1800 - 1834
Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach (30 May 1800 – 12 March 1834) was a German geometer and the son of legal scholar Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, and the brother of philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach. After receiving his doctorate at age 22, he became a professor of mathematics at the Gymnasium at Erlangen. In 1822 he wrote a small book on mathematics noted mainly for a theorem on the nine-point circle, which is now known as Feuerbach's theorem. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach has received more than 30,487 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach is the 367th most popular mathematician (up from 407th in 2019), the 2,535th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,573rd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular German Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach ranks 367 out of 823. Before him are Pierre Vernier, John G. Kemeny, Marino Ghetaldi, Philippe de La Hire, Emil Leon Post, and Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar. After him are Jim Simons, David Cox, Yang Hui, Gemma Frisius, Raymond Smullyan, and Zhu Shijie.
1580 - 1637
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 361
1926 - 1992
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 362
1568 - 1626
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 363
1640 - 1718
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 364
1897 - 1954
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 365
786 - 833
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 366
1800 - 1834
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 367
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 368
1924 - 2022
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 369
1238 - 1298
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 370
1508 - 1555
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 371
1919 - 2017
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 372
1249 - 1314
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 373
Among people born in 1800, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach ranks 32. Before him are Evangelos Zappas, John Nelson Darby, Jakob Lorber, Juan José Flores, Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Aga Khan I. After him are Charles Rogier, Friedrich August Stüler, Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Auguste von Harrach, Ekkathat, and Mihály Vörösmarty. Among people deceased in 1834, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach ranks 22. Before him are Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, James Weddell, Giovanni Aldini, Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium, Aleksey Arakcheyev, and Robert Morrison. After him are Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Charles Lamb, Gamzat-bek, Thomas Telford, and Albrecht Wilhelm Roth.
1800 - 1865
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 26
1800 - 1882
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 27
1800 - 1864
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 28
1800 - 1864
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 29
1800 - 1882
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 30
1800 - 1881
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 31
1800 - 1834
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 32
1800 - 1885
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 33
1800 - 1865
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 34
1800 - 1820
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 35
1800 - 1873
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 36
1800 - 1767
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 37
1800 - 1855
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 38
1763 - 1834
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 16
1787 - 1834
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 17
1762 - 1834
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 18
1833 - 1834
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 19
1769 - 1834
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 20
1782 - 1834
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 21
1800 - 1834
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 22
1782 - 1834
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 23
1759 - 1834
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 24
1775 - 1834
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 25
1789 - 1834
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 26
1757 - 1834
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 27
1757 - 1834
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 28
Among people born in Germany, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach ranks 2,535 out of 6,142. Before him are Dirk Nowitzki (1978), Josef Bürckel (1895), Princess Augusta of Prussia (1780), Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780), Alexander von Linsingen (1850), and Hans Hartwig von Beseler (1850). After him are Gustav Fröhlich (1902), Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria (1734), Winfried Schäfer (1950), Stefan Effenberg (1968), Hajo Herrmann (1913), and Carlos Schwabe (1866).
1978 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 2,529
1895 - 1944
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 2,530
1780 - 1841
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 2,531
1780 - 1850
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 2,532
1850 - 1935
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 2,533
1850 - 1921
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 2,534
1800 - 1834
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 2,535
1902 - 1987
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 2,536
1734 - 1776
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 2,537
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 2,538
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 2,539
1913 - 2010
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 2,540
1866 - 1926
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 2,541
Among mathematicians born in Germany, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach ranks 43. Before him are Philipp Ludwig von Seidel (1821), Gerhard Gentzen (1909), Felix Bernstein (1878), Thomas Fincke (1561), Michael Maestlin (1550), and Carl Ludwig Siegel (1896). After him are Elwin Bruno Christoffel (1829), Abraham Fraenkel (1891), Helmut Hasse (1898), Ernst Schröder (1841), Hermann Hankel (1839), and Karl Mollweide (1774).
1821 - 1896
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 37
1909 - 1945
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 38
1878 - 1956
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 39
1561 - 1656
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 40
1550 - 1631
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 41
1896 - 1981
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 42
1800 - 1834
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 43
1829 - 1900
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 44
1891 - 1965
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 45
1898 - 1979
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 46
1841 - 1902
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 47
1839 - 1873
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 48
1774 - 1825
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 49