1912 - 1986
Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich (Russian: Леонид Витальевич Канторович, IPA: [lʲɪɐˈnʲit vʲɪˈtalʲjɪvʲɪtɕ kəntɐˈrovʲɪtɕ] ; 19 January 1912 – 7 April 1986) was a Soviet mathematician and economist, known for his theory and development of techniques for the optimal allocation of resources. He is regarded as the founder of linear programming. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonid Kantorovich has received more than 324,675 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Leonid Kantorovich is the 118th most popular mathematician (down from 113th in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 228th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Russian Mathematician.
Leonid Kantorovich is most famous for his contributions to linear programming and optimal resource allocation.
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Among mathematicians, Leonid Kantorovich ranks 118 out of 823. Before him are Theon of Alexandria, Charles Hermite, Grigori Perelman, Josef Stefan, Christopher Clavius, and Hermann Weyl. After him are Émile Borel, Aloysius Lilius, Edward Norton Lorenz, Ferdinand von Lindemann, Andrew Wiles, and Marian Rejewski.
335 - 405
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 112
1822 - 1901
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 113
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 114
1835 - 1893
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 115
1538 - 1612
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 116
1885 - 1955
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 117
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 118
1871 - 1956
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 119
1510 - 1576
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 120
1917 - 2008
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 121
1852 - 1939
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 122
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 123
1905 - 1980
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 124
Among people born in 1912, Leonid Kantorovich ranks 37. Before him are Pierre Boulle, Sergiu Celibidache, Edward Mills Purcell, Jozef Gabčík, Otto Ernst Remer, and Minoru Yamasaki. After him are Juan Pujol García, Karl Malden, Glenn T. Seaborg, Lawrence Durrell, Sonja Henie, and Otto Kretschmer. Among people deceased in 1986, Leonid Kantorovich ranks 33. Before him are James Rainwater, Chiune Sugihara, Jaroslav Seifert, Minoru Yamasaki, Georges Dumézil, and L. Ron Hubbard. After him are Samora Machel, Stanley Rous, Lê Duẩn, James Cagney, Robert S. Mulliken, and Vincente Minnelli.
1912 - 1994
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 31
1912 - 1996
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 32
1912 - 1997
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 33
1912 - 1942
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 34
1912 - 1997
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 35
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 36
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 37
1912 - 1988
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 38
1912 - 2009
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 39
1912 - 1999
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 40
1912 - 1990
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 41
1912 - 1969
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 42
1912 - 1998
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 43
1917 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 27
1900 - 1986
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 28
1901 - 1986
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 29
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 30
1898 - 1986
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 31
1911 - 1986
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 32
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 33
1933 - 1986
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 34
1895 - 1986
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 35
1907 - 1986
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 36
1899 - 1986
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 37
1896 - 1986
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 38
1903 - 1986
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 39
Among people born in Russia, Leonid Kantorovich ranks 253 out of 3,262. Before him are Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856), Ivan Kramskoi (1837), Alexander Blok (1880), Pitirim Sorokin (1889), Viktor Chernomyrdin (1938), and Alexander Oparin (1894). After him are Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (1827), Bruno Taut (1880), Alexander Griboyedov (1795), Daniel of Moscow (1261), Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788), and Alexander Litvinenko (1962).
1856 - 1929
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 247
1837 - 1887
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 248
1880 - 1921
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 249
1889 - 1968
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 250
1938 - 2010
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 251
1894 - 1980
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 252
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 253
1827 - 1892
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 254
1880 - 1938
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 255
1795 - 1829
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 256
1261 - 1303
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 257
1788 - 1819
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 258
1962 - 2006
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 259
Among mathematicians born in Russia, Leonid Kantorovich ranks 9. Before him are Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850), Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792), Andrey Kolmogorov (1903), Alexander Friedmann (1888), Christian Goldbach (1690), and Grigori Perelman (1966). After him are Andrey Markov (1856), Aleksandr Lyapunov (1857), Nikolay Bogolyubov (1909), Pavel Alexandrov (1896), Igor Ansoff (1918), and Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov (1943).
1850 - 1891
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 3
1792 - 1856
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 4
1903 - 1987
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 5
1888 - 1925
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 6
1690 - 1764
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 7
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 8
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 9
1856 - 1922
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 10
1857 - 1918
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 11
1909 - 1992
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 12
1896 - 1982
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 13
1918 - 2002
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 14
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 15