Mathematician

Joseph Petzval

1807 - 1891

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Joseph Petzval

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Petzval is the 235th most popular mathematician (down from 232nd in 2024), the 38th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 41st in 2019) and the most popular Slovak Mathematician.

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Among Mathematicians

Among mathematicians, Joseph Petzval ranks 235 out of 1,004. Before him are Helge von Koch, Hermann Grassmann, Menaechmus, Karen Uhlenbeck, Abu Nasr Mansur, and Theaetetus. After him are Michael Atiyah, Callippus, Michel Chasles, Richard S. Hamilton, Giovanni Ceva, and Marcel Grossmann.

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Helge von Koch
1870 - 1924
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 229
Hermann Grassmann
1809 - 1877
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 230
Menaechmus
375 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 231
Karen Uhlenbeck
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 232
Abu Nasr Mansur
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HPI: 66.50
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Theaetetus
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HPI: 66.49
Rank: 234
Joseph Petzval
1807 - 1891
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 235
Michael Atiyah
1929 - 2019
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 236
Callippus
370 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 237
Michel Chasles
1793 - 1880
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 238
Richard S. Hamilton
1943 - 2024
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 239
Giovanni Ceva
1647 - 1734
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 240
Marcel Grossmann
1878 - 1936
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 241

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, Joseph Petzval ranks 8. Before him are Robert E. Lee, Josephine of Leuchtenberg, Jules Grévy, Louis Agassiz, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Lajos Batthyány. After him are Anthony Mary Claret, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, Bezmiâlem Sultan, Harriet Taylor Mill, Charles Francis Adams Sr., and Princess Feodora of Leiningen. Among people deceased in 1891, Joseph Petzval ranks 31. Before him are Jan Neruda, Édouard Lucas, Georges Ernest Boulanger, N. R. Pogson, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, and Theophil Hansen. After him are Ernest Meissonier, William Tecumseh Sherman, Princess Cecilie of Baden, Johan Jongkind, Louis Lucien Bonaparte, and Théodore de Banville.

Others Born in 1807

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Robert E. Lee
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1807 - 1870
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 2
Josephine of Leuchtenberg
COMPANION
1807 - 1876
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 3
Jules Grévy
POLITICIAN
1807 - 1891
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 4
Louis Agassiz
BIOLOGIST
1807 - 1873
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 5
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
WRITER
1807 - 1882
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 6
Lajos Batthyány
POLITICIAN
1807 - 1849
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 7
Joseph Petzval
MATHEMATICIAN
1807 - 1891
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 8
Anthony Mary Claret
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1807 - 1870
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 9
Narcisse Virgilio Díaz
PAINTER
1807 - 1876
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 10
Bezmiâlem Sultan
POLITICIAN
1807 - 1853
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 11
Harriet Taylor Mill
PHILOSOPHER
1807 - 1858
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 12
Charles Francis Adams Sr.
POLITICIAN
1807 - 1886
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 13
Princess Feodora of Leiningen
POLITICIAN
1807 - 1872
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 14

Others Deceased in 1891

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Jan Neruda
WRITER
1834 - 1891
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 25
Édouard Lucas
MATHEMATICIAN
1842 - 1891
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 26
Georges Ernest Boulanger
POLITICIAN
1837 - 1891
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 27
N. R. Pogson
ASTRONOMER
1829 - 1891
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 28
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia
POLITICIAN
1831 - 1891
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 29
Theophil Hansen
ARCHITECT
1813 - 1891
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 30
Joseph Petzval
MATHEMATICIAN
1807 - 1891
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 31
Ernest Meissonier
PAINTER
1815 - 1891
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 32
William Tecumseh Sherman
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1820 - 1891
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 33
Princess Cecilie of Baden
NOBLEMAN
1839 - 1891
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 34
Johan Jongkind
PAINTER
1819 - 1891
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 35
Louis Lucien Bonaparte
POLITICIAN
1813 - 1891
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 36
Théodore de Banville
WRITER
1823 - 1891
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 37