1522 - 1565
Lodovico de Ferrari (2 February 1522 – 5 October 1565) was an Italian mathematician. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lodovico Ferrari has received more than 70,045 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Lodovico Ferrari is the 103rd most popular mathematician (up from 109th in 2019), the 777th most popular biography from Italy (up from 788th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Italian Mathematician.
Lodovico Ferrari was an Italian mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He was most famous for his work in the fields of astronomy and optics. He is best known for his invention of the telescope.
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Among mathematicians, Lodovico Ferrari ranks 103 out of 823. Before him are Thomas Harriot, János Bolyai, Jean-Victor Poncelet, Gabriel Cramer, Hippocrates of Chios, and Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi. After him are John Couch Adams, Thābit ibn Qurra, John Wallis, G. H. Hardy, Meton of Athens, and Girard Desargues.
1560 - 1621
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 97
1802 - 1860
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 98
1788 - 1867
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 99
1704 - 1752
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 100
470 BC - 410 BC
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 101
1804 - 1851
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 102
1522 - 1565
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 103
1819 - 1892
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 104
836 - 901
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 105
1616 - 1703
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 106
1877 - 1947
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 107
500 BC - Present
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 108
1591 - 1661
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 109
Among people born in 1522, Lodovico Ferrari ranks 4. Before him are Mihrimah Sultan, Şehzade Mehmed, and Margaret of Parma. After him are Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Ulisse Aldrovandi, Eleanor of Toledo, Sen no Rikyū, Joachim du Bellay, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, and Moses ben Jacob Cordovero. Among people deceased in 1565, Lodovico Ferrari ranks 4. Before him are Pope Pius IV, Conrad Gessner, and Dragut. After him are Queen Munjeong, William Farel, Cipriano de Rore, Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Ranuccio Farnese, Diego Laynez, and Semiz Ali Pasha.
1522 - 1578
HPI: 79.52
Rank: 1
1522 - 1543
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 2
1522 - 1586
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 3
1522 - 1565
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 4
1522 - 1568
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 5
1522 - 1605
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 6
1522 - 1562
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 7
1522 - 1591
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 8
1522 - 1560
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 9
1522 - 1592
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 10
1522 - 1545
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 11
1522 - 1570
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 12
1499 - 1565
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 1
1516 - 1565
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 2
1485 - 1565
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 3
1522 - 1565
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 4
1501 - 1565
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 5
1489 - 1565
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 6
1515 - 1565
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 7
1515 - 1565
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 8
1536 - 1565
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 9
1530 - 1565
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 10
1512 - 1565
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 11
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Lodovico Ferrari ranks 777 out of 4,668. Before him are Giorgetto Giugiaro (1938), Alexius of Rome (400), Donatella Versace (1955), Scholastica (480), Aldo Rossi (1931), and Giacomo Balla (1871). After him are Vitiges (475), Francesco Cavalli (1602), Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), Pope Leo V (870), Lucius Cornelius Cinna (-135), and Ferruccio Busoni (1866).
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 771
400 - 412
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 772
1955 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 773
480 - 547
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 774
1931 - 1997
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 775
1871 - 1958
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 776
1522 - 1565
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 777
475 - 542
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 778
1602 - 1676
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 779
1749 - 1838
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 780
870 - 905
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 781
135 BC - 84 BC
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 782
1866 - 1924
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 783
Among mathematicians born in Italy, Lodovico Ferrari ranks 12. Before him are Archytas (-428), Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718), Philolaus (-470), Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499), Giuseppe Peano (1858), and Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598). After him are Aloysius Lilius (1510), Giambattista della Porta (1535), Vincenzo Viviani (1622), Rafael Bombelli (1526), Vito Volterra (1860), and Scipione del Ferro (1465).
428 BC - 347 BC
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 6
1718 - 1799
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 7
470 BC - 390 BC
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 8
1499 - 1557
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 9
1858 - 1932
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 10
1598 - 1647
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 11
1522 - 1565
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 12
1510 - 1576
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 13
1535 - 1615
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 14
1622 - 1703
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 15
1526 - 1573
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 16
1860 - 1940
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 17
1465 - 1526
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 18