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Vincenzo Viviani

1622 - 1703

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Vincenzo Viviani (April 5, 1622 – September 22, 1703) was an Italian mathematician and scientist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vincenzo Viviani has received more than 122,584 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Vincenzo Viviani is the 140th most popular mathematician, the 1,044th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,026th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Italian Mathematician.

Vincenzo Viviani was a scientist, mathematician, and philosopher. He was also an advisor to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Viviani is most famous for his work on the science of hydraulics and the mathematics of optics.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Vincenzo Viviani ranks 140 out of 1,004. Before him are Aloysius Lilius, Sophus Lie, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Oliver Heaviside, Ernst Kummer, and William Oughtred. After him are Harald Bohr, Andrew Wiles, Mary Jackson, Johannes Trithemius, Émile Borel, and Henri Lebesgue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1622, Vincenzo Viviani ranks 4. Before him are Molière, Charles X Gustav of Sweden, and Carel Fabritius. After him are Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Bernhardus Varenius, Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Vittoria della Rovere, Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Juan de Valdés Leal, Karel Dujardin, and Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach. Among people deceased in 1703, Vincenzo Viviani ranks 6. Before him are Robert Hooke, Charles Perrault, Mustafa II, Man in the Iron Mask, and John Wallis. After him are Johann Christoph Bach, Samuel Pepys, Ilona Zrínyi, Erik Dahlbergh, Phetracha, and Nicolas de Grigny.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Vincenzo Viviani ranks 1,044 out of 5,161. Before him are Gioffre Borgia (1481), Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1431), Ettore Scola (1931), Romuald (951), Frank Costello (1891), and Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667). After him are Nicola Porpora (1686), Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511), Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826), Sebastian Cabot (1484), Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918), and Giovanni Messe (1883).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Vincenzo Viviani ranks 14. Before him are Archytas (-428), Philolaus (-470), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Lodovico Ferrari (1522), and Aloysius Lilius (1510). After him are Scipione del Ferro (1465), Giambattista della Porta (1535), Rafael Bombelli (1526), Vito Volterra (1860), Giovanni Ceva (1647), and Tullio Levi-Civita (1873).

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