1692 - 1770
James Stirling (11 May O.S. 1692, Garden, Stirlingshire – 5 December 1770, Edinburgh) was a Scottish mathematician. He was nicknamed "The Venetian". The Stirling numbers, Stirling permutations, and Stirling's approximation are named after him. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Stirling has received more than 16,304 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. James Stirling is the 357th most popular mathematician (up from 380th in 2019), the 1,835th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,871st in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, James Stirling ranks 357 out of 823. Before him are Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, Madhava of Sangamagrama, Alain Connes, Maurice René Fréchet, Philipp Frank, and Sergei Novikov. After him are Paul Émile Appell, Michael Maestlin, Carl Ludwig Siegel, Pierre Vernier, John G. Kemeny, and Marino Ghetaldi.
1735 - 1796
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 351
1350 - 1425
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 352
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 353
1878 - 1973
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 354
1884 - 1966
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 355
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 356
1692 - 1770
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 357
1855 - 1930
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 358
1550 - 1631
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 359
1896 - 1981
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 360
1580 - 1637
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 361
1926 - 1992
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 362
1568 - 1626
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 363
Among people born in 1692, James Stirling ranks 8. Before him are Elisabeth Farnese, Pieter van Musschenbroek, Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria, Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Adrienne Lecouvreur, and Frederick William, Duke of Courland. After him are Joseph Butler, Alessandro Albani, Louisa Maria Stuart, Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, and Dolly Pentreath. Among people deceased in 1770, James Stirling ranks 11. Before him are Thomas Chatterton, Suzuki Harunobu, Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Jean-Antoine Nollet, and George Whitefield. After him are George Grenville, Francesco Araja, Charles Avison, and Georg Dionysius Ehret.
1692 - 1766
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 2
1692 - 1761
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 3
1692 - 1699
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 4
1692 - 1740
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 5
1692 - 1730
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 6
1692 - 1711
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 7
1692 - 1770
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 8
1692 - 1752
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 9
1692 - 1779
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 10
1692 - 1712
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 11
1692 - 1766
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 12
1692 - 1777
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 13
1752 - 1770
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 5
1725 - 1770
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 6
1700 - 1770
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 7
1710 - 1770
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 8
1700 - 1770
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 9
1714 - 1770
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 10
1692 - 1770
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 11
1712 - 1770
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 12
1709 - 1770
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 13
1709 - 1770
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 14
1708 - 1770
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 15
Among people born in United Kingdom, James Stirling ranks 1,835 out of 7,765. Before him are Kathleen Ferrier (1912), Alan Wilder (1959), Michael Sheen (1969), Limahl (1958), Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (1499), and Malcolm Arnold (1921). After him are Charles Joughin (1878), Anne Lister (1791), Jimmy Somerville (1961), Raymond Williams (1921), Arthur Percival (1887), and Arthur Phillip (1738).
1912 - 1953
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 1,829
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 1,830
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 1,831
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 1,832
1499 - 1500
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 1,833
1921 - 2006
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 1,834
1692 - 1770
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 1,835
1878 - 1956
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 1,836
1791 - 1840
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 1,837
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 1,838
1921 - 1988
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 1,839
1887 - 1966
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 1,840
1738 - 1814
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 1,841
Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, James Stirling ranks 39. Before him are Alan Baker (1939), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), Frank P. Ramsey (1903), George Green (1793), Edward Waring (1736), and William Sealy Gosset (1876). After him are David Cox (1924), Ernest William Brown (1866), Thomas Wright (1711), John Hadley (1682), Thomas Bradwardine (1300), and Roger Cotes (1682).
1939 - 2018
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 33
1885 - 1977
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 34
1903 - 1930
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 35
1793 - 1841
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 36
1736 - 1798
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 37
1876 - 1937
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 38
1692 - 1770
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 39
1924 - 2022
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 40
1866 - 1938
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 41
1711 - 1786
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 42
1682 - 1744
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 43
1300 - 1349
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 44
1682 - 1716
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 45