PHYSICIAN
Alexandre Yersin
1863 - 1943
Alexandre Yersin
Alexandre Émile Jean Yersin (22 September 1863 – 1 March 1943) was a Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist. He is remembered as the co-discoverer (1894) of the bacillus responsible for the bubonic plague or pest, which was later named in his honour: Yersinia pestis. Another bacteriologist, the Japanese physician Kitasato Shibasaburō, is often credited with independently identifying the bacterium a few days earlier. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexandre Yersin has received more than 320,606 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Alexandre Yersin is the 97th most popular physician (up from 102nd in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 64th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swiss Physician.
Alexandre Yersin was a French bacteriologist who discovered the bacteria that causes bubonic plague.
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7.78
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Among PHYSICIANS
Among physicians, Alexandre Yersin ranks 97 out of 726. Before him are Amenmesse, Jang-geum, Joseph Lister, Hans Selye, Jean Nicot, and Aribert Heim. After him are Haldan Keffer Hartline, Róbert Bárány, André Frédéric Cournand, Ctesias, Werner Forssmann, and William T. G. Morton.
Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsAmenmesse
1250 BC - 1200 BC
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 91
Jang-geum
1550 - 1550
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 92
Joseph Lister
1827 - 1912
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 93
Hans Selye
1907 - 1982
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 94
Jean Nicot
1530 - 1605
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 95
Aribert Heim
1914 - 1992
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 96
Alexandre Yersin
1863 - 1943
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 97
Haldan Keffer Hartline
1903 - 1983
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 98
Róbert Bárány
1876 - 1936
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 99
André Frédéric Cournand
1895 - 1988
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 100
Ctesias
440 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 101
Werner Forssmann
1904 - 1979
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 102
William T. G. Morton
1819 - 1868
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 103
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1863, Alexandre Yersin ranks 21. Before him are George Herbert Mead, Vladimir Vernadsky, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Joaquín Sorolla, Wilhelm Marx, and Austen Chamberlain. After him are Gaston Doumergue, Werner Sombart, Max Wolf, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Franz Stuck, and George Santayana. Among people deceased in 1943, Alexandre Yersin ranks 20. Before him are Yakov Dzhugashvili, Chaim Soutine, Władysław Sikorski, Alexandre Millerand, Nikolai Vavilov, and Max Wertheimer. After him are Maurice Denis, Julius Fučík, Beatrix Potter, Gustav Vigeland, Max Reinhardt, and Jean Moulin.
Others Born in 1863
Go to all RankingsGeorge Herbert Mead
PHILOSOPHER
1863 - 1931
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 15
Vladimir Vernadsky
BIOLOGIST
1863 - 1945
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 16
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
COMPANION
1863 - 1950
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 17
Joaquín Sorolla
PAINTER
1863 - 1923
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 18
Wilhelm Marx
POLITICIAN
1863 - 1946
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 19
Austen Chamberlain
POLITICIAN
1863 - 1937
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 20
Alexandre Yersin
PHYSICIAN
1863 - 1943
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 21
Gaston Doumergue
POLITICIAN
1863 - 1937
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 22
Werner Sombart
ECONOMIST
1863 - 1941
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 23
Max Wolf
ASTRONOMER
1863 - 1932
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 24
Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky
CHEMIST
1863 - 1944
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 25
Franz Stuck
PAINTER
1863 - 1928
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 26
George Santayana
PHILOSOPHER
1863 - 1952
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 27
Others Deceased in 1943
Go to all RankingsYakov Dzhugashvili
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1907 - 1943
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 14
Chaim Soutine
PAINTER
1893 - 1943
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 15
Władysław Sikorski
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1943
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 16
Alexandre Millerand
POLITICIAN
1859 - 1943
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 17
Nikolai Vavilov
BIOLOGIST
1887 - 1943
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 18
Max Wertheimer
PSYCHOLOGIST
1880 - 1943
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 19
Alexandre Yersin
PHYSICIAN
1863 - 1943
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 20
Maurice Denis
WRITER
1870 - 1943
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 21
Julius Fučík
WRITER
1903 - 1943
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 22
Beatrix Potter
WRITER
1866 - 1943
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 23
Gustav Vigeland
SCULPTOR
1869 - 1943
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 24
Max Reinhardt
FILM DIRECTOR
1873 - 1943
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 25
Jean Moulin
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1943
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 26
In Switzerland
Among people born in Switzerland, Alexandre Yersin ranks 68 out of 1,015. Before him are Emil Jannings (1884), Walter Rudolf Hess (1881), Hans Küng (1928), Siegfried Wagner (1869), Ferdinand Hodler (1853), and Richard R. Ernst (1933). After him are Clay Regazzoni (1939), Lys Assia (1924), Peter Zumthor (1943), Domenico Fontana (1543), Horace Bénédict de Saussure (1740), and Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778).
Others born in Switzerland
Go to all RankingsEmil Jannings
ACTOR
1884 - 1950
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 62
Walter Rudolf Hess
PHYSICIAN
1881 - 1973
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 63
Hans Küng
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1928 - 2021
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 64
Siegfried Wagner
COMPOSER
1869 - 1930
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 65
Ferdinand Hodler
PAINTER
1853 - 1918
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 66
Richard R. Ernst
CHEMIST
1933 - 2021
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 67
Alexandre Yersin
PHYSICIAN
1863 - 1943
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 68
Clay Regazzoni
RACING DRIVER
1939 - 2006
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 69
Lys Assia
SINGER
1924 - 2018
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 70
Peter Zumthor
ARCHITECT
1943 - Present
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 71
Domenico Fontana
ARCHITECT
1543 - 1607
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 72
Horace Bénédict de Saussure
MOUNTAINEER
1740 - 1799
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 73
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
BIOLOGIST
1778 - 1841
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 74
Among PHYSICIANS In Switzerland
Among physicians born in Switzerland, Alexandre Yersin ranks 7. Before him are Paracelsus (1493), Franz Mesmer (1734), Eugen Bleuler (1857), Emil Theodor Kocher (1841), Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926), and Walter Rudolf Hess (1881). After him are Friedrich Miescher (1844), Albrecht von Haller (1708), Rolf M. Zinkernagel (1944), Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672), Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867), and Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777).
Paracelsus
1493 - 1541
HPI: 81.72
Rank: 1
Franz Mesmer
1734 - 1815
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 2
Eugen Bleuler
1857 - 1939
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 3
Emil Theodor Kocher
1841 - 1917
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 4
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
1926 - 2004
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 5
Walter Rudolf Hess
1881 - 1973
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 6
Alexandre Yersin
1863 - 1943
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 7
Friedrich Miescher
1844 - 1895
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 8
Albrecht von Haller
1708 - 1777
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 9
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 10
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
1672 - 1733
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 11
Maximilian Bircher-Benner
1867 - 1939
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 12
Heinrich Rudolf Schinz
1777 - 1861
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 13