New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

MATHEMATICIAN

Ibn al-Shatir

1304 - 1375

Photo of Ibn al-Shatir

Icon of person Ibn al-Shatir

ʿAbu al-Ḥasan Alāʾ al‐Dīn bin Alī bin Ibrāhīm bin Muhammad bin al-Matam al-Ansari known as Ibn al-Shatir or Ibn ash-Shatir (Arabic: ابن الشاطر; 1304–1375) was an Arab astronomer, mathematician and engineer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn al-Shatir has received more than 151,977 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ibn al-Shatir is the 243rd most popular mathematician (up from 262nd in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Syria (up from 69th in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Mathematician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ibn al-Shatirs by language


Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Ibn al-Shatir ranks 243 out of 823Before him are Robert Recorde, Michel Chasles, Eduard Heine, Joseph Petzval, Alfred Korzybski, and Leo Perutz. After him are George Atwood, Farkas Bolyai, Israel Gelfand, Simon Newcomb, Pierre Varignon, and Nicolaus II Bernoulli.

Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1304, Ibn al-Shatir ranks 5Before him are Petrarch, Ibn Battuta, Louis I, Count of Flanders, and Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür.  Among people deceased in 1375, Ibn al-Shatir ranks 6Before him are Giovanni Boccaccio, Valdemar IV of Denmark, Philip, Duke of Orléans, Liu Bowen, and Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Eleanor of Sicily, John Henry, Margrave of Moravia, Shuttarna II, James IV of Majorca, and Margaret Drummond, Queen of Scotland.

Others Born in 1304

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1375

Go to all Rankings

In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Ibn al-Shatir ranks 64 out of 181Before him are Tuman bay II (1474), Zimri-Lim (-1800), Khaled al-Asaad (1932), Vaballathus (266), Asmahan (1917), and Usama ibn Munqidh (1095). After him are Farid al-Atrash (1910), Seleucus VI Epiphanes (-150), Abu Tammam (788), Abdul Halim Khaddam (1932), Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan (1080), and Nureddin al-Atassi (1929).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Syria

Among mathematicians born in Syria, Ibn al-Shatir ranks 1