1790 - 1874
Jean-Baptiste Charles Joseph Bélanger (4 April 1790 – 8 May 1874) was a French applied mathematician who worked in the areas of hydraulics and hydrodynamics. He was a professor at the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, École Polytechnique and École des Ponts et Chaussées in France. In hydraulic engineering, he is often credited improperly for the application of the momentum principle to a hydraulic jump in a rectangular open channel in 1828. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger has received more than 14,385 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger is the 690th most popular mathematician (down from 548th in 2019), the 4,069th most popular biography from France (down from 3,256th in 2019) and the 95th most popular French Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger ranks 690 out of 823. Before him are Viktor Sadovnichiy, Federigo Enriques, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, Stanisław Zaremba, Cornelius Lanczos, and Eugenio Calabi. After him are Gladys West, Saharon Shelah, Dmitry Grave, Annie S. D. Maunder, Stanisław Mazur, and Alexander Esenin-Volpin.
1939 - Present
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 684
1871 - 1946
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 685
1957 - 2016
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 686
1863 - 1942
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 687
1893 - 1974
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 688
1923 - 2023
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 689
1790 - 1874
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 690
1930 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 691
1945 - Present
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 692
1863 - 1939
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 693
1868 - 1947
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 694
1905 - 1981
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 695
1924 - 2016
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 696
Among people born in 1790, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger ranks 41. Before him are Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, William Smith, William Davies Evans, Ignaz von Rudhart, Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, and Melchor Múzquiz. After him are Letitia Christian Tyler, Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella, John Ross, Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, Johann Jakob Heckel, and Tommaso Grossi. Among people deceased in 1874, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger ranks 42. Before him are John Phillips, Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, Fritz Reuter, Vilém Blodek, Victor Baltard, and Heinrich von Kittlitz. After him are Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt, Richard Thomas Lowe, Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt, Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet, and Charles Sumner.
1790 - 1855
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 35
1790 - 1847
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 36
1790 - 1872
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 37
1790 - 1838
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 38
1790 - 1871
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 39
1790 - 1844
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 40
1790 - 1874
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 41
1790 - 1842
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 42
1790 - 1873
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 43
1790 - 1866
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 44
1790 - 1860
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 45
1790 - 1857
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 46
1790 - 1853
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 47
1800 - 1874
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 36
1798 - 1874
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 37
1810 - 1874
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 38
1834 - 1874
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 39
1805 - 1874
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 40
1799 - 1874
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 41
1790 - 1874
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 42
1785 - 1874
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 43
1802 - 1874
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 44
1799 - 1874
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 45
1794 - 1874
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 46
1800 - 1874
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 47
1811 - 1874
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 48
Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger ranks 4,069 out of 6,011. Before him are Renaud Lavillenie (1986), Alfred Manessier (1911), Adil Rami (1985), Presnel Kimpembe (1995), Karen Lancaume (1973), and Charles Fabry (1867). After him are Paul Passy (1859), Antoine de Caunes (1953), Karin Viard (1966), Hélène Vincent (1943), Jacques Miller (1931), and Madeleine Robinson (1917).
1986 - Present
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 4,063
1911 - 1993
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 4,064
1985 - Present
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 4,065
1995 - Present
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 4,066
1973 - 2005
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 4,067
1867 - 1945
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 4,068
1790 - 1874
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 4,069
1859 - 1940
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 4,070
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 4,071
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 4,072
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 4,073
1931 - Present
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 4,074
1917 - 2004
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 4,075
Among mathematicians born in France, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger ranks 95. Before him are Pierre Raymond de Montmort (1678), Jean-Étienne Montucla (1725), Charles Dupin (1784), Arnaud Denjoy (1884), Pierre-Louis Lions (1956), and Jean-Christophe Yoccoz (1957). After him are Joseph Diez Gergonne (1771), Victor Puiseux (1820), Edmond Laguerre (1834), Laurent Lafforgue (1966), Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (1923), and Cédric Villani (1973).
1678 - 1719
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 89
1725 - 1799
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 90
1784 - 1873
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 91
1884 - 1974
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 92
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 93
1957 - 2016
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 94
1790 - 1874
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 95
1771 - 1859
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 96
1820 - 1883
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 97
1834 - 1886
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 98
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 99
1923 - Present
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 100
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 101