1718 - 1799
Maria Gaetana Agnesi (UK: an-YAY-zee, US: ahn-, Italian: [maˈriːa ɡaeˈtaːna aɲˈɲeːzi, -ɲɛːz-]; 16 May 1718 – 9 January 1799) was an Italian mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian. She was the first woman to write a mathematics handbook and the first woman appointed as a mathematics professor at a university.She is credited with writing the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus and was a member of the faculty at the University of Bologna, although she never served. She devoted the last four decades of her life to studying theology (especially patristics) and to charitable work and serving the poor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Gaetana Agnesi has received more than 443,698 page views. Her biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Maria Gaetana Agnesi is the 48th most popular mathematician, the 403rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 396th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Mathematician.
Maria Gaetana Agnesi was an Italian mathematician and philosopher. She is most famous for her 1748 publication Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana (Analytical Institutions for the Use of Italian Youth), which is considered the first modern textbook on calculus.
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Among mathematicians, Maria Gaetana Agnesi ranks 48 out of 823. Before her are Johann Bernoulli, Emmy Noether, Charles Sanders Peirce, Eudoxus of Cnidus, Sophie Germain, and Claude Shannon. After her are Norbert Wiener, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Philolaus, Karl Weierstrass, Sofia Kovalevskaya, and Nikolai Lobachevsky.
1667 - 1748
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 42
1882 - 1935
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 43
1839 - 1914
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 44
408 BC - 355 BC
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 45
1776 - 1831
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 46
1916 - 2001
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 47
1718 - 1799
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 48
1894 - 1964
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 49
1819 - 1903
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 50
470 BC - 390 BC
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 51
1815 - 1897
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 52
1850 - 1891
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 53
1792 - 1856
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 54
Among people born in 1718, Maria Gaetana Agnesi ranks 1. After her are Mariana Victoria of Spain, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Anna Leopoldovna, Thomas Chippendale, Alexander Roslin, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, Jacob Christian Schäffer, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, and Antoine de Chézy. Among people deceased in 1799, Maria Gaetana Agnesi ranks 4. Before her are George Washington, Qianlong Emperor, and Pope Pius VI. After her are Pierre Beaumarchais, Tipu Sultan, Joseph Black, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Heshen, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, and Horace Bénédict de Saussure.
1718 - 1799
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 1
1718 - 1781
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 2
1718 - 1744
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 3
1718 - 1746
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 4
1718 - 1779
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 5
1718 - 1793
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 6
1718 - 1792
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 7
1718 - 1783
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 8
1718 - 1751
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 9
1718 - 1790
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 10
1718 - 1804
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 11
1718 - 1798
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 12
1732 - 1799
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 1
1711 - 1799
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 2
1717 - 1799
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 3
1718 - 1799
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 4
1732 - 1799
HPI: 69.13
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1750 - 1799
HPI: 67.18
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1728 - 1799
HPI: 67.10
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1729 - 1799
HPI: 66.61
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1742 - 1799
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 9
1750 - 1799
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 10
1724 - 1799
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 11
1740 - 1799
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Maria Gaetana Agnesi ranks 403 out of 4,668. Before her are Alberto Moravia (1907), Carlo Ponti (1912), Umberto Boccioni (1882), Toto Cutugno (1943), Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771), and Alessandro Cagliostro (1743). After her are Philip Neri (1515), Claudio Abbado (1933), Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (1492), Gaius Julius Caesar (-135), Pope Eugene I (600), and Pope Benedict I (525).
1907 - 1990
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 397
1912 - 2007
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 398
1882 - 1916
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 399
1943 - 2023
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 400
1771 - 1847
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 401
1743 - 1795
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 402
1718 - 1799
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 403
1515 - 1595
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 404
1933 - 2014
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 405
1492 - 1519
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 406
135 BC - 85 BC
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 407
600 - 657
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 408
525 - 579
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 409
Among mathematicians born in Italy, Maria Gaetana Agnesi ranks 7. Before her are Archimedes (-287), Fibonacci (1170), Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736), Luca Pacioli (1445), Gerolamo Cardano (1501), and Archytas (-428). After her are Philolaus (-470), Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Lodovico Ferrari (1522), and Aloysius Lilius (1510).
287 BC - 212 BC
HPI: 91.69
Rank: 1
1170 - 1240
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 2
1736 - 1813
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 3
1445 - 1517
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 4
1501 - 1576
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 5
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