MATHEMATICIAN
Leopold Kronecker
1823 - 1891
Leopold Kronecker
Leopold Kronecker (German: [ˈkʁoːnɛkɐ]; 7 December 1823 – 29 December 1891) was a German mathematician who worked on number theory, algebra and logic. He criticized Georg Cantor's work on set theory, and was quoted by Weber (1893) as having said, "Die ganzen Zahlen hat der liebe Gott gemacht, alles andere ist Menschenwerk" ("God made the integers, all else is the work of man"). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leopold Kronecker has received more than 371,301 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Leopold Kronecker is the 94th most popular mathematician (down from 93rd in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Poland (down from 103rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Mathematician.
Leopold Kronecker is most famous for his statement "God created the integers, all else is the work of man."
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Among MATHEMATICIANS
Among mathematicians, Leopold Kronecker ranks 94 out of 1,004. Before him are Katherine Johnson, Paul Erdős, Lars Ahlfors, Adrien-Marie Legendre, G. H. Hardy, and Siméon Denis Poisson. After him are Gabriel Cramer, Guillaume de l'Hôpital, Thābit ibn Qurra, Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Isaac Barrow, and Grigori Perelman.
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HPI: 65.48
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1823, Leopold Kronecker ranks 8. Before him are Phineas Gage, Max Müller, Alfred Russel Wallace, Gyula Andrássy, Ernest Renan, and Sándor Petőfi. After him are Édouard Lalo, Alexandre Cabanel, Jean-Henri Fabre, Li Hongzhang, John Sherman, and Mihailo Obrenović. Among people deceased in 1891, Leopold Kronecker ranks 14. Before him are Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Sofia Kovalevskaya, P. T. Barnum, Léo Delibes, Wilhelm Eduard Weber, and Theo van Gogh. After him are Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, Albert Pike, Ivan Goncharov, Jules Grévy, Jan Neruda, and Charles I of Württemberg.
Others Born in 1823
Go to all RankingsPhineas Gage
CELEBRITY
1823 - 1860
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 2
Max Müller
LINGUIST
1823 - 1900
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 3
Alfred Russel Wallace
BIOLOGIST
1823 - 1913
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 4
Gyula Andrássy
POLITICIAN
1823 - 1890
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 5
Ernest Renan
PHILOSOPHER
1823 - 1892
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 6
Sándor Petőfi
WRITER
1823 - 1849
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 7
Leopold Kronecker
MATHEMATICIAN
1823 - 1891
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 8
Édouard Lalo
COMPOSER
1823 - 1892
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 9
Alexandre Cabanel
PAINTER
1823 - 1889
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 10
Jean-Henri Fabre
BIOLOGIST
1823 - 1915
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 11
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POLITICIAN
1823 - 1901
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 12
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POLITICIAN
1823 - 1900
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 13
Mihailo Obrenović
POLITICIAN
1823 - 1868
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 14
Others Deceased in 1891
Go to all RankingsGeorges-Eugène Haussmann
ARCHITECT
1809 - 1891
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 8
Sofia Kovalevskaya
MATHEMATICIAN
1850 - 1891
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 9
P. T. Barnum
BUSINESSPERSON
1810 - 1891
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 10
Léo Delibes
COMPOSER
1836 - 1891
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 11
Wilhelm Eduard Weber
PHYSICIST
1804 - 1891
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 12
Theo van Gogh
PAINTER
1857 - 1891
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 13
Leopold Kronecker
MATHEMATICIAN
1823 - 1891
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 14
Prince Napoléon Bonaparte
POLITICIAN
1822 - 1891
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 15
Albert Pike
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1809 - 1891
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 16
Ivan Goncharov
WRITER
1812 - 1891
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 17
Jules Grévy
POLITICIAN
1807 - 1891
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 18
Jan Neruda
WRITER
1834 - 1891
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 19
Charles I of Württemberg
POLITICIAN
1823 - 1891
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 20
In Poland
Among people born in Poland, Leopold Kronecker ranks 106 out of 1,694. Before him are Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512), Ulrich Beck (1944), Pola Negri (1897), Jan Matejko (1838), Mieszko I of Poland (940), and Maria Feodorovna (1759). After him are Hanna Reitsch (1912), Zdzisław Beksiński (1929), Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (1899), Alexander Jagiellon (1461), Fred Zinnemann (1907), and Jarosław Kaczyński (1949).
Others born in Poland
Go to all RankingsJudah Loew ben Bezalel
PHILOSOPHER
1512 - 1609
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 100
Ulrich Beck
SOCIOLOGIST
1944 - 2015
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 101
Pola Negri
ACTOR
1897 - 1987
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 102
Jan Matejko
PAINTER
1838 - 1893
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 103
Mieszko I of Poland
POLITICIAN
940 - 992
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 104
Maria Feodorovna
COMPANION
1759 - 1828
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 105
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MATHEMATICIAN
1823 - 1891
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 106
Hanna Reitsch
PILOT
1912 - 1979
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 107
Zdzisław Beksiński
PAINTER
1929 - 2005
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 108
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1899 - 1972
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 109
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POLITICIAN
1461 - 1506
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 110
Fred Zinnemann
FILM DIRECTOR
1907 - 1997
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 111
Jarosław Kaczyński
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 112
Among MATHEMATICIANS In Poland
Among mathematicians born in Poland, Leopold Kronecker ranks 3. Before him are Benoit Mandelbrot (1924), and Stefan Banach (1892). After him are Marian Rejewski (1905), Ernst Kummer (1810), Wacław Sierpiński (1882), Felix Hausdorff (1868), Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651), Hermann Grassmann (1809), Hermann Schwarz (1843), Kazimierz Kuratowski (1896), and Alfred Korzybski (1879).
Benoit Mandelbrot
1924 - 2010
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 1
Stefan Banach
1892 - 1945
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 2
Leopold Kronecker
1823 - 1891
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 3
Marian Rejewski
1905 - 1980
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 4
Ernst Kummer
1810 - 1893
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 5
Wacław Sierpiński
1882 - 1969
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 6
Felix Hausdorff
1868 - 1942
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 7
Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus
1651 - 1708
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 8
Hermann Grassmann
1809 - 1877
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 9
Hermann Schwarz
1843 - 1921
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 10
Kazimierz Kuratowski
1896 - 1980
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 11
Alfred Korzybski
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HPI: 57.92
Rank: 12