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Pierre Varignon

1654 - 1722

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Pierre Varignon (1654 – 23 December 1722) was a French mathematician. He was educated at the Jesuit College and the University of Caen, where he received his M.A. in 1682. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Varignon has received more than 52,248 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Pierre Varignon is the 248th most popular mathematician (up from 263rd in 2019), the 1,784th most popular biography from France (up from 1,861st in 2019) and the 50th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Pierre Varignon ranks 248 out of 823. Before him are Leo Perutz, Ibn al-Shatir, George Atwood, Farkas Bolyai, Israel Gelfand, and Simon Newcomb. After him are Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Thomas Simpson, Jabir ibn Aflah, William George Horner, Viktor Bunyakovsky, and Michael Stifel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1654, Pierre Varignon ranks 7. Before him are Kangxi Emperor, Jacob Bernoulli, Emperor Reigen, Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme, Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria. After him are Constantin Brâncoveanu, Agostino Steffani, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Vincent Lübeck, and Herman Moll. Among people deceased in 1722, Pierre Varignon ranks 9. Before him are Bartholomew Roberts, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, John Toland, Johann Adam Reincken, Johann Kuhnau, and Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld. After him are Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins, Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse, Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg, Adriaen van der Werff, Antoine Coypel, and Claude Gillot.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Varignon ranks 1,784 out of 6,011. Before him are John II, Duke of Lorraine (1425), Michel Adanson (1727), Henry Corbin (1903), Nicolas Catinat (1637), Jean-Yves Le Drian (1947), and François Périer (1919). After him are Madame d'Aulnoy (1651), Charles Paul de Kock (1793), Michèle Mouton (1951), Jean Dujardin (1972), Marcel Aymé (1902), and Guy Roux (1938).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Pierre Varignon ranks 50. Before him are Élie Cartan (1869), Gilles de Roberval (1602), Henri Cartan (1904), Édouard Roche (1820), Émile Picard (1856), and Michel Chasles (1793). After him are Antoine Gombaud (1607), René-Louis Baire (1874), Joseph Bertrand (1822), Guillaume Postel (1510), Oronce Finé (1494), and Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797).

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