1874 - 1932
René-Louis Baire (French: [bɛʁ]; 21 January 1874 – 5 July 1932) was a French mathematician most famous for his Baire category theorem, which helped to generalize and prove future theorems. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René-Louis Baire has received more than 52,938 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). René-Louis Baire is the 267th most popular mathematician (up from 341st in 2019), the 1,932nd most popular biography from France (up from 2,388th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular French Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, René-Louis Baire ranks 267 out of 823. Before him are Eugène Charles Catalan, Sam Loyd, Gotthold Eisenstein, Helge von Koch, Karen Uhlenbeck, and Pavel Alexandrov. After him are Igor Ansoff, Joseph Bertrand, Tatyana Afanasyeva, Seki Takakazu, Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, and Emil Artin.
1814 - 1894
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 261
1841 - 1911
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 262
1823 - 1852
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 263
1870 - 1924
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 264
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 265
1896 - 1982
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 266
1874 - 1932
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 267
1918 - 2002
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 268
1822 - 1900
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 269
1876 - 1964
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 270
1642 - 1708
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 271
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 272
1898 - 1962
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 273
Among people born in 1874, René-Louis Baire ranks 61. Before him are Johannes Schober, Martin Lowry, Franz Schmidt, Serge Koussevitzky, William Lyon Mackenzie King, and Elsa Beskow. After him are Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Ellery Harding Clark, Marguerite Long, Isaac Carasso, Wu Peifu, and Max Dvořák. Among people deceased in 1932, René-Louis Baire ranks 41. Before him are Reginald Fessenden, Ovide Decroly, John Philip Sousa, Johannes Schober, Louis Anquetin, and King C. Gillette. After him are Guillaume Bigourdan, Émile Friant, Nureddin Pasha, Ramon Casas, Ivar Kreuger, and Emil Orlík.
1874 - 1932
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 55
1874 - 1936
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 56
1874 - 1939
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 57
1874 - 1951
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 58
1874 - 1950
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 59
1874 - 1953
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 60
1874 - 1932
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 61
1874 - 1938
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 62
1874 - 1949
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 63
1874 - 1966
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 64
1874 - 1939
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 65
1874 - 1939
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 66
1874 - 1921
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 67
1866 - 1932
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 35
1871 - 1932
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 36
1854 - 1932
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 37
1874 - 1932
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 38
1861 - 1932
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 39
1855 - 1932
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 40
1874 - 1932
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 41
1851 - 1932
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 42
1863 - 1932
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 43
1873 - 1932
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 44
1866 - 1932
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 45
1880 - 1932
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 46
1870 - 1932
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 47
Among people born in France, René-Louis Baire ranks 1,932 out of 6,011. Before him are François Pierre La Varenne (1618), Charles IV, Duke of Alençon (1489), Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915), Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721), Aimable Pélissier (1794), and Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767). After him are Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (1675), Henri Cornet (1884), Alain Juppé (1945), Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754), Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846), and Charles Vanel (1892).
1618 - 1678
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,926
1489 - 1525
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,927
1915 - 2000
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,928
1721 - 1794
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,929
1794 - 1864
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,930
1767 - 1855
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,931
1874 - 1932
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,932
1675 - 1747
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,933
1884 - 1941
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 1,934
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 1,935
1754 - 1829
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 1,936
1846 - 1927
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 1,937
1892 - 1989
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 1,938
Among mathematicians born in France, René-Louis Baire ranks 52. Before him are Henri Cartan (1904), Édouard Roche (1820), Émile Picard (1856), Michel Chasles (1793), Pierre Varignon (1654), and Antoine Gombaud (1607). After him are Joseph Bertrand (1822), Guillaume Postel (1510), Oronce Finé (1494), Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797), Pierre Alphonse Laurent (1813), and Charles-Eugène Delaunay (1816).
1904 - 2008
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 46
1820 - 1883
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 47
1856 - 1941
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 48
1793 - 1880
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 49
1654 - 1722
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 50
1607 - 1684
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 51
1874 - 1932
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 52
1822 - 1900
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 53
1510 - 1581
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 54
1494 - 1555
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 55
1797 - 1886
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 56
1813 - 1854
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 57
1816 - 1872
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 58