Mathématicien
Blaise Pascal
1623 - 1662
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal, né le 19 juin 1623 à Clermont (devenue Clermont-Ferrand) en Auvergne et mort le 19 août 1662 à Paris, est un polymathe : mathématicien, physicien, inventeur, philosophe, moraliste et théologien français. Enfant précoce, il est éduqué par son père. Les premiers travaux de Pascal concernent les sciences naturelles et appliquées. Il contribue de manière importante à l’étude des fluides et clarifie les concepts de pression et de vide en étendant le travail de Torricelli. En savoir plus sur Wikipédia
His biography is available in 136 different languages on Wikipedia. Blaise Pascal is the 4th most popular mathématicien (down from 2nd in 2024), the 4th most popular biography from France and the most popular French Mathématicien.
Blaise Pascal is most famous for his contributions to mathematics and the invention of the first mechanical calculator.
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Among Mathématiciens
Among mathématiciens, Blaise Pascal ranks 4 out of 1,004. Before him are Archimedes, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, and Carl Friedrich Gauss. After him are Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Euclid, Fibonacci, Ada Lovelace, Leonhard Euler, Omar Khayyam, John Forbes Nash Jr., and Bernhard Riemann.
Most Popular Mathématiciens in Wikipedia
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Archimedes
287 BC - 212 BC
HPI: 93.41
Rank: 1
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
1646 - 1716
HPI: 92.00
Rank: 2
Carl Friedrich Gauss
1777 - 1855
HPI: 91.44
Rank: 3
Blaise Pascal
1623 - 1662
HPI: 91.04
Rank: 4
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
780 - 850
HPI: 90.62
Rank: 5
Euclid
350 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 90.02
Rank: 6
Fibonacci
1170 - 1240
HPI: 89.74
Rank: 7
Ada Lovelace
1815 - 1852
HPI: 87.83
Rank: 8
Leonhard Euler
1707 - 1783
HPI: 87.60
Rank: 9
Omar Khayyam
1048 - 1131
HPI: 86.69
Rank: 10
John Forbes Nash Jr.
1928 - 2015
HPI: 85.78
Rank: 11
Bernhard Riemann
1826 - 1866
HPI: 85.32
Rank: 12
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1623, Blaise Pascal ranks 1. After him are William Petty, Ferdinand Verbiest, Antonio Cesti, Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg, Zhu Youlang, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Christian Louis I, François de Laval, Reinier Nooms, and Algernon Sidney. Among people deceased in 1662, Blaise Pascal ranks 1. After him are Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Koxinga, Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena, Zhu Youlang, Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, Johann Crüger, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Adriaen van de Venne.
Others Born in 1623
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MATHEMATICIAN
1623 - 1662
HPI: 91.04
Rank: 1
William Petty
ECONOMIST
1623 - 1687
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 2
Ferdinand Verbiest
ASTRONOMER
1623 - 1688
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 3
Antonio Cesti
SINGER
1623 - 1669
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 4
Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg
POLITICIAN
1623 - 1683
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 5
Zhu Youlang
POLITICIAN
1623 - 1662
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 6
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
PHILOSOPHER
1623 - 1673
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 7
Christian Louis I
NOBLEMAN
1623 - 1692
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 8
François de Laval
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1623 - 1708
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 9
Reinier Nooms
PAINTER
1623 - 1664
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 10
Algernon Sidney
POLITICIAN
1623 - 1683
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 11
Others Deceased in 1662
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MATHEMATICIAN
1623 - 1662
HPI: 91.04
Rank: 1
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
COMPANION
1596 - 1662
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 2
Koxinga
POLITICIAN
1624 - 1662
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 3
Honoré II, Prince of Monaco
POLITICIAN
1597 - 1662
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 4
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1614 - 1662
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 5
Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena
POLITICIAN
1634 - 1662
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 6
Zhu Youlang
POLITICIAN
1623 - 1662
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 7
Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken
POLITICIAN
1616 - 1662
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 8
Johann Crüger
COMPOSER
1598 - 1662
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 9
Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria
POLITICIAN
1628 - 1662
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 10
William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
POLITICIAN
1598 - 1662
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 11
Adriaen van de Venne
PAINTER
1589 - 1662
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 12
In France
Among people born in France, Blaise Pascal ranks 4 out of 6,770. Before him are Napoleon (1769), Louis XIV of France (1638), and René Descartes (1596). After him are Joan of Arc (1412), Louis XVI of France (1754), Victor Hugo (1802), Voltaire (1694), Louis Pasteur (1822), Claude Monet (1840), Jules Verne (1828), and Molière (1622).
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Napoleon
POLITICIAN
1769 - 1821
HPI: 95.29
Rank: 1
Louis XIV of France
POLITICIAN
1638 - 1715
HPI: 93.01
Rank: 2
René Descartes
PHILOSOPHER
1596 - 1650
HPI: 92.12
Rank: 3
Blaise Pascal
MATHEMATICIAN
1623 - 1662
HPI: 91.04
Rank: 4
Joan of Arc
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1412 - 1431
HPI: 91.02
Rank: 5
Louis XVI of France
POLITICIAN
1754 - 1793
HPI: 90.50
Rank: 6
Victor Hugo
WRITER
1802 - 1885
HPI: 89.52
Rank: 7
Voltaire
WRITER
1694 - 1778
HPI: 89.44
Rank: 8
Louis Pasteur
CHEMIST
1822 - 1895
HPI: 89.24
Rank: 9
Claude Monet
PAINTER
1840 - 1926
HPI: 88.69
Rank: 10
Jules Verne
WRITER
1828 - 1905
HPI: 88.32
Rank: 11
Molière
WRITER
1622 - 1673
HPI: 87.83
Rank: 12
Among Mathématiciens In France
Among mathématiciens born in France, Blaise Pascal ranks 1. After him are Pierre de Fermat (1601), Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717), Henri Poincaré (1854), Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749), Joseph Fourier (1768), Évariste Galois (1811), François Viète (1540), Pope Sylvester II (938), Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789), Urbain Le Verrier (1811), and Abraham de Moivre (1667).
Blaise Pascal
1623 - 1662
HPI: 91.04
Rank: 1
Pierre de Fermat
1601 - 1665
HPI: 83.45
Rank: 2
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
1717 - 1783
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 3
Henri Poincaré
1854 - 1912
HPI: 81.48
Rank: 4
Pierre-Simon Laplace
1749 - 1827
HPI: 81.34
Rank: 5
Joseph Fourier
1768 - 1830
HPI: 80.98
Rank: 6
Évariste Galois
1811 - 1832
HPI: 80.32
Rank: 7
François Viète
1540 - 1603
HPI: 79.70
Rank: 8
Pope Sylvester II
938 - 1003
HPI: 78.50
Rank: 9
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
1789 - 1857
HPI: 78.11
Rank: 10
Urbain Le Verrier
1811 - 1877
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 11
Abraham de Moivre
1667 - 1754
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 12
