Mathematician
Piet Hein
20th-century Danish mathematician, inventor, designer, writer and poet
1905 - 1996
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Piet Hein
His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Piet Hein is the 214th most popular mathematician (up from 231st in 2024), the 140th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 152nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Mathematician.
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Among Mathematicians
Among mathematicians, Piet Hein ranks 214 out of 1,004. Before him are Arthur Cayley, Maria Reiche, Henry Briggs, Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Paul Guldin, and Robert Grosseteste. After him are Peter Tait, Élie Cartan, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, Pierre Bouguer, Thomas Abbt, and Hermann Schwarz.
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Arthur Cayley
1821 - 1895
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 208
Maria Reiche
1903 - 1998
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 209
Henry Briggs
1561 - 1630
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 210
Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 211
Paul Guldin
1577 - 1643
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 212
Robert Grosseteste
1175 - 1253
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 213
Piet Hein
1905 - 1996
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 214
Peter Tait
1831 - 1901
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 215
Élie Cartan
1869 - 1951
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 216
Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi
1236 - 1311
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 217
Pierre Bouguer
1698 - 1758
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 218
Thomas Abbt
1738 - 1766
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 219
Hermann Schwarz
1843 - 1921
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 220
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1905, Piet Hein ranks 50. Before him are Franz Ziereis, Enrique Ballestrero, Angelo Schiavio, Takashi Shimura, Lale Andersen, and Jean-Marie Villot. After him are Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Joseph Cotten, Ivan Serov, Pedro Petrone, Kurt Gerstein, and Daniil Kharms. Among people deceased in 1996, Piet Hein ranks 57. Before him are Ernesto Geisel, P. L. Travers, Nicu Ceaușescu, František Plánička, Timothy Leary, and Koichi Oita. After him are Georges Duby, Victor Ambartsumian, Obdulio Varela, Pat Brown, Rafael Kubelík, and Mohamed Farrah Aidid.
Others Born in 1905
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Franz Ziereis
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1945
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 44
Enrique Ballestrero
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1969
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 45
Angelo Schiavio
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1990
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 46
Takashi Shimura
ACTOR
1905 - 1982
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 47
Lale Andersen
ACTOR
1905 - 1972
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 48
Jean-Marie Villot
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1905 - 1979
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 49
Piet Hein
MATHEMATICIAN
1905 - 1996
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 50
Emílio Garrastazu Médici
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1985
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 51
Joseph Cotten
ACTOR
1905 - 1994
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 52
Ivan Serov
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1990
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 53
Pedro Petrone
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1964
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 54
Kurt Gerstein
ENGINEER
1905 - 1945
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 55
Daniil Kharms
WRITER
1905 - 1942
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 56
Others Deceased in 1996
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Ernesto Geisel
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1996
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 51
P. L. Travers
WRITER
1899 - 1996
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 52
Nicu Ceaușescu
POLITICIAN
1951 - 1996
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 53
František Plánička
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1996
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 54
Timothy Leary
PSYCHOLOGIST
1920 - 1996
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 55
Koichi Oita
SOCCER PLAYER
1914 - 1996
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 56
Piet Hein
MATHEMATICIAN
1905 - 1996
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 57
Georges Duby
HISTORIAN
1919 - 1996
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 58
Victor Ambartsumian
ASTRONOMER
1908 - 1996
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 59
Obdulio Varela
SOCCER PLAYER
1917 - 1996
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 60
Pat Brown
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1996
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 61
Rafael Kubelík
CONDUCTOR
1914 - 1996
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 62
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
POLITICIAN
1934 - 1996
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 63
In Denmark
Among people born in Denmark, Piet Hein ranks 140 out of NaN. Before him are Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel (1784), Louis Hjelmslev (1899), Martin Andersen Nexø (1869), Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), Giancarlo Esposito (1958), and Richard Møller Nielsen (1937). After him are Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891), Theophil Hansen (1813), Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783), Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776), Wilhelm Johannsen (1857), and Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg (1485).
Others born in Denmark
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Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel
EXPLORER
1784 - 1863
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 134
Louis Hjelmslev
LINGUIST
1899 - 1965
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 135
Martin Andersen Nexø
WRITER
1869 - 1954
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 136
Jussi Adler-Olsen
WRITER
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 137
Giancarlo Esposito
ACTOR
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 138
Richard Møller Nielsen
SOCCER PLAYER
1937 - 2014
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 139
Piet Hein
MATHEMATICIAN
1905 - 1996
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 140
Ole Kirk Christiansen
BUSINESSPERSON
1891 - 1958
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 141
Theophil Hansen
ARCHITECT
1813 - 1891
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 142
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
PAINTER
1783 - 1853
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 143
Barthold Georg Niebuhr
POLITICIAN
1776 - 1831
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 144
Wilhelm Johannsen
BIOLOGIST
1857 - 1927
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 145
Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg
COMPANION
1485 - 1555
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 146
Among Mathematicians In Denmark
Among mathematicians born in Denmark, Piet Hein ranks 2. Before him are Harald Bohr (1887). After him are Georg Mohr (1640), Johan Jensen (1859), Agner Krarup Erlang (1878), Julius Petersen (1839), Jørgen Pedersen Gram (1850), and Poul Heegaard (1871).
Harald Bohr
1887 - 1951
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 1
Piet Hein
1905 - 1996
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 2
Georg Mohr
1640 - 1697
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 3
Johan Jensen
1859 - 1925
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 4
Agner Krarup Erlang
1878 - 1929
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 5
Julius Petersen
1839 - 1910
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 6
Jørgen Pedersen Gram
1850 - 1916
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 7
Poul Heegaard
1871 - 1948
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 8
