him are Julius Schiller, and Thomas Middleton.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Guðbrandur Þorláksson ranks 36 out of 190. Before him are Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963), Erró (1932), Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928), Geir Haarde (1951), Davíð Oddsson (1948), and Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975). After him are Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval (1885), Friðrik Ólafsson (1935), Sturla Þórðarson (1214), Gunnar Hansen (1947), Jón Ögmundsson (1052), and Hannes Hafstein (1861).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Iceland

Among mathematicians born in Iceland, Guðbrandur Þorláksson ranks 1. 

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