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Aloysius Lilius

1510 - 1576

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Aloysius Lilius (c. 1510 – 1576), also variously referred to as Luigi Lilio or Luigi Giglio, was an Italian physician, astronomer, philosopher and chronologist, and also the "primary author" who provided the proposal that (after modifications) became the basis of the Gregorian Calendar reform of 1582. The crater Lilius on the Moon is named after him, as is the asteroid 2346 Lilio. In computer science, the Lilian date is the number of days since the adoption of the Gregorian calendar on 15 October 1582. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aloysius Lilius is the 157th most popular mathematician (down from 134th in 2019), the 1,075th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,013th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Italian Mathematician.

Aloysius Lilius is most famous for his contributions to the creation of the Gregorian calendar.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Aloysius Lilius ranks 157 out of 1,004. Before him are Vincenzo Viviani, Marian Rejewski, Andrey Markov, Colin Maclaurin, Michel Rolle, and Oliver Heaviside. After him are Autolycus of Pitane, Aleksandr Lyapunov, Peter Lax, Scipione del Ferro, Ernst Kummer, and Sophus Lie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, Aloysius Lilius ranks 10. Before him are Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Mikael Agricola, Jacopo Bassano, Renée of France, François Clouet, and Jacob Clemens non Papa. After him are Gracia Mendes Nasi, Túpac Huallpa, Gonzalo Pizarro, Elena Glinskaya, Oda Nobuhide, and Antonio de Cabezón. Among people deceased in 1576, Aloysius Lilius ranks 5. Before him are Titian, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Gerolamo Cardano, and Tahmasp I. After him are Hans Sachs, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Isabella de' Medici, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Bartolomé Carranza, and Bálint Bakfark.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Aloysius Lilius ranks 1,075 out of 5,161. Before him are Marie Mancini (1639), Giacomo Carissimi (1605), Nina Ricci (1883), Pietro Locatelli (1695), Fulvia (-77), and Lucius Julius Caesar (-135). After him are Gino Bartali (1914), Gabriele Falloppio (1523), Sextus Pompey (-67), Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668), Carlo Crivelli (1430), and Angelo Secchi (1818).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Aloysius Lilius ranks 14. Before him are Archytas (-428), Philolaus (-470), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Lodovico Ferrari (1522), and Vincenzo Viviani (1622). After him are Scipione del Ferro (1465), Vito Volterra (1860), Giambattista della Porta (1535), Rafael Bombelli (1526), Tullio Levi-Civita (1873), and Giovanni Ceva (1647).

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