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Andreas Vesalius

1514 - 1564

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Andries van Wezel (31 December 1514 – 15 October 1564), latinised as Andreas Vesalius (), was an anatomist and physician who wrote De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (On the fabric of the human body in seven books), which is considered one of the most influential books on human anatomy and a major advance over the long-dominant work of Galen. Vesalius is often referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andreas Vesalius has received more than 1,572,584 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Andreas Vesalius is the 11th most popular physician (down from 9th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Physician.

Andreas Vesalius was a famous anatomist in the 16th century. He is most famous for his publication of "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" which is a detailed study of human anatomy.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Andreas Vesalius ranks 11 out of 726. Before him are Robert Koch, Basil of Caesarea, Josef Mengele, Edward Jenner, L. L. Zamenhof, and Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi. After him are Albert Schweitzer, William Harvey, Ignaz Semmelweis, Michael Servetus, Cesare Lombroso, and Cyril of Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1514, Andreas Vesalius ranks 1. After him are Tahmasp I, John Knox, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Philibert de l'Orme, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Claude Goudimel, Thomas Culpeper, Hai Rui, Baba Nobuharu, and Virgil Solis. Among people deceased in 1564, Andreas Vesalius ranks 4. Before him are Michelangelo, John Calvin, and Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Matrakçı Nasuh, Pierre Belon, Rani Durgavati, Sabina of Bavaria, Charles Estienne, Giovanni da Udine, Theodore Bibliander, and Martim Afonso de Sousa.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Andreas Vesalius ranks 11 out of 1,190. Before him are Audrey Hepburn (1929), Jan van Eyck (1395), René Magritte (1898), Leopold II of Belgium (1835), Gerardus Mercator (1512), and Maurice Maeterlinck (1862). After him are Anthony van Dyck (1599), Leopold III of Belgium (1901), Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908), Ursula von der Leyen (1958), Philip I of Castile (1478), and Albert II of Belgium (1934).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Belgium

Among physicians born in Belgium, Andreas Vesalius ranks 1. After him are Jacques Rogge (1942), Corneille Heymans (1892), Rembert Dodoens (1517), and Paul Janssen (1926).

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