1870 - 1924
Niels Fabian Helge von Koch (25 January 1870 – 11 March 1924) was a Swedish mathematician who gave his name to the famous fractal known as the Koch snowflake, one of the earliest fractal curves to be described. He was born to Swedish nobility. His grandfather, Nils Samuel von Koch (1801–1881), was the Chancellor of Justice. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helge von Koch has received more than 99,059 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Helge von Koch is the 264th most popular mathematician (down from 222nd in 2019), the 259th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 211th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Helge von Koch ranks 264 out of 823. Before him are Abraham Zacuto, Abraham bar Hiyya, Jean-Robert Argand, Eugène Charles Catalan, Sam Loyd, and Gotthold Eisenstein. After him are Karen Uhlenbeck, Pavel Alexandrov, René-Louis Baire, Igor Ansoff, Joseph Bertrand, and Tatyana Afanasyeva.
1452 - 1515
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 258
1070 - 1145
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 259
1768 - 1822
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 260
1814 - 1894
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 261
1841 - 1911
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 262
1823 - 1852
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 263
1870 - 1924
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 264
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 265
1896 - 1982
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 266
1874 - 1932
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 267
1918 - 2002
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 268
1822 - 1900
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 269
1876 - 1964
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 270
Among people born in 1870, Helge von Koch ranks 53. Before him are Gustav Landauer, Leopold Godowsky, Marianne Weber, Michael Rostovtzeff, Princess Henriette of Belgium, and Vladimir Purishkevich. After him are Florent Schmitt, Vítězslav Novák, Alexandre Benois, Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, Herbert Kilpin, and François Georges-Picot. Among people deceased in 1924, Helge von Koch ranks 33. Before him are Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Ziya Gökalp, Teófilo Braga, Bogd Khan, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr., and Matsukata Masayoshi. After him are Roland Bonaparte, Fernand Cormon, Louis Delluc, Valery Bryusov, Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, and Théodore Dubois.
1870 - 1919
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 47
1870 - 1938
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 48
1870 - 1954
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 49
1870 - 1952
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 50
1870 - 1948
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 51
1870 - 1920
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 52
1870 - 1924
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 53
1870 - 1958
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 54
1870 - 1949
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 55
1870 - 1960
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 56
1870 - 1963
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 57
1870 - 1916
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 58
1870 - 1951
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 59
1894 - 1924
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 27
1876 - 1924
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 28
1843 - 1924
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 29
1869 - 1924
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 30
1868 - 1924
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 31
1835 - 1924
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 32
1870 - 1924
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 33
1858 - 1924
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 34
1845 - 1924
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 35
1890 - 1924
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 36
1873 - 1924
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 37
1854 - 1924
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 38
1837 - 1924
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 39
Among people born in Sweden, Helge von Koch ranks 259 out of 1,612. Before him are Olaus Petri (1493), Ronnie Hellström (1949), Lill-Babs (1938), Per Wahlöö (1926), Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg (1629), and Maria Gripe (1923). After him are Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (1889), Camilla Läckberg (1974), Adam Afzelius (1750), Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden (1277), Elsa Beskow (1874), and Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (1979).
1493 - 1552
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 253
1949 - 2022
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 254
1938 - 2018
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 255
1926 - 1975
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 256
1629 - 1689
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 257
1923 - 2007
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 258
1870 - 1924
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 259
1889 - 1918
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 260
1974 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 261
1750 - 1837
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 262
1277 - 1319
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 263
1874 - 1953
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 264
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 265
Among mathematicians born in Sweden, Helge von Koch ranks 2. Before him are Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846). After him are Lennart Carleson (1928), Lars Hörmander (1931), Erik Ivar Fredholm (1866), and Harald Cramér (1893).
1846 - 1927
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 1
1870 - 1924
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 2
1928 - Present
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 3
1931 - 2012
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 4
1866 - 1927
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 5
1893 - 1985
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 6