1631 - 1677
Isaac Barrow (October 1630 – 4 May 1677) was an English Christian theologian and mathematician who is generally given credit for his early role in the development of infinitesimal calculus; in particular, for proof of the fundamental theorem of calculus. His work centered on the properties of the tangent; Barrow was the first to calculate the tangents of the kappa curve. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaac Barrow has received more than 266,758 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Isaac Barrow is the 110th most popular mathematician (down from 95th in 2019), the 544th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 432nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Mathematician.
Isaac Barrow was an English mathematician and physicist who is most famous for his work on calculus.
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Among mathematicians, Isaac Barrow ranks 110 out of 823. Before him are John Couch Adams, Thābit ibn Qurra, John Wallis, G. H. Hardy, Meton of Athens, and Girard Desargues. After him are Theon of Alexandria, Charles Hermite, Grigori Perelman, Josef Stefan, Christopher Clavius, and Hermann Weyl.
1819 - 1892
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 104
836 - 901
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 105
1616 - 1703
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 106
1877 - 1947
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 107
500 BC - Present
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 108
1591 - 1661
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 109
1631 - 1677
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 110
335 - 405
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 111
1822 - 1901
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 112
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 113
1835 - 1893
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 114
1538 - 1612
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 115
1885 - 1955
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 116
Among people born in 1631, Isaac Barrow ranks 1. After him are Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, François Vatel, Al-Rashid of Morocco, John Dryden, Pierre Beauchamp, Selim I Giray, Abraham Brueghel, Anne Conway, Stanislaus Papczyński, and Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp. Among people deceased in 1677, Isaac Barrow ranks 4. Before him are Baruch Spinoza, Jan van Riebeeck, and Angelus Silesius. After him are Barbara Strozzi, Wenceslaus Hollar, Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Antonio Maria Abbatini, Aert van der Neer, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Robert Cambert, and James Harrington.
1631 - 1677
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 1
1631 - 1660
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 2
1631 - 1671
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 3
1631 - 1672
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 4
1631 - 1700
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 5
1631 - 1705
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 6
1631 - 1704
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 7
1631 - 1690
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 8
1631 - 1679
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 9
1631 - 1701
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 10
1631 - 1719
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 11
1632 - 1677
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 1
1619 - 1677
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 2
1624 - 1677
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 3
1631 - 1677
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 4
1619 - 1677
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 5
1607 - 1677
HPI: 56.66
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1617 - 1677
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 7
1595 - 1677
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 8
1603 - 1677
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 9
1647 - 1677
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 10
1628 - 1677
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 11
1611 - 1677
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Isaac Barrow ranks 544 out of 7,765. Before him are Stuart Sutcliffe (1940), Thomas Hardy (1840), Tony Buzan (1942), Jacqueline du Pré (1945), Helena Bonham Carter (1966), and Annie Lennox (1954). After him are Roger Glover (1945), Fred Perry (1909), Alexander Pope (1688), John Smith (1580), Alice Liddell (1852), and Alfred Molina (1953).
1940 - 1962
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 538
1840 - 1928
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 539
1942 - 2019
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 540
1945 - 1987
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 541
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 542
1954 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 543
1631 - 1677
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 544
1945 - Present
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 545
1909 - 1995
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 546
1688 - 1744
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 547
1580 - 1631
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 548
1852 - 1934
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 549
1953 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 550
Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Isaac Barrow ranks 10. Before him are Ada Lovelace (1815), Alfred North Whitehead (1861), Thomas Harriot (1560), John Couch Adams (1819), John Wallis (1616), and G. H. Hardy (1877). After him are Andrew Wiles (1953), Brook Taylor (1685), Robert Grosseteste (1175), William Oughtred (1574), Arthur Cayley (1821), and James Joseph Sylvester (1814).
1815 - 1852
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 4
1861 - 1947
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 5
1560 - 1621
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 6
1819 - 1892
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 7
1616 - 1703
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 8
1877 - 1947
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 9
1631 - 1677
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 11
1685 - 1731
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 12
1175 - 1253
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 13
1574 - 1660
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 14
1821 - 1895
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 15
1814 - 1897
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 16