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Michael Stifel

1487 - 1567

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Michael Stifel or Styfel (1487 – April 19, 1567) was a German monk, Protestant reformer and mathematician. He was an Augustinian who became an early supporter of Martin Luther. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Stifel has received more than 90,993 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Michael Stifel is the 256th most popular mathematician (down from 254th in 2019), the 1,712th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,708th in 2019) and the 30th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Michael Stifel ranks 256 out of 1,004. Before him are Jabir ibn Aflah, Jacopo Riccati, Édouard Roche, Abraham Zacuto, Jean-Robert Argand, and Alfred Korzybski. After him are Hugo Steinhaus, Guo Shoujing, Andreas Osiander, Hans Hahn, Adolf Hurwitz, and Thomas Simpson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1487, Michael Stifel ranks 7. Before him are Ismail I, Pope Julius III, John Zápolya, Pedro de Mendoza, Bernard van Orley, and Petru Rareș. After him are William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Anna of Brandenburg, Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona, Catherine of Mecklenburg, and Cristóbal de Olid. Among people deceased in 1567, Michael Stifel ranks 6. Before him are Jiajing Emperor, Myeongjong of Joseon, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, and Anne de Montmorency. After him are Marin Držić, Girolamo Priuli, Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Juan Bautista de Toledo, Ligier Richier, and Estácio de Sá.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Michael Stifel ranks 1,712 out of 7,253. Before him are Gisela of Swabia (990), Hans Berger (1873), Christian Thielemann (1959), Uri Avnery (1923), Albrecht Penck (1858), and Maurice de Hirsch (1831). After him are Ernst-Robert Grawitz (1899), Berthold (1180), Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (1721), William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1487), Egon Bahr (1922), and Charles the Child (847).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Michael Stifel ranks 30. Before him are Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (1849), Constantin Carathéodory (1873), Thomas Abbt (1738), Maria Reiche (1903), Eduard Heine (1821), and Edmund Landau (1877). After him are Andreas Osiander (1498), Adolf Hurwitz (1859), Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856), Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach (1800), Michael Maestlin (1550), and Wilhelm Ackermann (1896).

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