Mathematician

Kurt Gödel

1906 - 1978

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Kurt Gödel

His biography is available in 95 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 94 in 2024). Kurt Gödel is the 32nd most popular mathematician (up from 37th in 2024), the 19th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Czech Mathematician.

Kurt Gödel is most famous for his incompleteness theorems, which state that any logical system that is powerful enough to describe arithmetic will contain statements that are true but cannot be proven.

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Among Mathematicians

Among mathematicians, Kurt Gödel ranks 32 out of 1,004. Before him are Hero of Alexandria, John von Neumann, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Diophantus, Gerolamo Cardano, and François Viète. After him are Luca Pacioli, Niels Henrik Abel, Brahmagupta, Pope Sylvester II, Georg Cantor, and Apollonius of Perga.

Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia

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Hero of Alexandria
10 - 75
HPI: 80.07
Rank: 26
John von Neumann
1903 - 1957
HPI: 79.93
Rank: 27
Srinivasa Ramanujan
1887 - 1920
HPI: 79.85
Rank: 28
Diophantus
201 - 300
HPI: 79.85
Rank: 29
Gerolamo Cardano
1501 - 1576
HPI: 79.79
Rank: 30
François Viète
1540 - 1603
HPI: 79.70
Rank: 31
Kurt Gödel
1906 - 1978
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 32
Luca Pacioli
1445 - 1517
HPI: 79.39
Rank: 33
Niels Henrik Abel
1802 - 1829
HPI: 79.17
Rank: 34
Brahmagupta
598 - 670
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 35
Pope Sylvester II
938 - 1003
HPI: 78.50
Rank: 36
Georg Cantor
1845 - 1918
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 37
Apollonius of Perga
262 BC - 190 BC
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 38

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Kurt Gödel ranks 8. Before him are Puyi, Adolf Eichmann, Maria Goeppert Mayer, Hannah Arendt, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Grace Hopper. After him are Samuel Beckett, Aristotle Onassis, Ernst Chain, Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Luchino Visconti, and Emmanuel Levinas. Among people deceased in 1978, Kurt Gödel ranks 4. Before him are Pope John Paul I, Pope Paul VI, and Golda Meir. After him are Aram Khachaturian, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Manne Siegbahn, Aldo Moro, Jacques Brel, Mohammed Daoud Khan, Giorgio de Chirico, and Robert Shaw.

Others Born in 1906

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Puyi
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1967
HPI: 83.41
Rank: 2
Adolf Eichmann
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1906 - 1962
HPI: 83.12
Rank: 3
Maria Goeppert Mayer
PHYSICIST
1906 - 1972
HPI: 82.73
Rank: 4
Hannah Arendt
PHILOSOPHER
1906 - 1975
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 5
Dmitri Shostakovich
COMPOSER
1906 - 1975
HPI: 82.02
Rank: 6
Grace Hopper
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1906 - 1992
HPI: 80.29
Rank: 7
Kurt Gödel
MATHEMATICIAN
1906 - 1978
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 8
Samuel Beckett
WRITER
1906 - 1989
HPI: 79.46
Rank: 9
Aristotle Onassis
BUSINESSPERSON
1906 - 1975
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 10
Ernst Chain
CHEMIST
1906 - 1979
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 11
Faisal of Saudi Arabia
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1975
HPI: 78.51
Rank: 12
Luchino Visconti
FILM DIRECTOR
1906 - 1976
HPI: 78.42
Rank: 13
Emmanuel Levinas
PHILOSOPHER
1906 - 1995
HPI: 77.38
Rank: 14

Others Deceased in 1978

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Pope John Paul I
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1912 - 1978
HPI: 89.80
Rank: 1
Pope Paul VI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1897 - 1978
HPI: 88.00
Rank: 2
Golda Meir
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1978
HPI: 82.01
Rank: 3
Kurt Gödel
MATHEMATICIAN
1906 - 1978
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 4
Aram Khachaturian
COMPOSER
1903 - 1978
HPI: 79.24
Rank: 5
Santiago Bernabéu Yeste
SOCCER PLAYER
1895 - 1978
HPI: 79.08
Rank: 6
Manne Siegbahn
PHYSICIST
1886 - 1978
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 7
Aldo Moro
POLITICIAN
1916 - 1978
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 8
Jacques Brel
SINGER
1929 - 1978
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 9
Mohammed Daoud Khan
POLITICIAN
1909 - 1978
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 10
Giorgio de Chirico
PAINTER
1888 - 1978
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 11
Robert Shaw
ACTOR
1927 - 1978
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 12

In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Kurt Gödel ranks 19 out of NaN. Before him are Alphonse Mucha (1860), Václav Havel (1936), Rainer Maria Rilke (1875), Edmund Husserl (1859), Jan Žižka (1360), and Bertha von Suttner (1843). After him are Wilhelm Steinitz (1836), John of Nepomuk (1350), Ferdinand Porsche (1875), Karel Čapek (1890), Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766), and Miloš Forman (1932).

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Alphonse Mucha
PAINTER
1860 - 1939
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 13
Václav Havel
WRITER
1936 - 2011
HPI: 81.32
Rank: 14
Rainer Maria Rilke
WRITER
1875 - 1926
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 15
Edmund Husserl
PHILOSOPHER
1859 - 1938
HPI: 80.57
Rank: 16
Jan Žižka
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1360 - 1424
HPI: 80.33
Rank: 17
Bertha von Suttner
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1843 - 1914
HPI: 79.56
Rank: 18
Kurt Gödel
MATHEMATICIAN
1906 - 1978
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 19
Wilhelm Steinitz
CHESS PLAYER
1836 - 1900
HPI: 79.31
Rank: 20
John of Nepomuk
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1350 - 1393
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 21
Ferdinand Porsche
DESIGNER
1875 - 1951
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 22
Karel Čapek
WRITER
1890 - 1938
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 23
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1766 - 1858
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 24
Miloš Forman
FILM DIRECTOR
1932 - 2018
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 25