1904 - 1960
John Henry Constantine Whitehead FRS (11 November 1904 – 8 May 1960), known as "Henry", was a British mathematician and was one of the founders of homotopy theory. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. H. C. Whitehead has received more than 92,161 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). J. H. C. Whitehead is the 859th most popular mathematician (down from 782nd in 2019), the 785th most popular biography from India (down from 675th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Indian Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, J. H. C. Whitehead ranks 859 out of 823. Before him are Christine Darden, Branko Grünbaum, Neil Sloane, Phillip Griffiths, Henry Thomas Colebrooke, and Claire Voisin. After him are Timothy Gowers, W. T. Tutte, James Waddell Alexander II, Javier Perez-Capdevila, William Spottiswoode, and Bill Gosper.
1942 - Present
HPI: 40.26
Rank: 853
1929 - 2018
HPI: 40.09
Rank: 854
1939 - Present
HPI: 40.06
Rank: 855
1938 - Present
HPI: 39.98
Rank: 856
1765 - 1837
HPI: 39.97
Rank: 857
1962 - Present
HPI: 39.91
Rank: 858
1904 - 1960
HPI: 39.69
Rank: 859
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.69
Rank: 860
1917 - 2002
HPI: 39.55
Rank: 861
1888 - 1971
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 862
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 863
1825 - 1883
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 864
1943 - Present
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 865
Among people born in 1904, J. H. C. Whitehead ranks 311. Before him are Blind Boy Fuller, Glenda Farrell, Jan Peerce, Silvio Pietroboni, Sally Rand, and Patrick Kavanagh. After him are Anna Neagle, Milburn Stone, Virginia Brown Faire, Keith Holyoake, Tom Conway, and Alice White. Among people deceased in 1960, J. H. C. Whitehead ranks 212. Before him are Walter Catlett, Johnny Thomson, Charlie Buchan, Kathlyn Williams, Harry Pollitt, and Jimmy Bryan. After him are Rudolf Degermark, Phyllis Haver, Hope Emerson, John P. Marquand, Johnny Horton, and Charles Holden.
1904 - 1941
HPI: 40.31
Rank: 305
1904 - 1971
HPI: 40.29
Rank: 306
1904 - 1984
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 307
1904 - 1987
HPI: 40.11
Rank: 308
1904 - 1979
HPI: 40.00
Rank: 309
1904 - 1967
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 310
1904 - 1960
HPI: 39.69
Rank: 311
1904 - 1986
HPI: 39.67
Rank: 312
1904 - 1980
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 313
1904 - 1980
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 314
1904 - 1983
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 315
1904 - 1967
HPI: 39.30
Rank: 316
1904 - 1983
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 317
1889 - 1960
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 206
1922 - 1960
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 207
1891 - 1960
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 208
1879 - 1960
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 209
1890 - 1960
HPI: 40.21
Rank: 210
1926 - 1960
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 211
1904 - 1960
HPI: 39.69
Rank: 212
1886 - 1960
HPI: 39.54
Rank: 213
1899 - 1960
HPI: 39.43
Rank: 214
1897 - 1960
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 215
1893 - 1960
HPI: 38.96
Rank: 216
1925 - 1960
HPI: 38.06
Rank: 217
1875 - 1960
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 218
Among people born in India, J. H. C. Whitehead ranks 785 out of 1,493. Before him are Deepa Mehta (1950), Mehmood (1932), Nanda (1939), Geeta Bali (1930), Ram Swarup (1920), and Anuradha Paudwal (1954). After him are Anjali Devi (1927), Tabu (1971), Lalita Pawar (1916), Kapil Dev (1959), Ramdev (1965), and N. T. Rama Rao Jr. (1983).
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 779
1932 - 2004
HPI: 39.89
Rank: 780
1939 - 2014
HPI: 39.85
Rank: 781
1930 - 1965
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 782
1920 - 1998
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 783
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 784
1904 - 1960
HPI: 39.69
Rank: 785
1927 - 2014
HPI: 39.64
Rank: 786
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.61
Rank: 787
1916 - 1998
HPI: 39.58
Rank: 788
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 789
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 790
1983 - Present
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 791
Among mathematicians born in India, J. H. C. Whitehead ranks 15. Before him are Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), Sulochana Gadgil (1944), D. R. Kaprekar (1905), S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (1940), Harish-Chandra (1923), and Radhanath Sikdar (1813). After him are Bhama Srinivasan (1935), Akshay Venkatesh (1981), and Raman Parimala (1948).
1444 - 1544
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 9
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 10
1905 - 1986
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 11
1940 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 12
1923 - 1983
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 13
1813 - 1870
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 14
1904 - 1960
HPI: 39.69
Rank: 15
1935 - Present
HPI: 34.13
Rank: 16
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.32
Rank: 17
1948 - Present
HPI: 31.03
Rank: 18