1801 - 1868
Julius Plücker (16 June 1801 – 22 May 1868) was a German mathematician and physicist. He made fundamental contributions to the field of analytical geometry and was a pioneer in the investigations of cathode rays that led eventually to the discovery of the electron. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julius Plücker has received more than 174,791 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Julius Plücker is the 293rd most popular mathematician (down from 288th in 2019), the 1,998th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,857th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular German Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Julius Plücker ranks 293 out of 823. Before him are Peter Barlow, Yi Xing, William Jones, Hans Hahn, Jacopo Riccati, and Alan Baker. After him are Johannes Widmann, Rudolf Lipschitz, Nicholas Mercator, Carl David Tolmé Runge, Vitello, and Aristyllus.
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
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
Among people born in 1801, Julius Plücker ranks 30. Before him are Marie Laveau, Vladimir Dal, Maria Theresa of Austria, Henri Labrouste, Zénaïde Bonaparte, and William H. Seward. After him are David Farragut, Richard Parkes Bonington, Hippolyte Bayard, Justo José de Urquiza, Fredrika Bremer, and Jean-Baptiste Boussingault. Among people deceased in 1868, Julius Plücker ranks 21. Before him are Okita Sōji, Franz Berwald, Tewodros II, Christian Friedrich Schönbein, François-Édouard Picot, and Kondō Isami. After him are Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Rasoherina, Nakano Takeko, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, Carlo Matteucci, and Venancio Flores.
1801 - 1881
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 24
1801 - 1872
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 25
1801 - 1855
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 26
1801 - 1875
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 27
1801 - 1854
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 28
1801 - 1872
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 29
1801 - 1868
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 30
1801 - 1870
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 31
1801 - 1828
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 32
1801 - 1887
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 33
1801 - 1870
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 34
1801 - 1865
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 35
1801 - 1887
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 36
1842 - 1868
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 15
1796 - 1868
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 16
1818 - 1868
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 17
1799 - 1868
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 18
1786 - 1868
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 19
1834 - 1868
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 20
1801 - 1868
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 21
1789 - 1868
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 22
1814 - 1868
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 23
1847 - 1868
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 24
1794 - 1868
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 25
1811 - 1868
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 26
1808 - 1868
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 27
Among people born in Germany, Julius Plücker ranks 1,998 out of 6,142. Before him are Paul Gerhardt (1607), Lotte Reiniger (1899), William, Prince of Hohenzollern (1864), Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1688), Gershon Kingsley (1922), and Eduard Meyer (1855). After him are Siegfried Marcus (1831), Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (1813), Rachel Félix (1821), Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771), Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia (1000), and Alfred Schmidt (1931).
1607 - 1676
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 1,992
1899 - 1981
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 1,993
1864 - 1927
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 1,994
1688 - 1765
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 1,995
1922 - 2019
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 1,996
1855 - 1930
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 1,997
1801 - 1868
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 1,998
1831 - 1898
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 1,999
1813 - 1862
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 2,000
1821 - 1858
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 2,001
1771 - 1853
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 2,002
1000 - 1038
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 2,003
1931 - 2012
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 2,004
Among mathematicians born in Germany, Julius Plücker ranks 32. Before him are Thomas Abbt (1738), Eduard Heine (1821), Michael Stifel (1487), Andreas Osiander (1498), Gotthold Eisenstein (1823), and Adolf Hurwitz (1859). After him are Nicholas Mercator (1620), Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856), Wilhelm Ackermann (1896), Edmund Landau (1877), Philipp Ludwig von Seidel (1821), and Gerhard Gentzen (1909).
1738 - 1766
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 26
1821 - 1881
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 27
1487 - 1567
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 28
1498 - 1552
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 29
1823 - 1852
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 30
1859 - 1919
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 31
1801 - 1868
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 32
1620 - 1687
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 33
1856 - 1927
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 34
1896 - 1962
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 35
1877 - 1938
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 36
1821 - 1896
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 37
1909 - 1945
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 38