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Farkas Bolyai

1775 - 1856

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Farkas Bolyai (Hungarian: [ˈfɒrkɒʃ ˈboːjɒi]; 9 February 1775 – 20 November 1856; also known as Wolfgang Bolyai in Germany) was a Hungarian mathematician, mainly known for his work in geometry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Farkas Bolyai is the 313th most popular mathematician (down from 238th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Romania (down from 97th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Farkas Bolyai ranks 313 out of 1,004. Before him are Stephen Smale, Marino Ghetaldi, John Wilkins, Enrico Bombieri, Isaac Beeckman, and Sergei Novikov. After him are Abraham Wald, Grigory Margulis, Guo Shoujing, Alain Connes, Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, and Pietro Cataldi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Farkas Bolyai ranks 20. Before him are Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Adam Albert von Neipperg, Louisa Adams, and Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle. After him are Bernhard Crusell, Antoni Radziwiłł, Conrad Malte-Brun, Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona, Teréz Brunszvik, and Manuel García. Among people deceased in 1856, Farkas Bolyai ranks 22. Before him are Théodore Chassériau, Manuela Sáenz, 11th Dalai Lama, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, David d'Angers, and Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall. After him are Princess Elisabeth of Savoy, Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, Julie Guicciardi, Augustin Thierry, and Pyotr Chaadayev.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Farkas Bolyai ranks 112 out of 844. Before him are Mundzuk (368), Christopher Báthory (1530), Vladimir Cosma (1940), Arnold Hauser (1892), Radu Lupu (1945), and Adalbert Deșu (1909). After him are Vlad Călugărul (1425), Abraham Wald (1902), Constantin Brâncoveanu (1654), Marcel Janco (1895), Ion Mihai Pacepa (1928), and Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (1784).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Romania

Among mathematicians born in Romania, Farkas Bolyai ranks 3. Before him are János Bolyai (1802), and Zoia Ceaușescu (1949). After him are Abraham Wald (1902), Ion Ghica (1816), Ion Barbu (1895), Spiru Haret (1851), George Lusztig (1946), Grigore Moisil (1906), and Solomon Marcus (1925).

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