MATHEMATICIAN
Nikolai Lobachevsky
1792 - 1856
Nikolai Lobachevsky
Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (Russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Лобаче́вский, IPA: [nʲikɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ləbɐˈtɕɛfskʲɪj] ; 1 December [O.S. 20 November] 1792 – 24 February [O.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolai Lobachevsky has received more than 403,117 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Nikolai Lobachevsky is the 72nd most popular mathematician (down from 54th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Russia (down from 125th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Mathematician.
Nikolai Lobachevsky is most famous for his work in geometry. He is best known for his work on non-Euclidean geometry, which was a revolutionary discovery in the world of mathematics.
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Effective Languages (L*)
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Among MATHEMATICIANS
Among mathematicians, Nikolai Lobachevsky ranks 72 out of 1,004. Before him are Friedrich Bessel, Abraham de Moivre, Ludolph van Ceulen, Giuseppe Peano, Richard Dedekind, and Alexander Grothendieck. After him are Bonaventura Cavalieri, Zhang Heng, Alfred North Whitehead, Johann Heinrich Lambert, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Augustus De Morgan.
Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsFriedrich Bessel
1784 - 1846
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 66
Abraham de Moivre
1667 - 1754
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 67
Ludolph van Ceulen
1540 - 1610
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 68
Giuseppe Peano
1858 - 1932
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 69
Richard Dedekind
1831 - 1916
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 70
Alexander Grothendieck
1928 - 2014
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 71
Nikolai Lobachevsky
1792 - 1856
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 72
Bonaventura Cavalieri
1598 - 1647
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 73
Zhang Heng
78 - 139
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 74
Alfred North Whitehead
1861 - 1947
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 75
Johann Heinrich Lambert
1728 - 1777
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 76
Benoit Mandelbrot
1924 - 2010
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 77
Augustus De Morgan
1806 - 1871
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 78
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1792, Nikolai Lobachevsky ranks 6. Before him are Gioachino Rossini, Pope Pius IX, Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, William II of the Netherlands, and Percy Bysshe Shelley. After him are John Herschel, Karl Ernst von Baer, Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, Alexander Ypsilantis, Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and William, Duke of Nassau. Among people deceased in 1856, Nikolai Lobachevsky ranks 6. Before him are Robert Schumann, Heinrich Heine, Amedeo Avogadro, Max Stirner, and Adolphe Adam. After him are Paul Delaroche, Ivan Paskevich, Étienne Cabet, Ľudovít Štúr, 11th Dalai Lama, and Théodore Chassériau.
Others Born in 1792
Go to all RankingsGioachino Rossini
COMPOSER
1792 - 1868
HPI: 79.74
Rank: 1
Pope Pius IX
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1792 - 1878
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 2
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis
PHYSICIST
1792 - 1843
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 3
William II of the Netherlands
POLITICIAN
1792 - 1849
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 4
Percy Bysshe Shelley
WRITER
1792 - 1822
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 5
Nikolai Lobachevsky
MATHEMATICIAN
1792 - 1856
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 6
John Herschel
INVENTOR
1792 - 1871
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 7
Karl Ernst von Baer
BIOLOGIST
1792 - 1876
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 8
Caroline Augusta of Bavaria
COMPANION
1792 - 1873
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 9
Alexander Ypsilantis
POLITICIAN
1792 - 1828
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 10
Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen
COMPANION
1792 - 1854
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 11
William, Duke of Nassau
POLITICIAN
1792 - 1839
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1856
Go to all RankingsRobert Schumann
COMPOSER
1810 - 1856
HPI: 82.86
Rank: 1
Heinrich Heine
WRITER
1797 - 1856
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 2
Amedeo Avogadro
CHEMIST
1776 - 1856
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 3
Max Stirner
PHILOSOPHER
1806 - 1856
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 4
Adolphe Adam
COMPOSER
1803 - 1856
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 5
Nikolai Lobachevsky
MATHEMATICIAN
1792 - 1856
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 6
Paul Delaroche
PAINTER
1797 - 1856
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 7
Ivan Paskevich
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1782 - 1856
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 8
Étienne Cabet
PHILOSOPHER
1788 - 1856
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 9
Ľudovít Štúr
WRITER
1815 - 1856
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 10
11th Dalai Lama
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1838 - 1856
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 11
Théodore Chassériau
PAINTER
1819 - 1856
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 12
In Russia
Among people born in Russia, Nikolai Lobachevsky ranks 140 out of 3,761. Before him are Anna Pavlovna of Russia (1795), Dmitry Donskoy (1350), Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (1897), Pyotr Bagration (1765), Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899), and Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895). After him are Arnold Sommerfeld (1868), Vladimir Vysotsky (1938), Mily Balakirev (1837), Georgi Plekhanov (1856), Walther Funk (1890), and Alexei Kosygin (1904).
Others born in Russia
Go to all RankingsAnna Pavlovna of Russia
COMPANION
1795 - 1865
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 134
Dmitry Donskoy
NOBLEMAN
1350 - 1389
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 135
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1918
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 136
Pyotr Bagration
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1765 - 1812
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 137
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1899 - 1918
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 138
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1895 - 1977
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 139
Nikolai Lobachevsky
MATHEMATICIAN
1792 - 1856
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 140
Arnold Sommerfeld
PHYSICIST
1868 - 1951
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 141
Vladimir Vysotsky
WRITER
1938 - 1980
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 142
Mily Balakirev
COMPOSER
1837 - 1910
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 143
Georgi Plekhanov
PHILOSOPHER
1856 - 1918
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 144
Walther Funk
POLITICIAN
1890 - 1960
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 145
Alexei Kosygin
ENGINEER
1904 - 1980
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 146
Among MATHEMATICIANS In Russia
Among mathematicians born in Russia, Nikolai Lobachevsky ranks 4. Before him are David Hilbert (1862), Georg Cantor (1845), and Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850). After him are Andrey Kolmogorov (1903), Alexander Friedmann (1888), Grigori Perelman (1966), Christian Goldbach (1690), Leonid Kantorovich (1912), Andrey Markov (1856), Aleksandr Lyapunov (1857), and Nikolay Bogolyubov (1909).
David Hilbert
1862 - 1943
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 1
Georg Cantor
1845 - 1918
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 2
Sofia Kovalevskaya
1850 - 1891
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 3
Nikolai Lobachevsky
1792 - 1856
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 4
Andrey Kolmogorov
1903 - 1987
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 5
Alexander Friedmann
1888 - 1925
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 6
Grigori Perelman
1966 - Present
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 7
Christian Goldbach
1690 - 1764
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 8
Leonid Kantorovich
1912 - 1986
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 9
Andrey Markov
1856 - 1922
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 10
Aleksandr Lyapunov
1857 - 1918
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 11
Nikolay Bogolyubov
1909 - 1992
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 12