1821 - 1910
Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 1821 – 31 May 1910) was a British and American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council for the United Kingdom. Blackwell played an important role in both the United States and the United Kingdom as a social reformer, and was a pioneer in promoting education for women in medicine. Her contributions remain celebrated with the Elizabeth Blackwell Medal, awarded annually to a woman who has made a significant contribution to the promotion of women in medicine.Blackwell was not initially interested in a career in medicine. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elizabeth Blackwell has received more than 1,855,495 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Elizabeth Blackwell is the 103rd most popular physician (up from 116th in 2019), the 554th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 666th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Physician.
Elizabeth Blackwell is most famous for being the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States.
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Among physicians, Elizabeth Blackwell ranks 103 out of 502. Before her are Otto Loewi, Qa'a, Bernardino of Siena, Elias Lönnrot, Oswald Avery, and Alexandre Yersin. After her are Frederick Chapman Robbins, Ragnar Granit, Charles Nicolle, Arvid Carlsson, Eric Kandel, and Gerhard Armauer Hansen.
1873 - 1961
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 97
2950 BC - 2910 BC
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 98
1380 - 1444
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 99
1802 - 1884
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 100
1877 - 1955
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 101
1863 - 1943
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 102
1821 - 1910
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 103
1916 - 2003
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 104
1900 - 1991
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 105
1866 - 1936
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 106
1923 - 2018
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 107
1929 - Present
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 108
1841 - 1912
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 109
Among people born in 1821, Elizabeth Blackwell ranks 9. Before her are Charles Baudelaire, Hermann von Helmholtz, Rudolf Virchow, Richard Francis Burton, Pafnuty Chebyshev, and August Schleicher. After her are Pauline Viardot, Lola Montez, Louis Vuitton, Auguste Mariette, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, and Arthur Cayley. Among people deceased in 1910, Elizabeth Blackwell ranks 19. Before her are Luigi Lucheni, Léon Walras, Chulalongkorn, Johann Gottfried Galle, Giovanni Schiaparelli, and Huo Yuanjia. After her are Pauline Viardot, An Jung-geun, Jules Renard, Karl Lueger, Jean Moréas, and Arkhip Kuindzhi.
1821 - 1867
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 3
1821 - 1894
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 4
1821 - 1902
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 5
1821 - 1890
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 6
1821 - 1894
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 7
1821 - 1868
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 8
1821 - 1910
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 9
1821 - 1910
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 10
1821 - 1861
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 11
1821 - 1892
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 12
1821 - 1881
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 13
1821 - 1912
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 14
1821 - 1895
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 15
1873 - 1910
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 13
1834 - 1910
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 14
1853 - 1910
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 15
1812 - 1910
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 16
1835 - 1910
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 17
1868 - 1910
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 18
1821 - 1910
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 19
1821 - 1910
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 20
1879 - 1910
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 21
1864 - 1910
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 22
1844 - 1910
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 23
1856 - 1910
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 24
1842 - 1910
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 25
Among people born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Blackwell ranks 554 out of 7,765. Before her are John Smith (1580), Alice Liddell (1852), Alfred Molina (1953), John Newlands (1837), Gordon Banks (1937), and Henry Hallett Dale (1875). After her are Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415), Robert Robinson (1886), Mike Hawthorn (1929), Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (1964), and Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738).
1580 - 1631
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 548
1852 - 1934
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 549
1953 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 550
1837 - 1898
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 551
1937 - 2019
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 552
1875 - 1968
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 553
1821 - 1910
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 554
1415 - 1495
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 555
1886 - 1975
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 556
1929 - 1959
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 557
1532 - 1588
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 558
1964 - Present
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 559
1738 - 1805
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 560
Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Blackwell ranks 5. Before her are Edward Jenner (1749), William Harvey (1578), Joseph Lister (1827), and James Parkinson (1755). After her are Edgar Adrian (1889), 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
1821 - 1910
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 5
1889 - 1977
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 6
1813 - 1858
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 7
1911 - 1994
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 8
1879 - 1941
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 9
1771 - 1806
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 10
1828 - 1896
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 11
1914 - 1998
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 12