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Hypatia

350 - 415

Hypatia

Hypatia (born c. 350–370 – March 415 AD) was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt: at that time a major city of the Eastern Roman Empire. In Alexandria, Hypatia was a prominent thinker who taught subjects including philosophy and astronomy, and in her lifetime was renowned as a great teacher and a wise counselor. Not the only fourth century Alexandrian female mathematician, Hypatia was preceded by Pandrosion. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hypatia is the 13th most popular mathematician (down from 10th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Egypt and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Mathematician.

Hypatia was a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher in the 4th century. She was killed by a mob of Christians in 415 AD.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Hypatia ranks 13 out of 1,004. Before her are Fibonacci, Ada Lovelace, Leonhard Euler, Omar Khayyam, John Forbes Nash Jr., and Bernhard Riemann. After her are Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Al-Biruni, Pierre de Fermat, Bertrand Russell, Jacob Bernoulli, and Jean le Rond d'Alembert.

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Hypatia
350 - 415
HPI: 84.85
Rank: 13
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 350, Hypatia ranks 1. After her are Bonifacius, Plutarch of Athens, Ardashir II, Dalmatius, Thaïs, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Hermeric, Shemon Bar Sabbae, Octar, Pope Timothy I of Alexandria, and Sosurim of Goguryeo. Among people deceased in 415, Hypatia ranks 1. After her are Athaulf, Sigeric, and Thermantia.

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Hypatia
MATHEMATICIAN
350 - 415
HPI: 84.85
Rank: 1
Bonifacius
MILITARY PERSONNEL
350 - 432
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 2
Plutarch of Athens
PHILOSOPHER
350 - 431
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 3
Ardashir II
POLITICIAN
350 - 383
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 4
Dalmatius
POLITICIAN
350 - 337
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 5
Thaïs
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
350 - 400
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 6
Theodore of Mopsuestia
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
350 - 428
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 7
Hermeric
POLITICIAN
350 - 441
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 8
Shemon Bar Sabbae
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
350 - 344
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 9
Octar
POLITICIAN
350 - 430
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 10
Pope Timothy I of Alexandria
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
350 - 384
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 11
Sosurim of Goguryeo
POLITICIAN
350 - 384
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 12