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Johann Bernoulli

1667 - 1748

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Johann Bernoulli (also known as Jean in French or John in English; 6 August [O.S. 27 July] 1667 – 1 January 1748) was a Swiss mathematician and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Bernoulli has received more than 657,290 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Bernoulli is the 42nd most popular mathematician (up from 43rd in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Switzerland and the 2nd most popular Swiss Mathematician.

Johann Bernoulli is most famous for his work in the field of fluid dynamics, specifically his work on Bernoulli's principle.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Johann Bernoulli ranks 42 out of 823. Before him are Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, Ada Lovelace, Gottlob Frege, Niels Henrik Abel, Apollonius of Perga, and Archytas. After him are Emmy Noether, Charles Sanders Peirce, Eudoxus of Cnidus, Sophie Germain, Claude Shannon, and Maria Gaetana Agnesi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1667, Johann Bernoulli ranks 2. Before him is Jonathan Swift. After him are Abraham de Moivre, Maria Anna of Neuburg, Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Louis, Count of Vermandois, Antonio Lotti, Alessandro Magnasco, Marie Thérèse of France, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, and James Louis Sobieski. Among people deceased in 1748, Johann Bernoulli ranks 1. After him are Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I, Ewald Georg von Kleist, Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein, Johann Gottfried Walther, Muhammad Shah, Abul Khair Khan, Ebrahim Afshar, Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, and William Kent.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Johann Bernoulli ranks 18 out of 876. Before him are Paul Klee (1879), Huldrych Zwingli (1484), Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1945), Johanna Spyri (1827), Francesco Borromini (1599), and Alberto Giacometti (1901). After him are Charles Albert Gobat (1843), Albert Hofmann (1906), Ursula Andress (1936), Carl Spitteler (1845), Bruno Ganz (1941), and Élie Ducommun (1833).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Switzerland

Among mathematicians born in Switzerland, Johann Bernoulli ranks 2. Before him are Leonhard Euler (1707). After him are Jacob Bernoulli (1654), Gabriel Cramer (1704), Jakob Steiner (1796), Jost Bürgi (1552), Paul Guldin (1577), Nicolaus II Bernoulli (1695), Jean-Robert Argand (1768), Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803), Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (1750), and Johann II Bernoulli (1710).

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