1884 - 1966
Philipp Frank (March 20, 1884 – July 21, 1966) was a physicist, mathematician and philosopher of the early-to-mid 20th century. He was a logical positivist, and a member of the Vienna Circle. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philipp Frank has received more than 63,022 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Philipp Frank is the 355th most popular mathematician (down from 328th in 2019), the 520th most popular biography from Austria (down from 461st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Austrian Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Philipp Frank ranks 355 out of 823. Before him are Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, John G. Thompson, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, Madhava of Sangamagrama, Alain Connes, and Maurice René Fréchet. After him are Sergei Novikov, James Stirling, Paul Émile Appell, Michael Maestlin, Carl Ludwig Siegel, and Pierre Vernier.
1135 - 1213
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 349
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 350
1735 - 1796
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 351
1350 - 1425
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 352
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 353
1878 - 1973
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 354
1884 - 1966
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 355
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 356
1692 - 1770
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 357
1855 - 1930
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 358
1550 - 1631
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 359
1896 - 1981
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 360
1580 - 1637
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 361
Among people born in 1884, Philipp Frank ranks 81. Before him are George Sarton, Rómulo Gallegos, Corrado Gini, Ferdinand von Bredow, Werner Krauss, and Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter. After him are Tanzan Ishibashi, Marcel Granet, Boris Asafyev, Gustave Garrigou, Claude Auchinleck, and Helene Deutsch. Among people deceased in 1966, Philipp Frank ranks 86. Before him are Hermann Scherchen, Wieland Wagner, Otto von Knobelsdorff, Venceslau Brás, Väinö Tanner, and J. F. C. Fuller. After him are Homi J. Bhabha, Arthur Percival, Nikolay Cherkasov, Camilo Torres Restrepo, John of Shanghai and San Francisco, and Alfred P. Sloan.
1884 - 1956
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 75
1884 - 1969
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 76
1884 - 1965
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 77
1884 - 1934
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 78
1884 - 1959
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 79
1884 - 1923
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 80
1884 - 1966
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 81
1884 - 1973
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 82
1884 - 1940
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 83
1884 - 1949
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 84
1884 - 1963
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 85
1884 - 1981
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 86
1884 - 1982
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 87
1891 - 1966
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 80
1917 - 1966
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 81
1886 - 1966
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 82
1868 - 1966
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 83
1881 - 1966
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 84
1878 - 1966
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 85
1884 - 1966
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 86
1909 - 1966
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 87
1887 - 1966
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 88
1903 - 1966
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 89
1929 - 1966
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 90
1896 - 1966
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 91
1875 - 1966
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 92
Among people born in Austria, Philipp Frank ranks 520 out of 1,237. Before him are Marietta Blau (1894), Peter Alexander (1926), Hermann Maier (1972), Irmfried Eberl (1910), Ernst Fuchs (1930), and Fred Sinowatz (1929). After him are Shlomo Sand (1946), Hieronymus von Colloredo (1732), Gottfried Helnwein (1948), Max Nettlau (1865), Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (1813), and Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765).
1894 - 1970
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 514
1926 - 2011
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 515
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 516
1910 - 1948
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 517
1930 - 2015
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 518
1929 - 2008
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 519
1884 - 1966
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 520
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 521
1732 - 1812
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 522
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 523
1865 - 1944
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 524
1813 - 1881
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 525
1765 - 1846
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 526
Among mathematicians born in Austria, Philipp Frank ranks 9. Before him are Paul Ehrenfest (1880), Georg von Peuerbach (1423), Emil Artin (1898), Hans Hahn (1879), Georg Alexander Pick (1859), and Karl Menger (1902). After him are Hermann Bondi (1919), Simon von Stampfer (1790), Otto E. Neugebauer (1899), Friedrich Waismann (1896), Walter Rudin (1921), and Hilda Geiringer (1893).
1880 - 1933
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 3
1423 - 1461
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 4
1898 - 1962
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 5
1879 - 1934
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 6
1859 - 1942
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 7
1902 - 1985
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 8
1884 - 1966
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 9
1919 - 2005
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 10
1790 - 1864
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 11
1899 - 1990
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 12
1896 - 1959
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 13
1921 - 2010
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 14
1893 - 1973
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 15