1908 - 1974
Jacob Bronowski (18 January 1908 – 22 August 1974) was a Polish-British mathematician and philosopher. He was known to friends and professional colleagues alike by the nickname Bruno. He is best known for developing a humanistic approach to science, and as the presenter and writer of the thirteen-part 1973 BBC television documentary series, and accompanying book, The Ascent of Man. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob Bronowski has received more than 633,149 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jacob Bronowski is the 792nd most popular mathematician (down from 685th in 2019), the 1,023rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 855th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Polish Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Jacob Bronowski ranks 792 out of 823. Before him are Oskar Perron, Henri Padé, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, Luis Caffarelli, Erna Schneider Hoover, and George Peacock. After him are James Lighthill, Nicolas Fuss, S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, Roger Apéry, Georgy Adelson-Velsky, and Solomon Marcus.
1880 - 1975
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 786
1863 - 1953
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 787
1848 - 1928
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 788
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 789
1926 - Present
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 790
1791 - 1858
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 791
1908 - 1974
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 792
1924 - 1998
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 793
1755 - 1826
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 794
1940 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 795
1916 - 1994
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 796
1922 - 2014
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 797
1925 - 2016
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 798
Among people born in 1908, Jacob Bronowski ranks 323. Before him are Helen Jacobs, Boris Piotrovsky, Albert Scherrer, Kaarlo Tuominen, Luis Pérez, and Alberto Zozaya. After him are Marcel Pinel, Geirr Tveitt, Maximos V Hakim, Paula Mollenhauer, František Douda, and John Doeg. Among people deceased in 1974, Jacob Bronowski ranks 202. Before him are Marieluise Fleißer, Clyde Cowan, Rafael Garza Gutiérrez, Maturino Blanchet, Juan Antonio Ipiña, and Mamerto Urriolagoitía. After him are Karen Silkwood, Pedro Benítez, Leon Shamroy, V. K. Krishna Menon, Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, and Angelo Zorzi.
1908 - 1997
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 317
1908 - 1990
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 318
1908 - 1986
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 319
1908 - 2006
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 320
1908 - Present
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 321
1908 - 1981
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 322
1908 - 1974
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 323
1908 - 1968
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 324
1908 - 1981
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 325
1908 - 2001
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 326
1908 - 1988
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 327
1908 - 1990
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 328
1908 - 1978
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 329
1901 - 1974
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 196
1919 - 1974
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 197
1896 - 1974
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 198
1892 - 1974
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 199
1912 - 1974
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 200
1895 - 1974
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 201
1908 - 1974
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 202
1946 - 1974
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 203
1901 - 1974
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 204
1901 - 1974
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 205
1896 - 1974
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 206
1919 - 1974
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 207
1890 - 1974
HPI: 42.17
Rank: 208
Among people born in Poland, Jacob Bronowski ranks 1,023 out of 1,454. Before him are Wojciech Fortuna (1952), Agata Buzek (1976), Beata Poźniak (1960), Zygmunt Maszczyk (1945), Harry Winter (1914), and Andrzej Sekuła (1954). After him are Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (1950), Adam Darski (1977), Günther Ortmann (1916), Andrzej Grabowski (1952), Janusz Zakrzeński (1936), and Peter Hacks (1928).
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 1,017
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 1,018
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 1,019
1945 - Present
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 1,020
1914 - 2001
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 1,021
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 1,022
1908 - 1974
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 1,023
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 1,024
1977 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 1,025
1916 - 2002
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 1,026
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 1,027
1936 - 2010
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 1,028
1928 - 2003
HPI: 43.31
Rank: 1,029
Among mathematicians born in Poland, Jacob Bronowski ranks 38. Before him are Szolem Mandelbrojt (1899), Leo Königsberger (1837), Stefan Mazurkiewicz (1888), Tadeusz Banachiewicz (1882), Erich Hecke (1887), and Nathan Jacobson (1910). After him are Hans Lewy (1904) and Salomon Bochner (1899).
1899 - 1983
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 32
1837 - 1921
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 33
1888 - 1945
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 34
1882 - 1954
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 35
1887 - 1947
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 36
1910 - 1999
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 37
1908 - 1974
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 38
1904 - 1988
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 39
1899 - 1982
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 40