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Hypatia

350 - 415

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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 3,376,737 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 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

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..

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Contemporaries

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.

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In Egypt

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).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Egypt

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).

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