1499 - 1557
Nicolo, known as Tartaglia (Italian: [tarˈtaʎʎa]; 1499/1500 – 13 December 1557), was an Italian mathematician, engineer (designing fortifications), a surveyor (of topography, seeking the best means of defense or offense) and a bookkeeper from the then Republic of Venice. He published many books, including the first Italian translations of Archimedes and Euclid, and an acclaimed compilation of mathematics. Tartaglia was the first to apply mathematics to the investigation of the paths of cannonballs, known as ballistics, in his Nova Scientia (A New Science, 1537); his work was later partially validated and partially superseded by Galileo's studies on falling bodies. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia has received more than 254,940 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia is the 63rd most popular mathematician (down from 52nd in 2019), the 490th most popular biography from Italy (down from 409th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Italian Mathematician.
Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia is most famous for his work on solving the cubic equation.
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Among mathematicians, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia ranks 63 out of 823. Before him are Abraham de Moivre, Brahmagupta, Al-Battani, Marin Mersenne, August Ferdinand Möbius, and Simon Stevin. After him are Alfred North Whitehead, Ludolph van Ceulen, Hermann Minkowski, Jacob Bernoulli, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Bhāskara II.
1667 - 1754
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 57
598 - 670
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 58
858 - 929
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 59
1588 - 1648
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 60
1790 - 1868
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 61
1548 - 1620
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 62
1499 - 1557
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 63
1861 - 1947
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 64
1540 - 1610
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 65
1864 - 1909
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 66
1654 - 1705
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 67
1924 - 2010
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 68
1114 - 1185
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 69
Among people born in 1499, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia ranks 5. Before him are Pope Pius IV, Mary Boleyn, Claude of France, and Diane de Poitiers. After him are Giulio Romano, Bernardino de Sahagún, Peter of Alcantara, Claude Garamond, Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Michiel Coxie, and Maria Salviati. Among people deceased in 1557, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia ranks 5. Before him are Jacques Cartier, Anne of Cleves, John III of Portugal, and Pontormo. After him are Bona Sforza, Olaus Magnus, Mikael Agricola, Sebastian Cabot, Emperor Go-Nara, Lautaro, and Ferrante Gonzaga.
1499 - 1565
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 1
1499 - 1543
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 2
1499 - 1524
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 3
1499 - 1566
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 4
1499 - 1557
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 5
1499 - 1546
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 6
1499 - 1590
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 7
1499 - 1562
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 8
1499 - 1561
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 9
1499 - 1551
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 10
1499 - 1592
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 11
1499 - 1543
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 12
1491 - 1557
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 1
1515 - 1557
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 2
1502 - 1557
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 3
1494 - 1557
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 4
1499 - 1557
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 5
1494 - 1557
HPI: 66.24
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1490 - 1557
HPI: 63.83
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1510 - 1557
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 8
1484 - 1557
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 9
1497 - 1557
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 10
1534 - 1557
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 11
1507 - 1557
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia ranks 490 out of 4,668. Before him are Brennus (-500), Giuseppe Farina (1906), Giovanni Trapattoni (1939), Conrad IV of Germany (1228), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), and Pontormo (1494). After him are Francesco I Sforza (1401), Januarius (272), Ludovico Ariosto (1474), Guccio Gucci (1881), Pope Celestine II (1100), and Lentulus Batiatus (-200).
500 BC - 390 BC
HPI: 68.42
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1906 - 1966
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 485
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.41
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1228 - 1254
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 487
1863 - 1938
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 488
1494 - 1557
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 489
1499 - 1557
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 490
1401 - 1466
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 491
272 - 305
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 492
1474 - 1533
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 493
1881 - 1953
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 494
1100 - 1144
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 495
200 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 496
Among mathematicians born in Italy, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia ranks 9. Before him are Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736), Luca Pacioli (1445), Gerolamo Cardano (1501), Archytas (-428), Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718), and Philolaus (-470). After him are Giuseppe Peano (1858), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Lodovico Ferrari (1522), Aloysius Lilius (1510), Giambattista della Porta (1535), and Vincenzo Viviani (1622).
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
1535 - 1615
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 14
1622 - 1703
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 15