1749 - 1827
Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace (; French: [pjɛʁ simɔ̃ laplas]; 23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827) was a French scholar and polymath whose work was important to the development of engineering, mathematics, statistics, physics, astronomy, and philosophy. He summarized and extended the work of his predecessors in his five-volume Mécanique céleste (Celestial Mechanics) (1799–1825). This work translated the geometric study of classical mechanics to one based on calculus, opening up a broader range of problems. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre-Simon Laplace has received more than 2,313,531 page views. His biography is available in 100 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 97 in 2019). Pierre-Simon Laplace is the 16th most popular mathematician, the 83rd most popular biography from France and the 3rd most popular French Mathematician.
Pierre-Simon Laplace was a French mathematician and astronomer who is most famous for his work on probability theory and the nebular hypothesis.
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Among mathematicians, Pierre-Simon Laplace ranks 16 out of 823. Before him are Bertrand Russell, Al-Biruni, Bernhard Riemann, Pierre de Fermat, Fibonacci, and John Forbes Nash Jr.. After him are John von Neumann, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Henri Poincaré, Diophantus, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, and Joseph Fourier.
1872 - 1970
HPI: 79.79
Rank: 10
973 - 1048
HPI: 79.68
Rank: 11
1826 - 1866
HPI: 79.62
Rank: 12
1601 - 1665
HPI: 79.37
Rank: 13
1170 - 1240
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 14
1928 - 2015
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 15
1749 - 1827
HPI: 77.98
Rank: 16
1903 - 1957
HPI: 77.46
Rank: 17
1736 - 1813
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 18
1854 - 1912
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 19
201 - 300
HPI: 75.97
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1717 - 1783
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 21
1768 - 1830
HPI: 75.66
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Among people born in 1749, Pierre-Simon Laplace ranks 3. Before him are Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Edward Jenner. After him are Christian VII of Denmark, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Nicolas Appert, Domenico Cimarosa, Yolande de Polastron, Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Daniel Rutherford, and Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre. Among people deceased in 1827, Pierre-Simon Laplace ranks 3. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven and Alessandro Volta. After him are Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, William Blake, Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, Wilhelm Hauff, Samuel Crompton, Maria Theresa of Austria, Ugo Foscolo, and Ernst Chladni.
1749 - 1832
HPI: 88.78
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1749 - 1823
HPI: 79.98
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1749 - 1827
HPI: 77.98
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1749 - 1808
HPI: 73.22
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1749 - 1791
HPI: 70.26
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1749 - 1841
HPI: 68.60
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1749 - 1801
HPI: 67.00
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1749 - 1793
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 8
1749 - 1792
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 9
1749 - 1838
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 10
1749 - 1819
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 11
1749 - 1822
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 12
1770 - 1827
HPI: 95.23
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1745 - 1827
HPI: 83.08
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1749 - 1827
HPI: 77.98
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1746 - 1827
HPI: 76.85
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1757 - 1827
HPI: 74.45
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1788 - 1827
HPI: 67.18
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1750 - 1827
HPI: 66.72
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1802 - 1827
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1753 - 1827
HPI: 60.07
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1767 - 1827
HPI: 60.01
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1778 - 1827
HPI: 59.97
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1756 - 1827
HPI: 59.32
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Among people born in France, Pierre-Simon Laplace ranks 83 out of 6,011. Before him are Pope Urban II (1042), Marquis de Sade (1740), Gustave Courbet (1819), Irène Joliot-Curie (1897), Louis the Pious (778), and Caracalla (188). After him are Edward IV of England (1442), Louis Philippe I (1773), Charles X of France (1757), Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1520), and Napoleon II (1811).
1042 - 1099
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1740 - 1814
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1819 - 1877
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1897 - 1956
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778 - 840
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188 - 217
HPI: 78.05
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1749 - 1827
HPI: 77.98
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1442 - 1483
HPI: 77.97
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1773 - 1850
HPI: 77.88
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1757 - 1836
HPI: 77.82
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1744 - 1829
HPI: 77.79
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1520 - 1594
HPI: 77.68
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1811 - 1832
HPI: 77.54
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Among mathematicians born in France, Pierre-Simon Laplace ranks 3. Before him are Blaise Pascal (1623) and Pierre de Fermat (1601). After him are Henri Poincaré (1854), Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717), Joseph Fourier (1768), Évariste Galois (1811), Pope Sylvester II (938), François Viète (1540), Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789), Sophie Germain (1776), and Gaspard Monge (1746).
1623 - 1662
HPI: 88.71
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1601 - 1665
HPI: 79.37
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1749 - 1827
HPI: 77.98
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1854 - 1912
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 4
1717 - 1783
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 5
1768 - 1830
HPI: 75.66
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1811 - 1832
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 7
938 - 1003
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 8
1540 - 1603
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 9
1789 - 1857
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 10
1776 - 1831
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 11
1746 - 1818
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 12