1620 - 1674
John Graunt (24 April 1620 – 18 April 1674) has been regarded as the founder of demography. Graunt was one of the first demographers, and perhaps the first epidemiologist, though by profession he was a haberdasher. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Graunt has received more than 236,851 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). John Graunt is the 284th most popular mathematician (down from 266th in 2019), the 1,458th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,318th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, John Graunt ranks 284 out of 823. Before him are Adolf Hurwitz, Richard S. Hamilton, Guillaume Postel, Lorenzo Mascheroni, Vergilius of Salzburg, and Olga Ladyzhenskaya. After him are Atle Selberg, Guo Shoujing, Peter Barlow, Yi Xing, William Jones, and Hans Hahn.
1859 - 1919
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 278
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 279
1510 - 1581
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 280
1750 - 1800
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 281
700 - 784
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 282
1922 - 2004
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 283
1620 - 1674
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 284
1917 - 2007
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 285
1231 - 1316
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 286
1776 - 1862
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 287
683 - 727
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 288
1675 - 1749
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 289
1879 - 1934
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 290
Among people born in 1620, John Graunt ranks 9. Before him are Edme Mariotte, Avvakum, Aelbert Cuyp, Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, Pierre Puget, and Miklós Zrínyi. After him are Jean Picard, Abraham van Beijeren, Nicholas Mercator, Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, and François Bernier. Among people deceased in 1674, John Graunt ranks 9. Before him are Philippe de Champaigne, Giacomo Carissimi, Jan Lievens, Nicolaes Tulp, Jean Chapelain, and Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Hallgrímur Pétursson, Matthias Weckmann, Leonaert Bramer, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, and Hu Zhengyan.
1620 - 1684
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 3
1620 - 1682
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 4
1620 - 1691
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 5
1620 - 1642
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 6
1620 - 1694
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 7
1620 - 1664
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 8
1620 - 1674
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 9
1620 - 1682
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 10
1620 - 1690
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 11
1620 - 1687
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 12
1620 - 1692
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 13
1620 - 1680
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 14
1620 - 1688
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 15
1602 - 1674
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 3
1605 - 1674
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 4
1607 - 1674
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 5
1593 - 1674
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 6
1595 - 1674
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 7
1614 - 1674
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 8
1620 - 1674
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 9
1614 - 1674
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 10
1619 - 1674
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 11
1596 - 1674
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 12
1621 - 1674
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 13
1609 - 1674
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 14
1584 - 1674
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 15
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Graunt ranks 1,458 out of 7,765. Before him are David Roberts (1796), Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775), Vidal Sassoon (1928), Frances de la Tour (1944), Ethel Smyth (1858), and Lorna Wing (1928). After him are Herbert Kilpin (1870), John Blow (1649), Edward Low (1690), George MacDonald (1824), Anthony Minghella (1954), and Jeffrey Archer (1940).
1796 - 1864
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 1,452
1775 - 1860
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 1,453
1928 - 2012
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 1,454
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 1,455
1858 - 1944
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 1,456
1928 - 2014
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 1,457
1620 - 1674
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 1,458
1870 - 1916
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 1,459
1649 - 1708
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 1,460
1690 - 1724
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 1,461
1824 - 1905
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 1,462
1954 - 2008
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 1,463
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 1,464
Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, John Graunt ranks 30. Before him are Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195), Robert Recorde (1512), George Atwood (1745), Thomas Simpson (1710), William George Horner (1786), and John Wilkins (1614). After him are Peter Barlow (1776), William Jones (1675), Alan Baker (1939), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), Frank P. Ramsey (1903), and George Green (1793).
1195 - 1256
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 24
1512 - 1558
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 25
1745 - 1807
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 26
1710 - 1761
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 27
1786 - 1837
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 28
1614 - 1672
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 29
1620 - 1674
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 30
1776 - 1862
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 31
1675 - 1749
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 32
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