1526 - 1573
Rafael Bombelli (baptised on 20 January 1526; died 1572) was an Italian mathematician. Born in Bologna, he is the author of a treatise on algebra and is a central figure in the understanding of imaginary numbers. He was the one who finally managed to address the problem with imaginary numbers. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael Bombelli has received more than 127,409 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Rafael Bombelli is the 163rd most popular mathematician (up from 173rd in 2019), the 1,166th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,207th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Italian Mathematician.
Rafael Bombelli was a mathematician and physicist who was most famous for his work in the field of infinitesimal calculus.
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Among mathematicians, Rafael Bombelli ranks 163 out of 823. Before him are Paul Ehrenfest, Ernst Zermelo, Hermann of Reichenau, Étienne Bézout, Gösta Mittag-Leffler, and Mary Jackson. After him are Jost Bürgi, Jean Gaston Darboux, Wacław Sierpiński, Zu Chongzhi, Colin Maclaurin, and Conon of Samos.
1880 - 1933
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 157
1871 - 1953
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 158
1013 - 1054
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 159
1730 - 1783
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 160
1846 - 1927
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 161
1921 - 2005
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 162
1526 - 1573
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 163
1552 - 1632
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 164
1842 - 1917
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 165
1882 - 1969
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 166
429 - 500
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 167
1698 - 1746
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 168
280 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 169
Among people born in 1526, Rafael Bombelli ranks 5. Before him are Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Akechi Mitsuhide, Catherine Jagiellon, and Elizabeth of Austria. After him are Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Benedict the Moor, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz, and Bâkî. Among people deceased in 1573, Rafael Bombelli ranks 5. Before him are Fatma Sultan, Takeda Shingen, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, and Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal. After him are Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Azai Nagamasa, Matija Gubec, Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg, Malyuta Skuratov, and Michel de l'Hôpital.
1526 - 1593
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 1
1526 - 1582
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 2
1526 - 1583
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 3
1526 - 1545
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 4
1526 - 1573
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 5
1526 - 1586
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 6
1526 - 1586
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 7
1526 - 1589
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 8
1526 - 1580
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 9
1526 - 1569
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 10
1526 - 1588
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 11
1526 - 1600
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 12
1500 - 1573
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 1
1521 - 1573
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 2
1507 - 1573
HPI: 66.26
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1535 - 1573
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 4
1526 - 1573
HPI: 60.79
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1490 - 1573
HPI: 59.77
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1530 - 1573
HPI: 59.43
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1545 - 1573
HPI: 57.86
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1538 - 1573
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 9
1513 - 1573
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 10
1600 - 1573
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 11
1505 - 1573
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Rafael Bombelli ranks 1,166 out of 4,668. Before him are Pope Leo VIII (900), Leonardo Vinci (1690), Taddeo Gaddi (1290), Saint Silvia (515), Palma Vecchio (1480), and Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus (-265). After him are Luciano Spalletti (1959), Johnny Torrio (1882), Jacopo della Quercia (1374), Gino Severini (1883), Federico Zuccari (1539), and Publius Licinius Crassus (-86).
900 - 965
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 1,160
1690 - 1730
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1,161
1290 - 1366
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1,162
515 - 592
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 1,163
1480 - 1528
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 1,164
265 BC - 211 BC
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 1,165
1526 - 1573
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 1,166
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 1,167
1882 - 1957
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 1,168
1374 - 1438
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 1,169
1883 - 1966
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 1,170
1539 - 1609
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 1,171
86 BC - 53 BC
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 1,172
Among mathematicians born in Italy, Rafael Bombelli ranks 16. Before him are Giuseppe Peano (1858), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Lodovico Ferrari (1522), Aloysius Lilius (1510), Giambattista della Porta (1535), and Vincenzo Viviani (1622). After him are Vito Volterra (1860), Scipione del Ferro (1465), Paolo Ruffini (1765), Tullio Levi-Civita (1873), Giovanni Ceva (1647), and Eugenio Beltrami (1835).
1858 - 1932
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 10
1598 - 1647
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 11
1522 - 1565
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 12
1510 - 1576
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 13
1535 - 1615
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 14
1622 - 1703
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 15
1526 - 1573
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 16
1860 - 1940
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 17
1465 - 1526
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 18
1765 - 1822
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 19
1873 - 1941
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 20
1647 - 1734
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 21
1835 - 1900
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 22