MATHEMATICIAN
Pingala
150 BC - Today
Pingala
Acharya Pingala (Sanskrit: पिङ्गल, romanized: Piṅgala; c. 3rd–2nd century BCE) was an ancient Indian poet and mathematician, and the author of the Chandaḥśāstra (Sanskrit: छन्दःशास्त्र, lit. 'A Treatise on Prosody'), also called the Pingala-sutras (Sanskrit: पिङ्गलसूत्राः, romanized: Piṅgalasūtrāḥ, lit. 'Pingala's Threads of Knowledge'), the earliest known treatise on Sanskrit prosody. The Chandaḥśāstra is a work of eight chapters in the late Sūtra style, not fully comprehensible without a commentary. It has been dated to the last few centuries BCE. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pingala has received more than 545,897 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Pingala is the 619th most popular mathematician (down from 538th in 2019).
Memorability Metrics
550k
Page Views (PV)
56.97
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
23
Languages Editions (L)
2.48
Effective Languages (L*)
3.66
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among MATHEMATICIANS
Among mathematicians, Pingala ranks 619 out of 1,004. Before her are Carl Adam Petri, Jan Śniadecki, Olga Taussky-Todd, Michael Artin, Jean Bourgain, and Robert Langlands. After her are William Burnside, Edward Arthur Milne, William Whiston, Alī ibn Ahmad al-Nasawī, Georg Mohr, and Robert Axelrod.
Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsCarl Adam Petri
1926 - 2010
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 613
Jan Śniadecki
1756 - 1830
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 614
Olga Taussky-Todd
1906 - 1995
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 615
Michael Artin
1934 - Present
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 616
Jean Bourgain
1954 - 2018
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 617
Robert Langlands
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 618
Pingala
150 BC - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 619
William Burnside
1852 - 1927
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 620
Edward Arthur Milne
1896 - 1950
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 621
William Whiston
1667 - 1752
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 622
Alī ibn Ahmad al-Nasawī
1010 - 1075
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 623
Georg Mohr
1640 - 1697
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 624
Robert Axelrod
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 625
Contemporaries
Among people born in 150 BC, Pingala ranks 40. Before her are Ptolemy of Cyprus, Appius Claudius Pulcher, Artaxias I of Iberia, Lucius Marcius Philippus, Gaius Valerius Flaccus, and Marcus Aurelius Cotta. After her are Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla, Gaius Sextius Calvinus, Ariarathes IX of Cappadocia, Manius Aquillius, Quintus Marcius Rex, and Marcus Octavius.
Others Born in 150 BC
Go to all RankingsPtolemy of Cyprus
POLITICIAN
150 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 34
Appius Claudius Pulcher
POLITICIAN
150 BC - 133 BC
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 35
Artaxias I of Iberia
POLITICIAN
150 BC - 78 BC
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 36
Lucius Marcius Philippus
POLITICIAN
150 BC - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 37
Gaius Valerius Flaccus
POLITICIAN
150 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 38
Marcus Aurelius Cotta
POLITICIAN
150 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 39
Pingala
MATHEMATICIAN
150 BC - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 40
Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla
POLITICIAN
150 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 41
Gaius Sextius Calvinus
POLITICIAN
150 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 42
Ariarathes IX of Cappadocia
POLITICIAN
150 BC - 96 BC
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 43
Manius Aquillius
POLITICIAN
150 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 44
Quintus Marcius Rex
POLITICIAN
150 BC - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 45
Marcus Octavius
POLITICIAN
150 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 46