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Giovanni Ceva

1647 - 1734

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Giovanni Ceva (September 1, 1647 – May 13, 1734) was an Italian mathematician widely known for proving Ceva's theorem in elementary geometry. His brother, Tommaso Ceva, was also a well-known poet and mathematician. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Ceva is the 239th most popular mathematician (down from 197th in 2019), the 1,428th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,327th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Italian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Giovanni Ceva ranks 239 out of 1,004. Before him are Theaetetus, Joseph Petzval, Michael Atiyah, Callippus, Michel Chasles, and Richard S. Hamilton. After him are Marcel Grossmann, Ahmes, Ibn al-Shatir, Xu Guangqi, Ernst Zermelo, and Abū Sahl al-Qūhī.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1647, Giovanni Ceva ranks 8. Before him are Maria Sibylla Merian, Pierre Bayle, Margaret Mary Alacoque, John George III, Elector of Saxony, Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, and Suleiman of Persia. After him are John de Britto, Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Constantine Phaulkon, Elisabeth Hevelius, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg, and Petter Dass. Among people deceased in 1734, Giovanni Ceva ranks 3. Before him are Georg Ernst Stahl, and Claude Louis Hector de Villars. After him are Rob Roy MacGregor, Sebastiano Ricci, James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, Richard Cantillon, Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, Johann Conrad Dippel, Danylo Apostol, Domenico Trezzini, and Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Ceva ranks 1,428 out of 5,161. Before him are Alessandro Costacurta (1966), Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry (1798), Marco Ferreri (1928), Francesco Durante (1684), Saint Marcella (325), and Saint Chrysogonus (250). After him are Odoric of Pordenone (1286), Giovanni Boldini (1842), Ludovico Manin (1725), Giovanni Villani (1276), Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi (1566), and Enrico Berlinguer (1922).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Giovanni Ceva ranks 20. Before him are Aloysius Lilius (1510), Scipione del Ferro (1465), Vito Volterra (1860), Giambattista della Porta (1535), Rafael Bombelli (1526), and Tullio Levi-Civita (1873). After him are Paolo Ruffini (1765), Jacopo Riccati (1676), Lorenzo Mascheroni (1750), Enrico Bombieri (1940), Pietro Cataldi (1552), and Eugenio Beltrami (1835).

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