1913 - 1998
Samuel Eilenberg (September 30, 1913 – January 30, 1998) was a Polish-American mathematician who co-founded category theory (with Saunders Mac Lane) and homological algebra. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Eilenberg has received more than 143,000 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Samuel Eilenberg is the 509th most popular mathematician (down from 475th in 2019), the 689th most popular biography from Poland (down from 619th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Polish Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Samuel Eilenberg ranks 509 out of 823. Before him are Julius Petersen, Roy Kerr, Heinrich Martin Weber, Wilhelm Jordan, Haskell Curry, and Lazarus Fuchs. After him are Issai Schur, Henry Dudeney, Dénes Kőnig, Benedetto Castelli, G. I. Taylor, and Campanus of Novara.
1839 - 1910
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 503
1934 - Present
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 504
1842 - 1913
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 505
1842 - 1899
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 506
1900 - 1982
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 507
1833 - 1902
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 508
1913 - 1998
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 509
1875 - 1941
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 510
1857 - 1930
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 511
1884 - 1944
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 512
1578 - 1643
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 513
1886 - 1975
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 514
1210 - 1296
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 515
Among people born in 1913, Samuel Eilenberg ranks 163. Before him are Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz, Lilian Jackson Braun, Gustaaf Deloor, Salvador Espriu, Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, and Huang Hua. After him are Tokutaro Ukon, Renato Castellani, Charles Helou, Yaşar Doğu, Georges Candilis, and Christiane Desroches Noblecourt. Among people deceased in 1998, Samuel Eilenberg ranks 132. Before him are Hermann Prey, Jon Postel, Bertil Nordahl, Gérard Grisey, Mariano Martín, and Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Antonio Saura, Carl Wilson, Jorge Pacheco Areco, Bob Martin, Michèle Arnaud, and Eric Ambler.
1913 - 1973
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 157
1913 - 2011
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 158
1913 - 2002
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 159
1913 - 1985
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 160
1913 - 1977
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 161
1913 - 2010
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 162
1913 - 1998
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 163
1913 - 1944
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 164
1913 - 1985
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 165
1913 - 2001
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 166
1913 - 1961
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 167
1913 - 1995
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 168
1913 - 2011
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 169
1929 - 1998
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 126
1943 - 1998
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 127
1917 - 1998
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 128
1946 - 1998
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 129
1919 - 1998
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 130
1918 - 1998
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 131
1913 - 1998
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 132
1930 - 1998
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 133
1946 - 1998
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 134
1920 - 1998
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 135
1922 - 1998
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 136
1919 - 1998
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 137
1909 - 1998
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 138
Among people born in Poland, Samuel Eilenberg ranks 689 out of 1,454. Before him are Aleksander Gierymski (1850), Joanna Chmielewska (1932), Jeremias Benjamin Richter (1762), Karl Decker (1897), Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921), and Lazarus Fuchs (1833). After him are Janusz Kusociński (1907), August Zaleski (1883), Edward Bernard Raczyński (1891), Rainer Barzel (1924), Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1769), and August Hlond (1881).
1850 - 1901
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 683
1932 - 2013
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 684
1762 - 1807
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 685
1897 - 1945
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 686
1921 - 1944
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 687
1833 - 1902
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 688
1913 - 1998
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 689
1907 - 1940
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 690
1883 - 1972
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 691
1891 - 1993
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 692
1924 - 2006
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 693
1769 - 1830
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 694
1881 - 1948
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 695
Among mathematicians born in Poland, Samuel Eilenberg ranks 22. Before him are Richard Courant (1888), Emil Leon Post (1897), Klaus Roth (1925), Michael O. Rabin (1931), Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865), and Lazarus Fuchs (1833). After him are Abraham Robinson (1918), Martin Kutta (1867), Karol Borsuk (1905), Moritz Pasch (1843), Alfred Pringsheim (1850), and Jan Śniadecki (1756).
1888 - 1972
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 16
1897 - 1954
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 17
1925 - 2015
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 18
1931 - Present
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 19
1865 - 1923
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 20
1833 - 1902
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 21
1913 - 1998
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 22
1918 - 1974
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 23
1867 - 1944
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 24
1905 - 1982
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 25
1843 - 1930
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 26
1850 - 1941
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 27
1756 - 1830
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 28