1930 - 2016
Rudolf Emil Kálmán (May 19, 1930 – July 2, 2016) was a Hungarian-American electrical engineer, mathematician, and inventor. He is most noted for his co-invention and development of the Kalman filter, a mathematical algorithm that is widely used in signal processing, control systems, and guidance, navigation and control. For this work, U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf E. Kálmán has received more than 395,252 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf E. Kálmán is the 302nd most popular mathematician (up from 308th in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 200th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Hungarian Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Rudolf E. Kálmán ranks 302 out of 823. Before him are Nicholas Mercator, Carl David Tolmé Runge, Vitello, Aristyllus, Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, and Pierre Deligne. After him are Theon of Smyrna, Enrico Bombieri, Wilhelm Ackermann, John Edensor Littlewood, Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam, and Georg Alexander Pick.
1620 - 1687
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 296
1856 - 1927
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 297
1230 - 1275
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 298
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 299
1853 - 1925
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 300
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 301
1930 - 2016
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 302
70 - 135
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 303
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 304
1896 - 1962
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 305
1885 - 1977
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 306
850 - 930
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 307
1859 - 1942
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 308
Among people born in 1930, Rudolf E. Kálmán ranks 152. Before him are Ilon Wikland, Oleg Popov, Dani Karavan, Robert Culp, Fritz Wunderlich, and Lina Kostenko. After him are Manuel Marulanda, Michel Rocard, Ernst Albrecht, Marshall Sahlins, Anthony Steffen, and Thomas P. Stafford. Among people deceased in 2016, Rudolf E. Kálmán ranks 125. Before him are Goran Hadžić, Meir Dagan, Isao Tomita, António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Oleg Popov, and Bill Nunn. After him are Michel Rocard, Gato Barbieri, Carmen Pereira, Alexandre Astruc, Hassan Al-Turabi, and Richard Adams.
1930 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 146
1930 - 2016
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 147
1930 - 2021
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 148
1930 - 2010
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 149
1930 - 1966
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 150
1930 - Present
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 151
1930 - 2016
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 152
1930 - 2008
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 153
1930 - 2016
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 154
1930 - 2014
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 155
1930 - 2021
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 156
1930 - 2004
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 157
1930 - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 158
1958 - 2016
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 119
1945 - 2016
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 120
1932 - 2016
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 121
1944 - 2016
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 122
1930 - 2016
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 123
1953 - 2016
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 124
1930 - 2016
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 125
1930 - 2016
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 126
1932 - 2016
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 127
1937 - 2016
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 128
1923 - 2016
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 129
1932 - 2016
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 130
1920 - 2016
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 131
Among people born in Hungary, Rudolf E. Kálmán ranks 215 out of 866. Before him are Nicholas Kaldor (1908), Ferenc Fricsay (1914), Eugene Ormandy (1899), Josef Dobrovský (1753), Arpad Elo (1903), and Alfréd Hajós (1878). After him are Kálmán Kalocsay (1891), Antal Doráti (1906), István Dobi (1898), Ödön Lechner (1845), Paul Lukas (1894), and Lajos Portisch (1937).
1908 - 1986
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 209
1914 - 1963
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 210
1899 - 1985
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 211
1753 - 1829
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 212
1903 - 1992
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 213
1878 - 1955
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 214
1930 - 2016
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 215
1891 - 1976
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 216
1906 - 1988
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 217
1898 - 1968
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 218
1845 - 1914
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 219
1894 - 1971
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 220
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 221
Among mathematicians born in Hungary, Rudolf E. Kálmán ranks 5. Before him are John von Neumann (1903), Paul Erdős (1913), George Pólya (1887), and Marcel Grossmann (1878). After him are John G. Kemeny (1926), László Lovász (1948), Peter Lax (1926), Paul Halmos (1916), Frigyes Riesz (1880), Dénes Kőnig (1884), and Pál Turán (1910).
1903 - 1957
HPI: 77.46
Rank: 1
1913 - 1996
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 2
1887 - 1985
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 3
1878 - 1936
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 4
1930 - 2016
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 5
1926 - 1992
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 6
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 7
1926 - Present
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 8
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 9
1880 - 1956
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 10
1884 - 1944
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 11
1910 - 1976
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 12