1889 - 1977
Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian (30 November 1889 – 4 August 1977) was an English electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology, won jointly with Sir Charles Sherrington for work on the function of neurons. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edgar Adrian has received more than 94,650 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Edgar Adrian is the 111th most popular physician (up from 145th in 2019), the 603rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 826th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Physician.
Edgar Adrian was a British physiologist who won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on the physiology of nerve and muscle.
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Among physicians, Edgar Adrian ranks 111 out of 502. Before him are Arvid Carlsson, Eric Kandel, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, George Minot, Peter Damian, and Johann Joachim Becher. After him are John Snow, Ferid Murad, Francis Peyton Rous, Herta Oberheuser, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, and Harvey J. Alter.
1923 - 2018
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 105
1929 - Present
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 106
1841 - 1912
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 107
1885 - 1950
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 108
1007 - 1072
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 109
1635 - 1682
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 110
1889 - 1977
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 111
1813 - 1858
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 112
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 113
1879 - 1970
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 114
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 115
1840 - 1902
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 116
1935 - Present
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 117
Among people born in 1889, Edgar Adrian ranks 29. Before him are Carl Theodor Dreyer, Jacob L. Moreno, Risto Ryti, Victor Fleming, Vasily Blyukher, and Pitirim Sorokin. After him are Mercédès Jellinek, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Walter Lippmann, Abel Gance, and Zalman Shazar. Among people deceased in 1977, Edgar Adrian ranks 27. Before him are Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Bing Crosby, Clarice Lispector, Alexander Luria, Groucho Marx, and Andreas Baader. After him are Clementine Churchill, Lee Miller, Ali Shariati, Henri-Georges Clouzot, James Jones, and Naum Gabo.
1889 - 1968
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 23
1889 - 1974
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 24
1889 - 1956
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 25
1889 - 1949
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 26
1889 - 1938
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 27
1889 - 1968
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 28
1889 - 1977
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 29
1889 - 1929
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 30
1889 - 1962
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 31
1889 - 1952
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 32
1889 - 1974
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 33
1889 - 1981
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 34
1889 - 1974
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 35
1898 - 1977
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 21
1903 - 1977
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 22
1920 - 1977
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 23
1902 - 1977
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 24
1890 - 1977
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 25
1943 - 1977
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 26
1889 - 1977
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 27
1885 - 1977
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 28
1907 - 1977
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 29
1933 - 1977
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 30
1907 - 1977
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 31
1921 - 1977
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 32
1890 - 1977
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 33
Among people born in United Kingdom, Edgar Adrian ranks 603 out of 7,765. Before him are Pope Adrian IV (1100), Malcolm Young (1953), Ann Radcliffe (1764), John Franklin (1786), John Davis (1550), and Nick Mason (1944). After him are John Snow (1813), Tony Iommi (1948), Tom Hardy (1977), Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1388), William Dampier (1651), and John Flamsteed (1646).
1100 - 1159
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 597
1953 - 2017
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 598
1764 - 1823
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 599
1786 - 1847
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 600
1550 - 1605
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 601
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 602
1889 - 1977
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 603
1813 - 1858
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 604
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 605
1977 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 606
1388 - 1421
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 607
1651 - 1715
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 608
1646 - 1719
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 609
Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Edgar Adrian ranks 7. Before him are Edward Jenner (1749), William Harvey (1578), Joseph Lister (1827), James Parkinson (1755), Robert Edwards (1925), and Elizabeth Blackwell (1821). After him are John Snow (1813), Niels Kaj Jerne (1911), Frederick Griffith (1879), Mungo Park (1771), John Langdon Down (1828), and Alan Hodgkin (1914).
1749 - 1823
HPI: 79.98
Rank: 1
1578 - 1657
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 2
1827 - 1912
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 3
1755 - 1824
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 4
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 5
1821 - 1910
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 6
1889 - 1977
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 7
1813 - 1858
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 8
1911 - 1994
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 9
1879 - 1941
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 10
1771 - 1806
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 11
1828 - 1896
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 12
1914 - 1998
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 13