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Vincenzo Viviani

1622 - 1703

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Vincenzo Viviani (April 5, 1622 – September 22, 1703) was an Italian mathematician and scientist. He was a pupil of Torricelli and Galileo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vincenzo Viviani is the 151st most popular mathematician (down from 140th in 2019), the 1,049th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,044th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Italian Mathematician.

Vincenzo Viviani was a scientist, mathematician, and philosopher. He was also an advisor to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Viviani is most famous for his work on the science of hydraulics and the mathematics of optics.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Vincenzo Viviani ranks 151 out of 1,004. Before him are Gabriel Lamé, George Pólya, Lars Ahlfors, Joseph Liouville, John Tate, and Georg von Peuerbach. After him are Marian Rejewski, Andrey Markov, Colin Maclaurin, Michel Rolle, Oliver Heaviside, and Aloysius Lilius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1622, Vincenzo Viviani ranks 5. Before him are Molière, Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Carel Fabritius, and Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen. After him are Bernhardus Varenius, Vittoria della Rovere, Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Juan de Valdés Leal, Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Karel Dujardin. Among people deceased in 1703, Vincenzo Viviani ranks 6. Before him are Charles Perrault, Robert Hooke, Mustafa II, Man in the Iron Mask, and John Wallis. After him are Johann Christoph Bach, Ilona Zrínyi, Samuel Pepys, Erik Dahlbergh, Maria de Dominici, and Nicolas de Grigny.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Vincenzo Viviani ranks 1,049 out of 5,161. Before him are Gaius Lucilius (-180), Eleanor de' Medici (1567), Giuliano da Sangallo (1445), Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli (1856), Giuseppe Siri (1906), and Blessed Gerard (1047). After him are Niccolò dell'Abbate (1512), Richard Rogers (1933), Charles Felix of Sardinia (1765), Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia (1773), Vibia Sabina (86), and Elsa Schiaparelli (1890).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Vincenzo Viviani ranks 13. Before him are Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499), Archytas (-428), Philolaus (-470), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), and Lodovico Ferrari (1522). After him are Aloysius Lilius (1510), Scipione del Ferro (1465), Vito Volterra (1860), Giambattista della Porta (1535), Rafael Bombelli (1526), and Tullio Levi-Civita (1873).

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