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Alois Alzheimer

1864 - 1915

Alois Alzheimer

Aloysius Alzheimer (also known as Alois Alzheimer; ; German: [ˈaːlɔɪs ˈaltshaɪmɐ]; 14 June 1864 – 19 December 1915) was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alois Alzheimer has received more than 547,233 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Alois Alzheimer is the 18th most popular physician (down from 16th in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Germany (down from 122nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Physician.

Alois Alzheimer was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist who first identified Alzheimer's disease in 1906. He published his findings in 1907, and it is now known as Alzheimer's disease.

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79.03
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
56
Languages Editions (L)
13.12
Effective Languages (L*)
2.33
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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Alois Alzheimer ranks 18 out of 509. Before him are Andreas Vesalius, William Harvey, Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, Cyril of Alexandria, Cesare Lombroso, and Nestorius. After him are Pedanius Dioscorides, Li Ching-Yuen, Jean-Martin Charcot, Michael Servetus, Rudolf Virchow, and Joseph-Ignace Guillotin.

Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia

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Andreas Vesalius
1514 - 1564
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 12
William Harvey
1578 - 1657
HPI: 81.59
Rank: 13
Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
865 - 925
HPI: 81.51
Rank: 14
Cyril of Alexandria
376 - 444
HPI: 79.93
Rank: 15
Cesare Lombroso
1835 - 1909
HPI: 79.78
Rank: 16
Nestorius
381 - 451
HPI: 79.73
Rank: 17
Alois Alzheimer
1864 - 1915
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 18
Pedanius Dioscorides
40 - 90
HPI: 78.61
Rank: 19
Li Ching-Yuen
1677 - 1933
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 20
Jean-Martin Charcot
1825 - 1893
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 21
Michael Servetus
1509 - 1553
HPI: 77.78
Rank: 22
Rudolf Virchow
1821 - 1902
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 23
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
1738 - 1814
HPI: 77.37
Rank: 24

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Alois Alzheimer ranks 4. Before him are Max Weber, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Richard Strauss. After him are Camille Claudel, Wilhelm Wien, Walther Nernst, Hermann Minkowski, Maurice Leblanc, Miguel de Unamuno, Eleftherios Venizelos, and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine. Among people deceased in 1915, Alois Alzheimer ranks 1. After him are Alexander Scriabin, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Paul Ehrlich, Henry Moseley, Ellen G. White, Porfirio Díaz, Jean-Henri Fabre, Sergei Witte, Wilhelm Windelband, Clara Immerwahr, and Sergei Taneyev.

Others Born in 1864

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Max Weber
1864 - 1920
HPI: 88.73
Rank: 1
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
1864 - 1901
HPI: 82.78
Rank: 2
Richard Strauss
1864 - 1949
HPI: 82.41
Rank: 3
Alois Alzheimer
1864 - 1915
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 4
Camille Claudel
1864 - 1943
HPI: 78.48
Rank: 5
Wilhelm Wien
1864 - 1928
HPI: 78.16
Rank: 6
Walther Nernst
1864 - 1941
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 7
Hermann Minkowski
1864 - 1909
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 8
Maurice Leblanc
1864 - 1941
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 9
Miguel de Unamuno
1864 - 1936
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 10
Eleftherios Venizelos
1864 - 1936
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 11
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
1864 - 1918
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 12