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Pedro Nunes

1502 - 1577

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Pedro Nunes (Portuguese: [ˈpeðɾu ˈnunɨʃ]; Latin: Petrus Nonius; 1502 – 11 August 1578) was a Portuguese mathematician, cosmographer, and professor, probably from a New Christian (of Jewish origin) family. Considered one of the greatest mathematicians of his time, Nunes is best known for his contributions to the nautical sciences (navigation and cartography), which he approached, for the first time, in a mathematical way. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro Nunes has received more than 137,599 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro Nunes is the 216th most popular mathematician (down from 191st in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 97th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Mathematician.

Pedro Nunes was a mathematician and astronomer. He is most famous for his work in astronomy, including his book "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium" which was the first to propose that the Earth moves around the sun.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Pedro Nunes ranks 216 out of 823. Before him are Élie Cartan, Henry Briggs, Xu Guangqi, Hermann Schwarz, John Horton Conway, and Tullio Levi-Civita. After him are Hugo Steinhaus, Menaechmus, John Charles Fields, Gilles de Roberval, Nikolay Bogolyubov, and Ferdinand Georg Frobenius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1502, Pedro Nunes ranks 9. Before him are Atahualpa, John III of Portugal, La Malinche, Thomas Tallis, Pieter Coecke van Aelst, and Miguel López de Legazpi. After him are Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, Heinrich Aldegrever, Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Damião de Góis, and Barthel Beham. Among people deceased in 1577, Pedro Nunes ranks 7. Before him are Eric XIV of Sweden, Ismail II, Andrea Amati, Devlet I Giray, Şah Sultan, and Anna of Saxony. After him are Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu, Infanta Maria of Guimarães, Alvise I Mocenigo, Scipione Rebiba, Gjon Buzuku, and Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Pedro Nunes ranks 115 out of 555. Before him are Francisco da Costa Gomes (1914), Infanta Antónia of Portugal (1845), Isabel of Coimbra (1432), Joseph Nasi (1524), Rui Costa (1972), and Karl Nesselrode (1780). After him are Afonso, Prince of Portugal (1475), Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885), Peter, Duke of Coimbra (1392), Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile (1313), António Ramalho Eanes (1935), and Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu (1521).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Portugal

Among mathematicians born in Portugal, Pedro Nunes ranks 1. 

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