PHYSICIAN

Edmond Locard

1877 - 1966

Photo of Edmond Locard

Icon of person Edmond Locard

Dr. Edmond Locard (13 December 1877 – 4 May 1966) was a French criminologist, the pioneer in forensic science who became known as the "Sherlock Holmes of France". He formulated the basic principle of forensic science: "Every contact leaves a trace". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmond Locard has received more than 299,075 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Edmond Locard is the 275th most popular physician (down from 270th in 2019), the 2,124th most popular biography from France (down from 2,092nd in 2019) and the 31st most popular French Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Edmond Locard ranks 275 out of 726. Before him are Richard Axel, Bian Que, James Barry, Gavriil Ilizarov, Rembert Dodoens, and Michael DeBakey. After him are Kadambini Ganguly, 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi, Leonid Kulik, Vera Weizmann, Saint Fabiola, and Thomas Hodgkin.

Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Edmond Locard ranks 52. Before him are Petar Kočić, Charles Rolls, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Isabelle Eberhardt, Herbert Pitman, and Garrett Morgan. After him are Vladimir Minorsky, Wilhelm Adam, Jesse Livermore, Chaim Rumkowski, Édouard Herzen, and Max Factor. Among people deceased in 1966, Edmond Locard ranks 66. Before him are Yasuji Okamura, Gustavo Marzi, Edward Gordon Craig, Homi J. Bhabha, Amédée Ozenfant, and Fritz Wunderlich. After him are Marguerite Long, Elena Stasova, Vera Weizmann, Bud Powell, Vladimir Minorsky, and Victor Brauner.

Others Born in 1877

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1966

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Edmond Locard ranks 2,124 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Gaspard Chaumette (1763), Legall de Kermeur (1702), Jacques Audiard (1952), Benjamin Péret (1899), Pierre Hadot (1922), and Philippe de Gaulle (1921). After him are Tino Rossi (1907), Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin (1699), Marguerite Long (1874), Alexandre Desplat (1961), François Blondel (1618), and Claude Berri (1934).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Edmond Locard ranks 31. Before him are Bernard Kouchner (1939), Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772), Marcel Petiot (1897), Duchenne de Boulogne (1806), François Magendie (1783), and Édouard Séguin (1812). After him are Guillaume Dupuytren (1777), Pierre Paul Émile Roux (1853), Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757), Jean-Baptiste Denys (1643), Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat (1788), and Antoine Louis (1723).

French born Physicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous