1611 - 1685
John Pell (1 March 1611 – 12 December 1685) was an English mathematician and political agent abroad. He was made Royal Chair of Mathematics at Orange College by the Prince of Orange, and was under the patronage of Sir Charles Cavendish. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Pell has received more than 69,490 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. John Pell is the 492nd most popular mathematician (down from 431st in 2019), the 2,389th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,046th in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, John Pell ranks 492 out of 823. Before him are Jakob Hermann, Harold Jeffreys, Paul Halmos, William Thurston, Willem 's Gravesande, and Johannes de Muris. After him are Giovanni Antonio Magini, Jacques Herbrand, Louis Bachelier, Georg Mohr, Jacques Ozanam, and Frigyes Riesz.
1678 - 1733
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 486
1891 - 1989
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 487
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 488
1946 - 2012
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 489
1688 - 1742
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 490
1290 - 1350
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 491
1611 - 1685
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 492
1555 - 1617
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 493
1908 - 1931
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 494
1870 - 1946
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 495
1640 - 1697
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 496
1640 - 1718
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 497
1880 - 1956
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 498
Among people born in 1611, John Pell ranks 15. Before him are Cecilia Renata of Austria, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, Jan Fyt, Carlo Rainaldi, Willem van de Velde the Elder, and James Harrington. After him are Henry Ireton, Mary Dyer, and Giancarlo de' Medici. Among people deceased in 1685, John Pell ranks 12. Before him are Juan Carreño de Miranda, Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti, Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Michel Le Tellier, and Francisco Herrera the Younger.
1611 - 1644
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 9
1611 - 1684
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 10
1611 - 1661
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 11
1611 - 1691
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 12
1611 - 1693
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 13
1611 - 1677
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 14
1611 - 1685
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 15
1611 - 1651
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 16
1611 - 1660
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 17
1611 - 1663
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 18
1614 - 1685
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 6
1661 - 1685
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 7
1629 - 1685
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 8
1649 - 1685
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 9
1603 - 1685
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 10
1622 - 1685
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 11
1611 - 1685
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Pell ranks 2,389 out of 7,765. Before him are John Terry (1980), Stephen Hendry (1969), James Braid (1795), Joss Ackland (1928), Rupert Brooke (1887), and Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (1269). After him are Bob Anderson (1931), Peter Pears (1910), Terence Fisher (1904), Michael Green (1946), Lesley Manville (1956), and Michael Berry (1941).
1980 - Present
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 2,383
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 2,384
1795 - 1860
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 2,385
1928 - 2023
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 2,386
1887 - 1915
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 2,387
1269 - 1297
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 2,388
1611 - 1685
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 2,389
1931 - 1967
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 2,390
1910 - 1986
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 2,391
1904 - 1980
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 2,392
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 2,393
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 2,394
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 2,395
Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, John Pell ranks 50. Before him are Thomas Bradwardine (1300), Roger Cotes (1682), Edward Arthur Milne (1896), Eric Temple Bell (1883), David Mumford (1937), and Harold Jeffreys (1891). After him are W. V. D. Hodge (1903), William Kingdon Clifford (1845), Henry Dudeney (1857), G. I. Taylor (1886), Egon Pearson (1895), and Mary Cartwright (1900).
1300 - 1349
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 44
1682 - 1716
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 45
1896 - 1950
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 46
1883 - 1960
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 47
1937 - Present
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 48
1891 - 1989
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 49
1611 - 1685
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 50
1903 - 1975
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 51
1845 - 1879
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 52
1857 - 1930
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 53
1886 - 1975
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 54
1895 - 1980
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 55
1900 - 1998
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 56