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People

Main page: Chronology of computation of π

People are ordered by their birth year.

  1. Archimedes (c. 287 BC - c. 212 BC)
  2. Liu Hui (3rd century)
  3. Zu Chongzhi (429 - 500)
  4. Aryabhata (476 - 550)
  5. Madhava (1340 - 1425)
  6. Ludolph van Ceulen (1540 - 1610)
  7. Seki Takakazu (1642 - 1708)
  8. Takebe Katahiro (1664 - 1739)
  9. William Jones (1675 - 1749)
  10. John Machin (1686 - 1751)
  11. William Shanks (1812 - 1882)
  12. John Wrench (October 13, 1911 - February 27, 2009)
  13. Chudnovsky brothers (David Volfovich in 1947; Gregory Volfovich in 1952)
  14. Yasumasa Kanada (1949 - )