1806 - 1875
Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne (de Boulogne) (September 17, 1806, in Boulogne-sur-Mer – September 15, 1875, in Paris) was a French neurologist who revived Galvani's research and greatly advanced the science of electrophysiology. The era of modern neurology developed from Duchenne's understanding of neural pathways and his diagnostic innovations including deep tissue biopsy, nerve conduction tests (NCS), and clinical photography. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Duchenne de Boulogne has received more than 181,852 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Duchenne de Boulogne is the 220th most popular physician (up from 237th in 2019), the 1,643rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,795th in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Physician.
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Among physicians, Duchenne de Boulogne ranks 220 out of 502. Before him are Carl von Rokitansky, Paul of Aegina, Hieronymus Fabricius, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Horst Schumann, and Gerard van Swieten. After him are James Black, Soranus of Ephesus, Leander of Seville, Hasdai ibn Shaprut, Henry Heimlich, and Zhang Zhongjing.
1804 - 1878
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 214
625 - 690
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 215
1533 - 1619
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 216
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 217
1906 - 1983
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 218
1700 - 1772
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 219
1806 - 1875
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 220
1924 - 2010
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 221
98 - 200
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 222
534 - 600
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 223
910 - 975
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 224
1920 - 2016
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 225
150 - 219
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 226
Among people born in 1806, Duchenne de Boulogne ranks 16. Before him are William Webb Ellis, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse, Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, and Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga. After him are Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, Charles Gleyre, Antoine Wiertz, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, William, Duke of Brunswick, and Johan Vilhelm Snellman. Among people deceased in 1875, Duchenne de Boulogne ranks 23. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, Amalia of Oldenburg, 12th Dalai Lama, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, and Heinrich Schwabe. After him are Jacques Paul Migne, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Eduard Mörike, Guillaume Henri Dufour, Henri Labrouste, and Friedrich Albert Lange.
1806 - 1872
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 10
1806 - 1859
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 11
1806 - 1874
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 12
1806 - 1877
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 13
1806 - 1858
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 14
1806 - 1826
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 15
1806 - 1875
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 16
1806 - 1882
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 17
1806 - 1874
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 18
1806 - 1865
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 19
1806 - 1886
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 20
1806 - 1884
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 21
1806 - 1881
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 22
1827 - 1875
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 17
1799 - 1875
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 18
1818 - 1875
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 19
1857 - 1875
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 20
1817 - 1875
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 21
1789 - 1875
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 22
1806 - 1875
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 23
1800 - 1875
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 24
1828 - 1875
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 25
1804 - 1875
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 26
1787 - 1875
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 27
1801 - 1875
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 28
1828 - 1875
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 29
Among people born in France, Duchenne de Boulogne ranks 1,643 out of 6,011. Before him are Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (1700), Michel Serrault (1928), Marguerite Perey (1909), Yo-Yo Ma (1955), Georges Feydeau (1862), and Charlotte Bonaparte (1802). After him are Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges (1830), Carausius (300), Maurice Papon (1910), John I, Duke of Alençon (1385), Christian Boltanski (1944), and Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play (1806).
1700 - 1761
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 1,637
1928 - 2007
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 1,638
1909 - 1975
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 1,639
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 1,640
1862 - 1921
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 1,641
1802 - 1839
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 1,642
1806 - 1875
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 1,643
1830 - 1889
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,644
300 - 293
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,645
1910 - 2007
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 1,646
1385 - 1415
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,647
1944 - 2021
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,648
1806 - 1882
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,649
Among physicians born in France, Duchenne de Boulogne ranks 27. Before him are Marcel Petiot (1897), Bernard Kouchner (1939), Maurice Bucaille (1920), Paul Gachet (1828), Guy de Chauliac (1300), and Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis (1757). After him are Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772), François Magendie (1783), Édouard Séguin (1812), Pierre Paul Émile Roux (1853), Guillaume Dupuytren (1777), and Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757).
1897 - 1946
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 21
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 22
1920 - 1998
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 23
1828 - 1909
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 24
1300 - 1368
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 25
1757 - 1808
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 26
1806 - 1875
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 27
1772 - 1840
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 28
1783 - 1855
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 29
1812 - 1880
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 30
1853 - 1933
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 31
1777 - 1835
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 32
1757 - 1827
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 33