350 - 415
Hypatia (born c. 350–370; died 415 AD) was a neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a prominent thinker in Alexandria where she taught philosophy and astronomy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hypatia has received more than 3,662,603 page views. Her biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2019). Hypatia is the 9th most popular mathematician, the 8th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 7th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Mathematician.
Hypatia was a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher in the 4th century. She was killed by a mob of Christians in 415 AD.
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Among mathematicians, Hypatia ranks 9 out of 823. Before her are Carl Friedrich Gauss, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Leonhard Euler, Omar Khayyam, and Euclid. After her are Bertrand Russell, Al-Biruni, Bernhard Riemann, Pierre de Fermat, Fibonacci, and John Forbes Nash Jr..
1777 - 1855
HPI: 87.89
Rank: 3
1646 - 1716
HPI: 85.38
Rank: 4
780 - 850
HPI: 85.05
Rank: 5
1707 - 1783
HPI: 84.57
Rank: 6
1048 - 1131
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 7
350 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 83.48
Rank: 8
350 - 415
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 9
1872 - 1970
HPI: 79.79
Rank: 10
973 - 1048
HPI: 79.68
Rank: 11
1826 - 1866
HPI: 79.62
Rank: 12
1601 - 1665
HPI: 79.37
Rank: 13
1170 - 1240
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 14
1928 - 2015
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 15
Among people born in 350, Hypatia ranks 1. After her are Thaïs, Ardashir II, Plutarch of Athens, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Dalmatius, Hermeric, Thiruvalluvar, Octar, Gogugyang of Goguryeo, Vithimiris, and Sosurim of Goguryeo. Among people deceased in 415, Hypatia ranks 1. After her are Athaulf and Sigeric.
350 - 415
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 1
350 - 400
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 2
350 - 383
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 3
350 - 431
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 4
350 - 428
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 5
350 - 337
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 6
350 - 441
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 7
350 - 351
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 8
350 - 430
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 9
350 - 391
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 10
350 - 376
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 11
350 - 384
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 12
Among people born in Egypt, Hypatia ranks 8 out of 582. Before her are Cleopatra (-69), Tutankhamun (-1341), Ptolemy (100), Nefertiti (-1400), Akhenaten (-1400), and Euclid (-350). After her are Yasser Arafat (1929), Hatshepsut (-1507), Catherine of Alexandria (287), Joshua (-1355), Amenhotep III (-1403), and Origen (185).
69 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 89.95
Rank: 2
1341 BC - 1323 BC
HPI: 86.63
Rank: 3
100 - 170
HPI: 85.61
Rank: 4
1400 BC - 1330 BC
HPI: 85.45
Rank: 5
1400 BC - 1336 BC
HPI: 84.67
Rank: 6
350 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 83.48
Rank: 7
350 - 415
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 8
1929 - 2004
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 9
1507 BC - 1458 BC
HPI: 80.70
Rank: 10
287 - 305
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 11
1355 BC - 1245 BC
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 12
1403 BC - 1350 BC
HPI: 80.31
Rank: 13
185 - 254
HPI: 80.17
Rank: 14
Among mathematicians born in Egypt, Hypatia ranks 2. Before her are Euclid (-350). After her are Diophantus (201), Hero of Alexandria (10), Ctesibius (-284), Pappus of Alexandria (290), Theon of Alexandria (335), Menelaus of Alexandria (70), Ibn Yunus (950), and Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam (850).
350 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 83.48
Rank: 1
350 - 415
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 2
201 - 300
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 3
10 - 75
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 4
284 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 5
290 - 350
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 6
335 - 405
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 7
70 - 140
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 8
950 - 1009
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 9
850 - 930
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 10