The Most Famous
PHYSICIANS from Faroe Islands
This page contains a list of the greatest Physicians. The pantheon dataset contains 726 Physicians, 1 of which were born in Faroe Islands. This makes Faroe Islands the birth place of the 43rd most number of Physicians behind Indonesia, and Vatican City.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Physicians of all time. This list of famous Physicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860 - 1904)
With an HPI of 66.06, Niels Ryberg Finsen is the most famous Physician. His biography has been translated into 66 different languages on wikipedia.
Niels Ryberg Finsen (15 December 1860 – 24 September 1904) was a Faroese-Icelandic physician and scientist. In 1903, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science."
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as physicians born between 1860 and 1860. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased physicians include Niels Ryberg Finsen.
