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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

1646 - 1716

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (or Leibnitz; 1 July 1646 [O.S. 21 June] – 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat who is credited, alongside Sir Isaac Newton, with the creation of calculus in addition to many other branches of mathematics, such as binary arithmetic and statistics. Leibniz has been called the "last universal genius" due to his vast expertise across fields, which became a rarity after his lifetime with the coming of the Industrial Revolution and the spread of specialized labor. He is a prominent figure in both the history of philosophy and the history of mathematics. He wrote works on philosophy, theology, ethics, politics, law, history, philology, games, music, and other studies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is the 2nd most popular mathematician (up from 6th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Germany (up from 17th in 2019) and the most popular German Mathematician.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is most famous for his work on calculus and the binary system.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ranks 2 out of 1,004. Before him are Archimedes. After him are Carl Friedrich Gauss, Blaise Pascal, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Euclid, Fibonacci, Ada Lovelace, Leonhard Euler, Omar Khayyam, John Forbes Nash Jr., and Bernhard Riemann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1646, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ranks 1. After him are Christian V of Denmark, Ismail Ibn Sharif, John Flamsteed, Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Antoine Galland, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Godfrey Kneller, Maria Francisca of Savoy, Hortense Mancini, and Charles Plumier. Among people deceased in 1716, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ranks 1. After him are Louis de Montfort, Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, Engelbert Kaempfer, Tokugawa Ietsugu, Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, Ogata Kōrin, Roger Cotes, Anthim the Iberian, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, and Banda Singh Bahadur.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ranks 7 out of 7,253. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven (1770), Albert Einstein (1879), Pope Benedict XVI (1927), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), Martin Luther (1483), and Karl Marx (1818). After him are Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749), Johannes Gutenberg (1394), Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), Charlemagne (748), and Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ranks 1. After him are Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777), Bernhard Riemann (1826), Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805), Gottlob Frege (1848), Emmy Noether (1882), August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), Friedrich Bessel (1784), Karl Weierstrass (1815), Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), Richard Dedekind (1831), and Regiomontanus (1436).

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