PHILOSOPHER

Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri

1667 - 1733

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Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni dʒiˈrɔːlamo sakˈkɛːri]; 5 September 1667 – 25 October 1733) was an Italian Jesuit priest, scholastic philosopher, and mathematician. He is considered the forerunner of non-Euclidean geometry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri is the 480th most popular philosopher (down from 478th in 2019), the 1,373rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,366th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Italian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri ranks 480 out of 1,267. Before him are Nana Asmaʼu, Paul Natorp, H. L. A. Hart, Porcia, Gaius Musonius Rufus, and Philodemus. After him are Michel de Certeau, Ernest Gellner, Leo Strauss, Pierre Duhem, Ronald Dworkin, and Dicaearchus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1667, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri ranks 8. Before him are Johann Bernoulli, Abraham de Moivre, Maria Anna of Neuburg, Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Queen Inhyeon, and Antonio Lotti. After him are Jan Kupecký, Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Alessandro Magnasco, Johann Christoph Pepusch, Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł, and Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Among people deceased in 1733, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri ranks 5. Before him are Augustus II the Strong, François Couperin, Bernard Mandeville, and Georg Böhm. After him are Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia, Pieter van der Aa, Nicolas Coustou, Robert de Visée, Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, and John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri ranks 1,373 out of 5,161. Before him are Carlo Gambino (1902), Andreas Hofer (1767), Gerolamo Emiliani (1486), Gian Piero Gasperini (1958), Cornelius Gallus (-69), and Gennaro Gattuso (1978). After him are Rita Pavone (1945), Luca Marenzio (1553), Anna d'Este (1531), Marcantonio Raimondi (1480), Mathilde Bonaparte (1820), and Mirella Freni (1935).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri ranks 35. Before him are Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484), Bartolus de Saxoferrato (1313), Thomas Cajetan (1469), Lucilio Vanini (1585), Brunetto Latini (1220), and Gaius Musonius Rufus (25). After him are Dicaearchus (-350), Norberto Bobbio (1909), Vittorino da Feltre (1378), Giles of Rome (1243), Gianni Vattimo (1936), and Myia (-600).

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