1768 - 1830
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier (; French: [fuʁje]; 21 March 1768 – 16 May 1830) was a French mathematician and physicist born in Auxerre and best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series, which eventually developed into Fourier analysis and harmonic analysis, and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations. The Fourier transform and Fourier's law of conduction are also named in his honour. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Fourier has received more than 1,352,215 page views. His biography is available in 115 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 113 in 2019). Joseph Fourier is the 22nd most popular mathematician (down from 18th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from France (down from 116th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Mathematician.
Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician who is most famous for his work in the fields of heat transfer and wave propagation.
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Among mathematicians, Joseph Fourier ranks 22 out of 823. Before him are Pierre-Simon Laplace, John von Neumann, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Henri Poincaré, Diophantus, and Jean le Rond d'Alembert. After him are Hero of Alexandria, Luca Pacioli, David Hilbert, Évariste Galois, Pope Sylvester II, and Srinivasa Ramanujan.
1749 - 1827
HPI: 77.98
Rank: 16
1903 - 1957
HPI: 77.46
Rank: 17
1736 - 1813
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 18
1854 - 1912
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 19
201 - 300
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 20
1717 - 1783
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 21
1768 - 1830
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 22
10 - 75
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 23
1445 - 1517
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 24
1862 - 1943
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 25
1811 - 1832
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 26
938 - 1003
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 27
1887 - 1920
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 28
Among people born in 1768, Joseph Fourier ranks 2. Before him is Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Joseph Bonaparte, François-René de Chateaubriand, Charlotte Corday, Frederick VI of Denmark, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Karađorđe, Louis Desaix, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise, and Caroline of Brunswick. Among people deceased in 1830, Joseph Fourier ranks 2. Before him is Simón Bolívar. After him are Pope Pius VIII, George IV of the United Kingdom, Adam Weishaupt, Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Benjamin Constant, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Antonio José de Sucre, Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Louis Henri, Prince of Condé.
1768 - 1835
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 1
1768 - 1830
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 2
1768 - 1844
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 3
1768 - 1848
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 4
1768 - 1793
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 5
1768 - 1839
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 6
1768 - 1834
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 7
1768 - 1817
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 8
1768 - 1800
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 9
1768 - 1813
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 10
1768 - 1835
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 11
1768 - 1821
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 12
1783 - 1830
HPI: 78.86
Rank: 1
1768 - 1830
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 2
1761 - 1830
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 3
1762 - 1830
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 4
1748 - 1830
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 5
1777 - 1830
HPI: 67.90
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1767 - 1830
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 7
1775 - 1830
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 8
1764 - 1830
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 9
1795 - 1830
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 10
1753 - 1830
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 11
1756 - 1830
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Joseph Fourier ranks 140 out of 6,011. Before him are Paul Verlaine (1844), Louis XII of France (1462), Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), Charles VIII of France (1470), Jean Cocteau (1889), and Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717). After him are Louis XI of France (1423), Georges Braque (1882), Pierre Bourdieu (1930), Joachim Murat (1767), François Mitterrand (1916), and Georges Seurat (1859).
1844 - 1896
HPI: 75.77
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1462 - 1515
HPI: 75.76
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1824 - 1895
HPI: 75.75
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1470 - 1498
HPI: 75.70
Rank: 137
1889 - 1963
HPI: 75.68
Rank: 138
1717 - 1783
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 139
1768 - 1830
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 140
1423 - 1483
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 141
1882 - 1963
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 142
1930 - 2002
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 143
1767 - 1815
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 144
1916 - 1996
HPI: 75.48
Rank: 145
1859 - 1891
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 146
Among mathematicians born in France, Joseph Fourier ranks 6. Before him are Blaise Pascal (1623), Pierre de Fermat (1601), Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749), Henri Poincaré (1854), and Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717). After him are Évariste Galois (1811), Pope Sylvester II (938), François Viète (1540), Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789), Sophie Germain (1776), and Gaspard Monge (1746).
1623 - 1662
HPI: 88.71
Rank: 1
1601 - 1665
HPI: 79.37
Rank: 2
1749 - 1827
HPI: 77.98
Rank: 3
1854 - 1912
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 4
1717 - 1783
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 5
1768 - 1830
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 6
1811 - 1832
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 7
938 - 1003
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 8
1540 - 1603
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 9
1789 - 1857
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 10
1776 - 1831
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 11
1746 - 1818
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 12