PHYSICIAN
Dean Mahomed
1759 - 1851

Dean Mahomed
Dean Mahomed (1759–1851) was a British Indian traveller, soldier, surgeon, entrepreneur, and one of the most notable early non-European immigrants to the Western World. Due to non-standard transliteration, his name is spelled in various ways. His high social status meant that he later adopted the honorific "Sake" meaning "venerable one". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dean Mahomed has received more than 215,828 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Dean Mahomed is the 647th most popular physician (down from 600th in 2019), the 748th most popular biography from India (up from 855th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Indian Physician.
Memorability Metrics
220k
Page Views (PV)
52.37
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
17
Languages Editions (L)
2.17
Effective Languages (L*)
3.22
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among PHYSICIANS
Among physicians, Dean Mahomed ranks 647 out of 726. Before him are Denton Cooley, Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson, Almroth Wright, Paul Möhring, Eugène Olivier, and Angeliki Panagiotatou. After him are Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Sophia Jex-Blake, Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet, Divna Veković, John Heysham Gibbon, and Bennet Omalu.
Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsDenton Cooley
1920 - 2016
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 641
Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson
1878 - 1937
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 642
Almroth Wright
1861 - 1947
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 643
Paul Möhring
1710 - 1792
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 644
Eugène Olivier
1881 - 1964
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 645
Angeliki Panagiotatou
1875 - 1954
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 646
Dean Mahomed
1759 - 1851
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 647
Lucille Teasdale-Corti
1929 - 1996
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 648
Sophia Jex-Blake
1840 - 1912
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 649
Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet
1737 - 1801
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 650
Divna Veković
1886 - 1944
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 651
John Heysham Gibbon
1903 - 1973
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 652
Bennet Omalu
1968 - Present
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 653
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1759, Dean Mahomed ranks 42. Before him are August Wilhelm Iffland, Andrey Voronikhin, Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, Carl Frederik von Breda, Thomas Andrew Knight, and William Kirby. After him is Daniel Beale. Among people deceased in 1851, Dean Mahomed ranks 48. Before him are Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Baji Rao II, Mizuno Tadakuni, Giovanni Berchet, Joel Roberts Poinsett, and William Nicol. After him are Sylvester Graham, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Samuel George Morton, Joanna Baillie, and Levi Woodbury.
Others Born in 1759
Go to all RankingsAugust Wilhelm Iffland
ACTOR
1759 - 1814
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 36
Andrey Voronikhin
ARCHITECT
1759 - 1814
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 37
Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc
BIOLOGIST
1759 - 1828
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 38
Carl Frederik von Breda
PAINTER
1759 - 1818
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 39
Thomas Andrew Knight
BIOLOGIST
1759 - 1838
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 40
William Kirby
BIOLOGIST
1759 - 1850
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 41
Dean Mahomed
PHYSICIAN
1759 - 1851
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 42
Daniel Beale
ATHLETE
1759 - 1842
HPI: 12.05
Rank: 43
Others Deceased in 1851
Go to all RankingsKarl Freiherr von Müffling
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1775 - 1851
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 42
Baji Rao II
POLITICIAN
1775 - 1851
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 43
Mizuno Tadakuni
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1794 - 1851
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 44
Giovanni Berchet
WRITER
1783 - 1851
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 45
Joel Roberts Poinsett
PHYSICIAN
1779 - 1851
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 46
William Nicol
GEOLOGIST
1770 - 1851
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 47
Dean Mahomed
PHYSICIAN
1759 - 1851
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 48
Sylvester Graham
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1794 - 1851
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 49
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
PHILOSOPHER
1787 - 1851
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 50
Samuel George Morton
PHYSICIAN
1799 - 1851
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 51
Joanna Baillie
WRITER
1762 - 1851
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 52
Levi Woodbury
POLITICIAN
1789 - 1851
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 53
In India
Among people born in India, Dean Mahomed ranks 748 out of 1,861. Before him are Padmini (1932), N. Chandrababu Naidu (1950), Yogi Adityanath (1972), N. T. Rama Rao Jr. (1983), Monier Monier-Williams (1819), and Javed Akhtar (1945). After him are Subramanian Swamy (1939), John Shepherd-Barron (1925), Sumitra Mahajan (1943), Nambi Narayanan (1941), A. R. Rahman (1966), and Kirron Kher (1955).
Others born in India
Go to all RankingsPadmini
ACTOR
1932 - 2006
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 742
N. Chandrababu Naidu
POLITICIAN
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 743
Yogi Adityanath
POLITICIAN
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 744
N. T. Rama Rao Jr.
ACTOR
1983 - Present
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 745
Monier Monier-Williams
LINGUIST
1819 - 1899
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 746
Javed Akhtar
WRITER
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 747
Dean Mahomed
PHYSICIAN
1759 - 1851
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 748
Subramanian Swamy
POLITICIAN
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 749
John Shepherd-Barron
INVENTOR
1925 - 2010
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 750
Sumitra Mahajan
POLITICIAN
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 751
Nambi Narayanan
WRITER
1941 - Present
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 752
A. R. Rahman
MUSICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 753
Kirron Kher
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 754
Among PHYSICIANS In India
Among physicians born in India, Dean Mahomed ranks 5. Before him are Ronald Ross (1857), Sushruta (-620), Kadambini Ganguly (1861), and Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882). After him are Narendra Dabholkar (1945), Indira Nath (1938), Devi Shetty (1953), Kamal Ranadive (1917), Soumya Swaminathan (1959), Siddhartha Mukherjee (1970), and Suniti Solomon (1938).
Ronald Ross
1857 - 1932
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 1
Sushruta
620 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 2
Kadambini Ganguly
1861 - 1923
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 3
Bidhan Chandra Roy
1882 - 1962
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 4
Dean Mahomed
1759 - 1851
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 5
Narendra Dabholkar
1945 - 2013
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 6
Indira Nath
1938 - 2021
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 7
Devi Shetty
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 8
Kamal Ranadive
1917 - 2001
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 9
Soumya Swaminathan
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 10
Siddhartha Mukherjee
1970 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 11
Suniti Solomon
1938 - 2015
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 12