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Gerolamo Cardano

1501 - 1576

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Gerolamo Cardano

His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2024). Gerolamo Cardano is the 30th most popular mathematician (up from 32nd in 2024), the 210th most popular biography from Italy (up from 217th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Mathematician.

Gerolamo Cardano was an Italian mathematician and physician who is most famous for his work on probability.

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Among Mathematicians

Among mathematicians, Gerolamo Cardano ranks 30 out of 1,004. Before him are Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, Évariste Galois, Hero of Alexandria, John von Neumann, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and Diophantus. After him are François Viète, Kurt Gödel, Luca Pacioli, Niels Henrik Abel, Brahmagupta, and Pope Sylvester II.

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Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
1805 - 1859
HPI: 80.77
Rank: 24
Évariste Galois
1811 - 1832
HPI: 80.32
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Gerolamo Cardano
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HPI: 79.79
Rank: 30
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HPI: 79.70
Rank: 31
Kurt Gödel
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HPI: 79.53
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Luca Pacioli
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HPI: 79.17
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HPI: 78.74
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938 - 1003
HPI: 78.50
Rank: 36

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1501, Gerolamo Cardano ranks 3. Before him are Anne Boleyn, and Pope Marcellus II. After him are Isabella of Austria, Yi Hwang, Queen Munjeong, Sahib I Giray, Garcilaso de la Vega, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Leonhart Fuchs, Bairam Khan, and Ivan Susanin. Among people deceased in 1576, Gerolamo Cardano ranks 3. Before him are Titian, and Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Tahmasp I, Aloysius Lilius, 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.

Others Born in 1501

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Anne Boleyn
COMPANION
1501 - 1536
HPI: 86.36
Rank: 1
Pope Marcellus II
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1501 - 1555
HPI: 81.90
Rank: 2
Gerolamo Cardano
MATHEMATICIAN
1501 - 1576
HPI: 79.79
Rank: 3
Isabella of Austria
COMPANION
1501 - 1526
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 4
Yi Hwang
PHILOSOPHER
1501 - 1570
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 5
Queen Munjeong
POLITICIAN
1501 - 1565
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 6
Sahib I Giray
POLITICIAN
1501 - 1551
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 7
Garcilaso de la Vega
WRITER
1501 - 1536
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 8
Pietro Andrea Mattioli
PHYSICIAN
1501 - 1578
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 9
Leonhart Fuchs
PHYSICIAN
1501 - 1566
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 10
Bairam Khan
POLITICIAN
1501 - 1561
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 11
Ivan Susanin
POLITICIAN
1501 - 1613
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1576

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Titian
PAINTER
1488 - 1576
HPI: 84.62
Rank: 1
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1527 - 1576
HPI: 83.14
Rank: 2
Gerolamo Cardano
MATHEMATICIAN
1501 - 1576
HPI: 79.79
Rank: 3
Tahmasp I
POLITICIAN
1514 - 1576
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 4
Aloysius Lilius
MATHEMATICIAN
1510 - 1576
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 5
Hans Sachs
WRITER
1494 - 1576
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 6
Frederick III, Elector Palatine
POLITICIAN
1515 - 1576
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 7
Isabella de' Medici
POLITICIAN
1542 - 1576
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 8
John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg
POLITICIAN
1525 - 1576
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 9
Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga
POLITICIAN
1528 - 1576
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 10
Bartolomé Carranza
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1503 - 1576
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 11
Bálint Bakfark
COMPOSER
1507 - 1576
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 12