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 49,356 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Philipp Frank is the 328th most popular mathematician (up from 494th in 2019), the 461st most popular biography from Austria (up from 527th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Austrian Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Philipp Frank ranks 328 out of 828. Before him are Abraham Wald, Gerhard Gentzen, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, Sergei Adian, Yang Hui, and Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro. After him are Pierre Alphonse Laurent, Alfred J. Lotka, Enrico Bombieri, Karl Menger, Maurice René Fréchet, and Vergilius of Salzburg.
1902 - 1950
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 322
1909 - 1945
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 323
746 - 806
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 324
1931 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 325
1238 - 1298
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 326
1853 - 1925
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 327
1884 - 1966
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 328
1813 - 1854
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 329
1880 - 1949
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 330
1940 - Present
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 331
1902 - 1985
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 332
1878 - 1973
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 333
700 - 784
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 334
Among people born in 1884, Philipp Frank ranks 74. Before him are Joseph Boxhall, Antoine Pevsner, Rómulo Gallegos, Jean Paulhan, Félix Gouin, and Anna Vyrubova. After him are Ferdinand von Bredow, Josias Braun-Blanquet, Boris Asafyev, Claude Dornier, Frederick Lorz, and Tanzan Ishibashi. Among people deceased in 1966, Philipp Frank ranks 75. Before him are Wieland Wagner, Charles Whitman, Homi J. Bhabha, Bai Chongxi, Elena Stasova, and Caterina Albert. After him are Otto von Knobelsdorff, Arthur Percival, Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, Robert Rossen, Vladimir Minorsky, and Maximiliano Hernández Martínez.
1884 - 1967
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 68
1884 - 1962
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 69
1884 - 1969
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 70
1884 - 1968
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 71
1884 - 1977
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 72
1884 - 1964
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 73
1884 - 1966
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 74
1884 - 1934
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 75
1884 - 1980
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 76
1884 - 1949
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 77
1884 - 1969
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 78
1884 - 1914
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 79
1884 - 1973
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 80
1917 - 1966
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 69
1941 - 1966
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 70
1909 - 1966
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 71
1893 - 1966
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 72
1873 - 1966
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 73
1869 - 1966
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 74
1884 - 1966
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 75
1886 - 1966
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 76
1887 - 1966
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 77
1899 - 1966
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 78
1908 - 1966
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 79
1877 - 1966
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 80
1882 - 1966
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 81
Among people born in Austria, Philipp Frank ranks 461 out of 1,075. Before him are Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria (1895), Ilse Aichinger (1921), Prince René of Bourbon-Parma (1894), Joy Adamson (1910), Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638), and Aurel Vlaicu (1882). After him are Ernst Krenek (1900), Guido Starhemberg (1657), Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria (1917), Johann Strauss III (1866), Joseph Mohr (1792), and Johannes Mario Simmel (1924).
1895 - 1952
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 455
1921 - 2016
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 456
1894 - 1962
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 457
1910 - 1980
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 458
1638 - 1701
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 459
1882 - 1913
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 460
1884 - 1966
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 461
1900 - 1991
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 462
1657 - 1737
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 463
1917 - 2017
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 464
1866 - 1939
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 465
1792 - 1848
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 466
1924 - 2009
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 467
Among mathematicians born in Austria, Philipp Frank ranks 8. Before him are Josef Stefan (1835), Paul Ehrenfest (1880), Georg von Peuerbach (1423), Emil Artin (1898), Georg Alexander Pick (1859), and Hans Hahn (1879). After him are Karl Menger (1902), Hermann Bondi (1919), Otto E. Neugebauer (1899), Friedrich Waismann (1896), Walter Rudin (1921), and Helena Rasiowa (1917).
1835 - 1893
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 2
1880 - 1933
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 3
1423 - 1461
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 4
1898 - 1962
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 5
1859 - 1942
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 6
1879 - 1934
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 7
1884 - 1966
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 8
1902 - 1985
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 9
1919 - 2005
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 10
1899 - 1990
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 11
1896 - 1959
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 12
1921 - 2010
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 13
1917 - 1994
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 14