MATHEMATICIAN

Wu Wenjun

1919 - 2017

Wu Wenjun

Wu Wenjun (Chinese: 吴文俊; 12 May 1919 – 7 May 2017), also commonly known as Wu Wen-tsün, was a Chinese mathematician, historian, and writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wu Wenjun has received more than 77,836 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Wu Wenjun is the 744th most popular mathematician (up from 774th in 2019), the 899th most popular biography from China (down from 864th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Chinese Mathematician.

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Page Views (PV)
47.85
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
17
Languages Editions (L)
4.10
Effective Languages (L*)
2.29
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Wu Wenjun ranks 744 out of 1,004. Before him are Douglas Hartree, Daniel Quillen, Sergey Mergelyan, François d'Aguilon, Suzan Kahramaner, and Erich Kähler. After him are Jordanus de Nemore, Ludwig Schlesinger, Charles Fefferman, Alexander Ostrowski, Leo Königsberger, and Victor Puiseux.

Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia

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Douglas Hartree
1897 - 1958
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 738
Daniel Quillen
1940 - 2011
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 739
Sergey Mergelyan
1928 - 2008
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 740
François d'Aguilon
1567 - 1617
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 741
Suzan Kahramaner
1913 - 2006
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 742
Erich Kähler
1906 - 2000
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 743
Wu Wenjun
1919 - 2017
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 744
Jordanus de Nemore
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 745
Ludwig Schlesinger
1864 - 1933
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 746
Charles Fefferman
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 747
Alexander Ostrowski
1893 - 1986
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 748
Leo Königsberger
1837 - 1921
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 749
Victor Puiseux
1820 - 1883
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 750

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Wu Wenjun ranks 253. Before him are George Gerbner, Michel Déon, Grisha Filipov, Milan Horvat, Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, and Ezio Loik. After him are Vicente Asensi, Gisela Uhlen, Alain Bosquet, David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven, Richard Bergmann, and Patricia Medina. Among people deceased in 2017, Wu Wenjun ranks 353. Before him are Josef Musil, Tankred Dorst, Carlos Humberto Romero, Anne-Marie Colchen, Halit Akçatepe, and Leonid Kharitonov. After him are Danuta Szaflarska, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, Colin Groves, Heather Menzies, Terele Pávez, and Aleksei Petrenko.

Others Born in 1919

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George Gerbner
PHILOSOPHER
1919 - 2005
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 247
Michel Déon
WRITER
1919 - 2016
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 248
Grisha Filipov
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1994
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 249
Milan Horvat
CONDUCTOR
1919 - 2014
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 250
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
POLITICIAN
1919 - 2018
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 251
Ezio Loik
SOCCER PLAYER
1919 - 1949
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 252
Wu Wenjun
MATHEMATICIAN
1919 - 2017
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 253
Vicente Asensi
SOCCER PLAYER
1919 - 2000
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 254
Gisela Uhlen
ACTOR
1919 - 2007
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 255
Alain Bosquet
WRITER
1919 - 1998
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 256
David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven
NOBLEMAN
1919 - 1970
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 257
Richard Bergmann
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1919 - Present
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 258
Patricia Medina
ACTOR
1919 - 2012
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 259