Mathematician
Willem 's Gravesande
Dutch physicist
1688 - 1742
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Willem 's Gravesande
His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Willem 's Gravesande is the 628th most popular mathematician (down from 537th in 2024), the 602nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 550th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Dutch Mathematician.
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Willem 's Gravesande's biography spans 18 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 58.36.
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Among Mathematicians
Among mathematicians, Willem 's Gravesande ranks 628 out of 1,010. Before him are Alexander Gelfond, Heinrich Martin Weber, René de Saussure, Alfred Pringsheim, Leonard Eugene Dickson, and Serge Lang. After him are Grete Hermann, Dmitri Egorov, Jakob Hermann, Jean Frédéric Frenet, Alfréd Haar, and Al-Qalqashandi.
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Rank: 628
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1355 - 1418
HPI: 58.31
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1688, Willem 's Gravesande ranks 23. Before him are François Lemoyne, Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Marie Victoire de Noailles, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Jai Singh II, and George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. After him are Ferdinand Brokoff, and Mikhail Zemtsov. Among people deceased in 1742, Willem 's Gravesande ranks 15. Before him are Friedrich Hoffmann, Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg, Jean-Baptiste Dubos, Carlos Seixas, Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, and John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. After him is Richard Bentley.
Others Born in 1688
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François Lemoyne
PAINTER
1688 - 1737
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 17
Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
NOBLEMAN
1688 - 1748
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 18
Marie Victoire de Noailles
NOBLEMAN
1688 - 1766
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 19
Johann Friedrich Fasch
MUSICIAN
1688 - 1758
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 20
Jai Singh II
MATHEMATICIAN
1688 - 1743
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 21
George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
POLITICIAN
1688 - 1735
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 22
Willem 's Gravesande
MATHEMATICIAN
1688 - 1742
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 23
Ferdinand Brokoff
SCULPTOR
1688 - 1731
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 24
Mikhail Zemtsov
ARCHITECT
1688 - 1743
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 25
Others Deceased in 1742
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Friedrich Hoffmann
PHYSICIAN
1660 - 1742
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 9
Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg
POLITICIAN
1677 - 1742
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 10
Jean-Baptiste Dubos
WRITER
1670 - 1742
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 11
Carlos Seixas
COMPOSER
1704 - 1742
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 12
Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský
COMPOSER
1684 - 1742
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 13
John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
POLITICIAN
1677 - 1742
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 14
Willem 's Gravesande
MATHEMATICIAN
1688 - 1742
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 15
Richard Bentley
WRITER
1662 - 1742
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 16
In Netherlands
Among people born in Netherlands, Willem 's Gravesande ranks 602 out of 2,139. Before him are Ernesto Hoost (1965), Martin Koeman (1938), Johannes Meursius (1579), Willem Hendrik Keesom (1876), Hans van Manen (1932), and Peter van de Kamp (1901). After him are Jan de Vries (1944), Arjen Anthony Lucassen (1960), Jan de Quay (1901), Adri van Tiggelen (1957), Bas Jan Ader (1942), and Mary of Guelders (1434).
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Ernesto Hoost
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Johannes Meursius
HISTORIAN
1579 - 1639
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Willem Hendrik Keesom
PHYSICIST
1876 - 1956
HPI: 58.38
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Hans van Manen
DANCER
1932 - 2025
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 600
Peter van de Kamp
ASTRONOMER
1901 - 1995
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 601
Willem 's Gravesande
MATHEMATICIAN
1688 - 1742
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 602
Jan de Vries
CYCLIST
1944 - 2021
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 603
Arjen Anthony Lucassen
SINGER
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 604
Jan de Quay
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1985
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 605
Adri van Tiggelen
SOCCER PLAYER
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 606
Bas Jan Ader
ARTIST
1942 - 1975
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 607
Mary of Guelders
COMPANION
1434 - 1463
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 608
Among Mathematicians In Netherlands
Among mathematicians born in Netherlands, Willem 's Gravesande ranks 10. Before him are Isaac Beeckman (1588), Willem de Sitter (1872), Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903), Auguste Kerckhoffs (1835), Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856), and Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918). After him are Arend Heyting (1898), Jacobus Golius (1596), Gustav de Vries (1866), Diederik Korteweg (1848), and Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (1918).
Isaac Beeckman
1588 - 1637
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 4
Willem de Sitter
1872 - 1934
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 5
Bartel Leendert van der Waerden
1903 - 1996
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 6
Auguste Kerckhoffs
1835 - 1903
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 7
Thomas Joannes Stieltjes
1856 - 1894
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 8
Hendrik C. van de Hulst
1918 - 2000
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 9
Willem 's Gravesande
1688 - 1742
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 10
Arend Heyting
1898 - 1980
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 11
Jacobus Golius
1596 - 1667
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 12
Gustav de Vries
1866 - 1934
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 13
Diederik Korteweg
1848 - 1941
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 14
Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn
1918 - 2012
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 15
