1460 - 1505
Johannes Widmann (c. 1460 – after 1498) was a German mathematician. The + and - symbols first appeared in print in his book Mercantile Arithmetic or Behende und hüpsche Rechenung auff allen Kauffmanschafft published in Leipzig in 1489 in reference to surpluses and deficits in business problems.Born in Eger, Bohemia, Widmann attended the University of Leipzig in the 1480s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes Widmann has received more than 52,458 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Johannes Widmann is the 294th most popular mathematician (up from 316th in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 235th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Johannes Widmann ranks 294 out of 823. Before him are Yi Xing, William Jones, Hans Hahn, Jacopo Riccati, Alan Baker, and Julius Plücker. After him are Rudolf Lipschitz, Nicholas Mercator, Carl David Tolmé Runge, Vitello, Aristyllus, and Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro.
683 - 727
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 288
1675 - 1749
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 289
1879 - 1934
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 290
1676 - 1754
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 291
1939 - 2018
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 292
1801 - 1868
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 293
1460 - 1505
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 294
1832 - 1903
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 295
1620 - 1687
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 296
1856 - 1927
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 297
1230 - 1275
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 298
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 299
1853 - 1925
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 300
Among people born in 1460, Johannes Widmann ranks 20. Before him are Tilman Riemenschneider, Konstanty Ostrogski, João da Nova, Pierre de la Rue, Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto. After him are Svante Nilsson, Johann Froben, Rodrigo de Bastidas, Georges d'Amboise, Antoine Brumel, and Catherine of Foix, Countess of Candale. Among people deceased in 1505, Johannes Widmann ranks 11. Before him are Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Elizabeth of Austria, Jacob Obrecht, Gülbahar Hatun, Heinrich Kramer, and Ascanio Sforza. After him is Jean Hey.
1460 - 1531
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 14
1460 - 1530
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 15
1460 - 1509
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 16
1460 - 1518
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 17
1460 - 1536
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 18
1460 - 1528
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 19
1460 - 1505
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 20
1460 - 1512
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 21
1460 - 1527
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 22
1460 - 1527
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 23
1460 - 1510
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 24
1460 - 1512
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 25
1460 - 1490
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 26
1431 - 1505
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 5
1437 - 1505
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 6
1457 - 1505
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 7
1453 - 1505
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 8
1430 - 1505
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 9
1455 - 1505
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 10
1460 - 1505
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 11
1455 - 1505
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 12
Among people born in Czechia, Johannes Widmann ranks 239 out of 973. Before him are Karel Svoboda (1938), Hans Krása (1899), Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1696), Jean-Gaspard Deburau (1796), Dana Zátopková (1922), and Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria (1863). After him are Max Dvořák (1874), Bretislav II (1100), Rudolf Serkin (1903), Jan Kodeš (1946), Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619), and Erhard Raus (1889).
1938 - 2007
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 233
1899 - 1944
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 234
1696 - 1772
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 235
1796 - 1846
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 236
1922 - 2020
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 237
1863 - 1931
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 238
1460 - 1505
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 239
1874 - 1921
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 240
1100 - 1100
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 241
1903 - 1991
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 242
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 243
1619 - 1682
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 244
1889 - 1956
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 245
Among mathematicians born in Czechia, Johannes Widmann ranks 2. Before him are Leo Perutz (1882). After him are Johann Radon (1887), Olga Taussky-Todd (1906), and Eduard Čech (1893).
1882 - 1957
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1
1460 - 1505
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 2
1887 - 1956
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 3
1906 - 1995
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 4
1893 - 1960
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 5