60 - 120
Nicomachus of Gerasa (Greek: Νικόμαχος; c. 60 – c. 120 AD) was an important ancient mathematician best known for his works Introduction to Arithmetic and Manual of Harmonics in Greek. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicomachus has received more than 128,036 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Nicomachus is the 178th most popular mathematician (down from 166th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Jordan (down from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Jordanian Mathematician.
Nicomachus was a student of Aristotle and a teacher of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. Nicomachus is most famous for writing "The Handbook of Nicomachus," which is a book about the Pythagorean theorem.
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Among mathematicians, Nicomachus ranks 178 out of 828. Before him are Colin Maclaurin, Rafael Bombelli, André Weil, Jean-Pierre Serre, René Thom, and Vladimir Arnold. After him are Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, Antoine Augustin Cournot, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Jean Gaston Darboux, Richard von Mises, and Laurent Schwartz.
1698 - 1746
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 172
1526 - 1573
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 173
1906 - 1998
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 174
1926 - Present
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 175
1923 - 2002
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 176
1937 - 2010
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 177
60 - 120
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 178
1236 - 1311
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 179
1801 - 1877
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 180
1651 - 1708
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 181
1842 - 1917
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 182
1883 - 1953
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 183
1915 - 2002
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 184
Among people born in 60, Nicomachus ranks 1. After him is Gaius Octavius Tidius Tossianus Lucius Javolenus Priscus. Among people deceased in 120, Nicomachus ranks 3. Before him are Tacitus and Dio Chrysostom. After him is Gaius Octavius Tidius Tossianus Lucius Javolenus Priscus.
60 - 120
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 1
60 - 120
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 2
54 - 120
HPI: 84.01
Rank: 1
40 - 120
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 2
60 - 120
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 3
60 - 120
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 4
Among people born in Jordan, Nicomachus ranks 9 out of 37. Before him are Al-Mansur (714), As-Saffah (722), Al-Mahdi (744), Abdullah II of Jordan (1962), Menippus (-290), and Judas of Galilee (-100). After him are Philodemus (-110), Balak (null), Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (1966), Meleager of Gadara (-130), Simon bar Giora (100), and Fouad Twal (1940).
714 - 775
HPI: 76.89
Rank: 3
722 - 754
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 4
744 - 785
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 5
1962 - Present
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 6
290 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 7
100 BC - 100
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 8
60 - 120
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 9
110 BC - 35 BC
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 10
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 11
1966 - 2006
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 12
130 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 13
100 - 70
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 14
1940 - Present
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 15
Among mathematicians born in Jordan, Nicomachus ranks 1.