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Leo Perutz

1882 - 1957

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Leopold Perutz (2 November 1882 – 25 August 1957) was an Austrian novelist and mathematician. Born in Prague, he lived in Vienna until the Nazi Anschluss in 1938, when he emigrated to Palestine. According to the biographical note on the Arcade Publishing editions of the English translations of his novels, Leo was a mathematician who formulated an algebraic equation which is named after him; he worked as a statistician for an insurance company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leo Perutz has received more than 79,377 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Leo Perutz is the 180th most popular mathematician (up from 242nd in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 186th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Leo Perutz ranks 180 out of 1,004. Before him are Jost Bürgi, Jean-Pierre Serre, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Édouard Lucas, Conon of Samos, and Ernst Zermelo. After him are Rafael Bombelli, Ibn Yunus, James Gregory, Menaechmus, Vito Volterra, and Jan Łukasiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Leo Perutz ranks 60. Before him are Petre Dumitrescu, Pavel Florensky, Aleksandra Ekster, Yakub Kolas, John Bauer, and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. After him are Fan Noli, Franz Seldte, Subramania Bharati, Dušan Simović, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Johnny Torrio. Among people deceased in 1957, Leo Perutz ranks 45. Before him are Maurice Garin, Antonín Zápotocký, Erich Auerbach, Moša Pijade, Eliot Ness, and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. After him are Carl Clauberg, Aga Khan III, Sacha Guitry, Hermann Buhl, Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria, and Johnny Torrio.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Leo Perutz ranks 140 out of 1,200. Before him are Bretislav I (1005), Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791), Johann Palisa (1848), Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia (852), Princess Sophie of Hohenberg (1901), and Alfred Brendel (1931). After him are Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (932), Herbert Lom (1917), Ivana Trump (1949), Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (1337), Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia (888), and Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1569).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Czechia

Among mathematicians born in Czechia, Leo Perutz ranks 2. Before him are Kurt Gödel (1906). After him are Johannes Widmann (1460), Johann Radon (1887), Olga Taussky-Todd (1906), and Eduard Čech (1893).

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