350 - 415
Hypatia (born c. 350–370; died 415 AD) was a Hellenistic Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a prominent thinker of the Neoplatonic school in Alexandria where she taught philosophy and astronomy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hypatia has received more than 2,623,314 page views. Her biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Hypatia is the 9th most popular mathematician, the 7th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 8th 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 828. Before her are Carl Friedrich Gauss, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Leonhard Euler, Omar Khayyam, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, and Euclid. After her are Bertrand Russell, Pierre de Fermat, Fibonacci, Bernhard Riemann, Al-Biruni, and John Forbes Nash Jr..
1777 - 1855
HPI: 89.18
Rank: 3
1646 - 1716
HPI: 88.60
Rank: 4
1707 - 1783
HPI: 87.94
Rank: 5
1048 - 1131
HPI: 87.50
Rank: 6
780 - 850
HPI: 87.34
Rank: 7
350 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 87.03
Rank: 8
350 - 415
HPI: 85.49
Rank: 9
1872 - 1970
HPI: 84.90
Rank: 10
1601 - 1665
HPI: 84.48
Rank: 11
1170 - 1240
HPI: 84.01
Rank: 12
1826 - 1866
HPI: 83.87
Rank: 13
973 - 1048
HPI: 83.73
Rank: 14
1928 - 2015
HPI: 83.44
Rank: 15
Among people born in 350, Hypatia ranks 1. After her are Ardashir II, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Thaïs, Plutarch of Athens, Dalmatius, Hermeric, Octar, Gogugyang of Goguryeo, Thiruvalluvar, Vithimiris, and Bonifacius. Among people deceased in 415, Hypatia ranks 1. After her are Athaulf and Sigeric.
350 - 415
HPI: 85.49
Rank: 1
350 - 383
HPI: 69.19
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350 - 428
HPI: 69.04
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350 - 400
HPI: 69.02
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350 - 431
HPI: 68.82
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350 - 337
HPI: 67.76
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350 - 441
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 7
350 - 430
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 8
350 - 391
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 9
350 - 351
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 10
350 - 376
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 11
350 - 432
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 12
Among people born in Egypt, Hypatia ranks 7 out of 520. Before her are Moses (-1393), Tutankhamun (-1341), Nefertiti (-1400), Ptolemy (100), Akhenaten (-1400), and Euclid (-350). After her are Cleopatra (-69), Yasser Arafat (1929), Hatshepsut (-1507), Joshua (-1355), Origen (185), and Amenhotep III (-1403).
1393 BC - 1273 BC
HPI: 94.11
Rank: 1
1341 BC - 1323 BC
HPI: 89.49
Rank: 2
1400 BC - 1330 BC
HPI: 88.44
Rank: 3
100 - 170
HPI: 88.23
Rank: 4
1400 BC - 1336 BC
HPI: 87.37
Rank: 5
350 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 87.03
Rank: 6
350 - 415
HPI: 85.49
Rank: 7
69 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 8
1929 - 2004
HPI: 85.11
Rank: 9
1507 BC - 1458 BC
HPI: 84.54
Rank: 10
1355 BC - 1245 BC
HPI: 84.53
Rank: 11
185 - 254
HPI: 84.50
Rank: 12
1403 BC - 1350 BC
HPI: 84.28
Rank: 13
Among mathematicians born in Egypt, Hypatia ranks 2. Before her are Euclid (-350). After her are Hero of Alexandria (10), Diophantus (201), 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: 87.03
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350 - 415
HPI: 85.49
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10 - 75
HPI: 81.73
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201 - 300
HPI: 81.69
Rank: 4
284 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 5
290 - 350
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 6
335 - 405
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 7
70 - 140
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 8
950 - 1009
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 9
850 - 930
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 10