MATHEMATICIAN
Dénes Kőnig
1884 - 1944

Dénes Kőnig
Dénes Kőnig (September 21, 1884 – October 19, 1944) was a Hungarian mathematician of Hungarian Jewish heritage who worked in and wrote the first textbook on the field of graph theory. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dénes Kőnig is the 566th most popular mathematician (up from 572nd in 2019), the 385th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 390th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Hungarian Mathematician.
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Among MATHEMATICIANS
Among mathematicians, Dénes Kőnig ranks 566 out of 1,004. Before him are Pál Turán, D. R. Kaprekar, Solomon Lefschetz, Isadore Singer, Louis J. Mordell, and Giovanni Battista Zupi. After him are Mikio Sato, Ernst Leonard Lindelöf, Benjamin Peirce, Evgraf Fedorov, Max August Zorn, and Mark Krein.
Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsPál Turán
1910 - 1976
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 560
D. R. Kaprekar
1905 - 1986
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 561
Solomon Lefschetz
1884 - 1972
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 562
Isadore Singer
1924 - 2021
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 563
Louis J. Mordell
1888 - 1972
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 564
Giovanni Battista Zupi
1589 - 1667
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 565
Dénes Kőnig
1884 - 1944
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 566
Mikio Sato
1928 - 2023
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 567
Ernst Leonard Lindelöf
1870 - 1946
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 568
Benjamin Peirce
1809 - 1880
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 569
Evgraf Fedorov
1853 - 1919
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 570
Max August Zorn
1906 - 1993
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 571
Mark Krein
1907 - 1989
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 572
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1884, Dénes Kőnig ranks 117. Before him are Roy Chapman Andrews, Félix Éboué, Sekula Drljević, Frank Waller, Ludowika Jakobsson, and Solomon Lefschetz. After him are Evelyn Nesbit, Angelos Sikelianos, Jack Greenwell, Gösta Lilliehöök, Bohumil Kubišta, and Rickard Sandler. Among people deceased in 1944, Dénes Kőnig ranks 194. Before him are Liviu Rebreanu, Alexandre Villaplane, Divna Veković, Mehdi Huseynzade, Hendrik Willem van Loon, and Georges Mandel. After him are Patriarch Sergius of Moscow, Hana Brady, Leonid Mandelstam, Edith Durham, Peter Struve, and Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg.
Others Born in 1884
Go to all RankingsRoy Chapman Andrews
EXPLORER
1884 - 1960
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 111
Félix Éboué
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1944
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 112
Sekula Drljević
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1945
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 113
Frank Waller
ATHLETE
1884 - 1941
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 114
Ludowika Jakobsson
SKATER
1884 - 1968
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 115
Solomon Lefschetz
MATHEMATICIAN
1884 - 1972
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 116
Dénes Kőnig
MATHEMATICIAN
1884 - 1944
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 117
Evelyn Nesbit
ACTOR
1884 - 1967
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 118
Angelos Sikelianos
WRITER
1884 - 1951
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 119
Jack Greenwell
SOCCER PLAYER
1884 - 1942
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 120
Gösta Lilliehöök
ATHLETE
1884 - 1974
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 121
Bohumil Kubišta
PAINTER
1884 - 1918
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 122
Rickard Sandler
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1964
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 123
Others Deceased in 1944
Go to all RankingsLiviu Rebreanu
WRITER
1885 - 1944
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 188
Alexandre Villaplane
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1944
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 189
Divna Veković
PHYSICIAN
1886 - 1944
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 190
Mehdi Huseynzade
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1918 - 1944
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 191
Hendrik Willem van Loon
WRITER
1882 - 1944
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 192
Georges Mandel
POLITICIAN
1885 - 1944
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 193
Dénes Kőnig
MATHEMATICIAN
1884 - 1944
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 194
Patriarch Sergius of Moscow
POLITICIAN
1867 - 1944
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 195
Hana Brady
CELEBRITY
1931 - 1944
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 196
Leonid Mandelstam
PHYSICIST
1879 - 1944
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 197
Edith Durham
WRITER
1863 - 1944
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 198
Peter Struve
POLITICIAN
1870 - 1944
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 199
Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
LAWYER
1905 - 1944
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 200
In Hungary
Among people born in Hungary, Dénes Kőnig ranks 385 out of 1,077. Before him are Sándor Tarics (1913), József Rippl-Rónai (1861), Pál Turán (1910), Eva Gabor (1919), Vilmos Zsigmond (1930), and Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun (1677). After him are Joseph Böhm (1795), Ferenc Hirzer (1902), Cornell Capa (1918), Ferenc Nagy (1903), Kálmán Mészöly (1941), and Márta Rudas (1937).
Others born in Hungary
Go to all RankingsSándor Tarics
ARCHITECT
1913 - 2016
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 379
József Rippl-Rónai
PAINTER
1861 - 1927
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 380
Pál Turán
MATHEMATICIAN
1910 - 1976
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 381
Eva Gabor
ACTOR
1919 - 1995
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 382
Vilmos Zsigmond
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1930 - 2016
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 383
Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun
NOBLEMAN
1677 - 1748
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 384
Dénes Kőnig
MATHEMATICIAN
1884 - 1944
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 385
Joseph Böhm
MUSICIAN
1795 - 1876
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 386
Ferenc Hirzer
SOCCER PLAYER
1902 - 1957
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 387
Cornell Capa
PHOTOGRAPHER
1918 - 2008
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 388
Ferenc Nagy
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1979
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 389
Kálmán Mészöly
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 2022
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 390
Márta Rudas
ATHLETE
1937 - 2017
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 391
Among MATHEMATICIANS In Hungary
Among mathematicians born in Hungary, Dénes Kőnig ranks 15. Before him are László Lovász (1948), Frigyes Riesz (1880), Paul Halmos (1916), Endre Szemerédi (1940), Rózsa Péter (1905), and Pál Turán (1910). After him are Lipót Fejér (1880), Alfréd Haar (1885), Alfréd Rényi (1921), Vera T. Sós (1930), George Szekeres (1911), and Marcel Riesz (1886).
László Lovász
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 9
Frigyes Riesz
1880 - 1956
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 10
Paul Halmos
1916 - 2006
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 11
Endre Szemerédi
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 12
Rózsa Péter
1905 - 1977
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 13
Pál Turán
1910 - 1976
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 14
Dénes Kőnig
1884 - 1944
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 15
Lipót Fejér
1880 - 1959
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 16
Alfréd Haar
1885 - 1933
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 17
Alfréd Rényi
1921 - 1970
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 18
Vera T. Sós
1930 - 2023
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 19
George Szekeres
1911 - 2005
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 20
Marcel Riesz
1886 - 1969
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 21