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 79,619 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Helge von Koch is the 222nd most popular mathematician (up from 246th in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 226th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Helge von Koch ranks 222 out of 828. Before him are Xu Guangqi, Michel Chasles, Henry Briggs, Thomas Simpson, Menaechmus, and Piet Hein. After him are Alfred Korzybski, Maria Reiche, Seki Takakazu, Édouard Roche, William Jones, and Leo Perutz.
1562 - 1633
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 216
1793 - 1880
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 217
1561 - 1630
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 218
1710 - 1761
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 219
375 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 220
1905 - 1996
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 221
1870 - 1924
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 222
1879 - 1950
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 223
1903 - 1998
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 224
1642 - 1708
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 225
1820 - 1883
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 226
1675 - 1749
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 227
1882 - 1957
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 228
Among people born in 1870, Helge von Koch ranks 40. Before him are Nariman Narimanov, Bernard Baruch, Edwin S. Porter, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Lord Alfred Douglas, and E. M. Antoniadi. After him are Aleksandr Kuprin, Alexander Berkman, Oscar Straus, Leopold Godowsky, Saki, and Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria. Among people deceased in 1924, Helge von Koch ranks 30. Before him are Giacomo Matteotti, Paul Natorp, Bogd Khan, Lyubov Popova, Ziya Gökalp, and Princess Louise of Belgium. After him are Roland Bonaparte, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr., Valery Bryusov, Teófilo Braga, Matsukata Masayoshi, and Fernand Cormon.
1870 - 1925
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 34
1870 - 1965
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 35
1870 - 1941
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 36
1870 - 1949
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 37
1870 - 1945
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 38
1870 - 1944
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 39
1870 - 1924
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 40
1870 - 1938
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 41
1870 - 1936
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 42
1870 - 1954
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 43
1870 - 1938
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 44
1870 - 1916
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 45
1870 - 1902
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 46
1885 - 1924
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 24
1854 - 1924
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 25
1869 - 1924
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 26
1889 - 1924
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 27
1876 - 1924
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 28
1858 - 1924
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 29
1870 - 1924
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 30
1858 - 1924
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 31
1868 - 1924
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 32
1873 - 1924
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 33
1843 - 1924
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 34
1835 - 1924
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 35
1845 - 1924
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 36
Among people born in Sweden, Helge von Koch ranks 211 out of 1,296. Before him are John Ericsson (1803), Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Avicii (1989), Carl Bildt (1949), Knut Wicksell (1851), and Sigvard Bernadotte (1907). After him are Inger Nilsson (1959), Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865), Harry Nyquist (1889), Stig Dagerman (1923), Hans Blix (1928), and Jussi Björling (1911).
1803 - 1889
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 205
1745 - 1818
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 206
1989 - 2018
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 207
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 208
1851 - 1926
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 209
1907 - 2002
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 210
1870 - 1924
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 211
1959 - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 212
1865 - 1947
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 213
1889 - 1976
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 214
1923 - 1954
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 215
1928 - Present
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 216
1911 - 1960
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 217
Among mathematicians born in Sweden, Helge von Koch ranks 2. Before him are Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846). After him are Lars Hörmander (1931), Lennart Carleson (1928), Erik Ivar Fredholm (1866), and Harald Cramér (1893).
1846 - 1927
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 1
1870 - 1924
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 2
1931 - 2012
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 3
1928 - Present
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 4
1866 - 1927
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 5
1893 - 1985
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 6