1856 - 1894
Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (Dutch: [ˈstilcəs], 29 December 1856 – 31 December 1894) was a Dutch mathematician. He was a pioneer in the field of moment problems and contributed to the study of continued fractions. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Joannes Stieltjes has received more than 81,823 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Thomas Joannes Stieltjes is the 519th most popular mathematician (down from 496th in 2019), the 512th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 464th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Dutch Mathematician.
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Among mathematicians, Thomas Joannes Stieltjes ranks 519 out of 823. Before him are Benedetto Castelli, G. I. Taylor, Campanus of Novara, Martin Ohm, Egon Pearson, and Ahmad ibn Yusuf. After him are Abraham Robinson, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, Terence Tao, Gerd Faltings, Maria Angela Ardinghelli, and Carl Adam Petri.
1578 - 1643
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 513
1886 - 1975
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 514
1210 - 1296
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 515
1792 - 1872
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 516
1895 - 1980
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 517
835 - 912
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 518
1856 - 1894
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 519
1918 - 1974
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 520
1719 - 1800
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 521
1975 - Present
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 522
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 523
1728 - 1825
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 524
1926 - 2010
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 525
Among people born in 1856, Thomas Joannes Stieltjes ranks 76. Before him are Yu Kil-chun, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Vasily Rozanov, Anna Elizabeth Klumpke, Elbert Hubbard, and Wojciech Kossak. After him are Rudolf Stammler, Apollinary Vasnetsov, André Gedalge, Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo, Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, and Franz Roubaud. Among people deceased in 1894, Thomas Joannes Stieltjes ranks 53. Before him are Charles Laval, Amelia Bloomer, Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher, Rafael Núñez, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, and Franjo Rački. After him are Maria Deraismes, Heinrich Karl Brugsch, Karl von Blaas, Caterina Volpicelli, Edmond Frémy, and Boston Corbett.
1856 - 1914
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 70
1856 - 1920
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 71
1856 - 1919
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 72
1856 - 1942
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 73
1856 - 1915
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 74
1856 - 1942
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 75
1856 - 1894
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 76
1856 - 1938
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 77
1856 - 1933
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 78
1856 - 1926
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 79
1856 - 1912
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 80
1856 - 1928
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 81
1856 - 1928
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 82
1862 - 1894
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 47
1818 - 1894
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 48
1817 - 1894
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 49
1825 - 1894
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 50
1817 - 1894
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 51
1828 - 1894
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 52
1856 - 1894
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 53
1828 - 1894
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 54
1827 - 1894
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 55
1815 - 1894
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 56
1839 - 1894
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 57
1814 - 1894
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 58
1832 - 1894
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 59
Among people born in Netherlands, Thomas Joannes Stieltjes ranks 512 out of 1,427. Before him are Tim Krabbé (1943), Corine Rottschäfer (1938), Jelle Zijlstra (1918), Roy Makaay (1975), Gisbertus Voetius (1589), and Jan Janssonius (1588). After him are Gerald Vanenburg (1964), Willem Roelofs (1822), Johannes Meursius (1579), Barend Biesheuvel (1920), Jetty Paerl (1921), and Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1900).
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 506
1938 - 2020
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 507
1918 - 2001
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 508
1975 - Present
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 509
1589 - 1676
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 510
1588 - 1664
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 511
1856 - 1894
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 512
1964 - Present
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 513
1822 - 1897
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 514
1579 - 1639
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 515
1920 - 2001
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 516
1921 - 2013
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 517
1900 - 1987
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 518
Among mathematicians born in Netherlands, Thomas Joannes Stieltjes ranks 10. Before him are Isaac Beeckman (1588), Gemma Frisius (1508), Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903), Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918), Auguste Kerckhoffs (1835), and Willem 's Gravesande (1688). After him are Arend Heyting (1898), Diederik Korteweg (1848), and Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (1918).
1588 - 1637
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 4
1508 - 1555
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 5
1903 - 1996
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 6
1918 - 2000
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 7
1835 - 1903
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 8
1688 - 1742
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 9
1856 - 1894
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 10
1898 - 1980
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 11
1848 - 1941
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 12
1918 - 2012
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 13