303 BC - 249 BC
Erasistratus (; Greek: Ἐρασίστρατος; c. 304 – c. 250 BC) was a Greek anatomist and royal physician under Seleucus I Nicator of Syria. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erasistratus has received more than 162,102 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Erasistratus is the 173rd most popular physician (down from 115th in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Greece (down from 205th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Greek Physician.
Erasistratus was a Greek physician who lived in the third century BC. He is most famous for his work on the brain and the nervous system.
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Among physicians, Erasistratus ranks 173 out of 502. Before him are Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Leonid Rogozov, Dominique Jean Larrey, Anthony Fauci, Alexander Bogdanov, and Kitasato Shibasaburō. After him are Hans Rosling, Andrew Schally, Thomas Willis, Patch Adams, Charaka, and Aretaeus of Cappadocia.
1682 - 1771
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 167
1934 - 2000
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 168
1766 - 1842
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 169
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 170
1873 - 1928
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 171
1853 - 1931
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 172
303 BC - 249 BC
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 173
1948 - 2017
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 174
1926 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 175
1621 - 1675
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 176
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 177
50 - Present
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 178
100 - 200
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 179
Among people born in 303 BC, Erasistratus ranks 1. Among people deceased in 249 BC, Erasistratus ranks 1.
Among people born in Greece, Erasistratus ranks 261 out of 936. Before him are Agis I (-957), Aristides of Athens (150), Theramenes (-450), Rigas Feraios (1757), Anaxandridas II (-565), and Ugo Foscolo (1778). After him are Alexander V of Macedon (-390), Cyril Lucaris (1572), Machaon (null), Alexandros Papagos (1883), Theaetetus (-417), and Arsinoe I (-305).
957 BC - 900 BC
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 255
150 - 134
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 256
450 BC - 403 BC
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 257
1757 - 1798
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 258
565 BC - 525 BC
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 259
1778 - 1827
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 260
303 BC - 249 BC
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 261
390 BC - 294 BC
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 262
1572 - 1638
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 263
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 264
1883 - 1955
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 265
417 BC - 369 BC
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 266
305 BC - 248 BC
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 267
Among physicians born in Greece, Erasistratus ranks 3. Before him are Hippocrates (-460) and Georgios Papanikolaou (1883). After him are Paul of Aegina (625) and Podalirius (null).
460 BC - 370 BC
HPI: 88.05
Rank: 1
1883 - 1962
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 2
303 BC - 249 BC
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 3
625 - 690
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 4
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 5