1875 - 1941
Henri Léon Lebesgue (French: [ɑ̃ʁi leɔ̃ ləbɛɡ]; June 28, 1875 – July 26, 1941) was a French mathematician known for his theory of integration, which was a generalization of the 17th-century concept of integration—summing the area between an axis and the curve of a function defined for that axis. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Lebesgue has received more than 303,040 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Henri Lebesgue is the 126th most popular mathematician (up from 135th in 2019), the 940th most popular biography from France (up from 960th in 2019) and the 26th most popular French Mathematician.
Henri Lebesgue is most famous for his contributions to the theory of measure and integration. He developed the concept of measure, which is a way of calculating the area of a set. He also developed the Lebesgue integral, which is a way of calculating the area under a curve.
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Among mathematicians, Henri Lebesgue ranks 126 out of 823. Before him are Aloysius Lilius, Edward Norton Lorenz, Ferdinand von Lindemann, Andrew Wiles, Marian Rejewski, and Brook Taylor. After him are Herbert A. Hauptman, Menelaus of Alexandria, Oliver Heaviside, Andrey Markov, Simplicius of Cilicia, and Alexis Clairaut.
1510 - 1576
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 120
1917 - 2008
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 121
1852 - 1939
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 122
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 123
1905 - 1980
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 124
1685 - 1731
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 125
1875 - 1941
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 126
1917 - 2011
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 127
70 - 140
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 128
1850 - 1925
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 129
1856 - 1922
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 130
490 - 560
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 131
1713 - 1765
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 132
Among people born in 1875, Henri Lebesgue ranks 28. Before him are Paul Landowski, Giovanni Gentile, Antonio Machado, John Buchan, D. W. Griffith, and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia. After him are Zhang Zuolin, Edgar Wallace, Mihály Károlyi, Anatoly Lunacharsky, Cléo de Mérode, and Mistinguett. Among people deceased in 1941, Henri Lebesgue ranks 27. Before him are Ernst Udet, Werner Mölders, Werner Sombart, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, and Sherwood Anderson. After him are Prajadhipok, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Günther Prien, Gottfried Feder, Alexej von Jawlensky, and Christian Rakovsky.
1875 - 1961
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 22
1875 - 1944
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 23
1875 - 1939
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 24
1875 - 1940
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 25
1875 - 1948
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 26
1875 - 1960
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 27
1875 - 1941
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 28
1875 - 1928
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 29
1875 - 1932
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 30
1875 - 1955
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 31
1875 - 1933
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 32
1875 - 1966
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 33
1875 - 1956
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 34
1896 - 1941
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 21
1913 - 1941
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 22
1863 - 1941
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 23
1860 - 1941
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 24
1886 - 1941
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 25
1876 - 1941
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 26
1875 - 1941
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 27
1893 - 1941
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 28
1856 - 1941
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 29
1908 - 1941
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 30
1883 - 1941
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 31
1864 - 1941
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 32
1873 - 1941
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 33
Among people born in France, Henri Lebesgue ranks 940 out of 6,011. Before him are Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (1162), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), Thierry Henry (1977), Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), Francis III, Duke of Brittany (1518), and Antoine Meillet (1866). After him are Carolus Clusius (1525), Leonard of Noblac (496), Gaston Maspero (1846), Louis II of Anjou (1377), Martin Bucer (1491), and Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763).
1162 - 1214
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 934
1150 - 1210
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 935
1977 - Present
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 936
1626 - 1696
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 937
1518 - 1536
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 938
1866 - 1936
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 939
1875 - 1941
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 940
1525 - 1609
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 941
496 - 545
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 942
1846 - 1916
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 943
1377 - 1417
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 944
1491 - 1551
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 945
1763 - 1829
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 946
Among mathematicians born in France, Henri Lebesgue ranks 26. Before him are Siméon Denis Poisson (1781), Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698), Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788), Girard Desargues (1591), Charles Hermite (1822), and Émile Borel (1871). After him are Alexis Clairaut (1713), Michel Rolle (1652), Jacques Hadamard (1865), Joseph Liouville (1809), Gabriel Lamé (1795), and Étienne Bézout (1730).
1781 - 1840
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 20
1698 - 1759
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 21
1788 - 1867
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 22
1591 - 1661
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 23
1822 - 1901
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 24
1871 - 1956
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 25
1875 - 1941
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 26
1713 - 1765
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 27
1652 - 1719
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 28
1865 - 1963
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 29
1809 - 1882
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 30
1795 - 1870
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 31
1730 - 1783
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 32