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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 86,370 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Michael Stifel is the 254th most popular mathematician (down from 252nd in 2019), the 1,708th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,628th in 2019) and the 28th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Michael Stifel ranks 254 out of 823. Before him are Pierre Varignon, Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Thomas Simpson, Jabir ibn Aflah, William George Horner, and Viktor Bunyakovsky. After him are Andreas Osiander, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, Antoine Gombaud, Abraham Zacuto, Abraham bar Hiyya, and Jean-Robert Argand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1487, Michael Stifel ranks 8. Before him are Pope Julius III, John Zápolya, Pedro de Mendoza, Bernard van Orley, Petru Rareș, and William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. After him are Anna of Brandenburg, Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona, Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, Petar Hektorović, Macropedius, and Cristóbal de Olid. Among people deceased in 1567, Michael Stifel ranks 6. Before him are Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Jiajing Emperor, Myeongjong of Joseon, 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 Gómez Pereira.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Michael Stifel ranks 1,708 out of 6,142. Before him are Hinrich Lohse (1896), Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse (1787), Guillaume Henri Dufour (1787), Dietmar Hopp (1940), Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg (1759), and Walter Röhrl (1947). After him are Richenza of Northeim (1087), Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891), Manfred von Ardenne (1907), Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720), Matilda of Frisia (1024), and Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1739).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Michael Stifel ranks 28. Before him are Hermann of Reichenau (1013), Maria Reiche (1903), Constantin Carathéodory (1873), Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (1849), Thomas Abbt (1738), and Eduard Heine (1821). After him are Andreas Osiander (1498), Gotthold Eisenstein (1823), Adolf Hurwitz (1859), Julius Plücker (1801), Nicholas Mercator (1620), and Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856).

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