1812 - 1883
Filippo Pacini (25 May 1812 – 9 July 1883) was an Italian anatomist, posthumously famous for isolating the cholera bacterium Vibrio cholerae in 1854, well before Robert Koch's more widely accepted discoveries 30 years later.Pacini was born in Pistoia, Tuscany, to Francesco, a humble cobbler, and Umiltà Dolfi, but was given a religious education in hopes that he would become a bishop. However, in 1830, he was given a scholarship to the most venerable medical school in Pistoia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Filippo Pacini has received more than 60,192 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Filippo Pacini is the 279th most popular physician (up from 325th in 2019), the 1,935th most popular biography from Italy and the 18th most popular Italian Physician.
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Among physicians, Filippo Pacini ranks 279 out of 509. Before him are Friedrich Hoffmann, Randy Schekman, Hakaru Hashimoto, August Oetker, Andrew Taylor Still, and Richard Axel. After him are Michael DeBakey, Harvey Cushing, Hilary Koprowski, Michel-Gabriel Paccard, Moritz Kaposi, and Realdo Colombo.
1660 - 1742
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 273
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 274
1881 - 1934
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 275
1862 - 1918
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 276
1828 - 1917
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 277
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 278
1812 - 1883
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 279
1908 - 2008
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 280
1869 - 1939
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 281
1916 - 2013
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 282
1757 - 1827
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 283
1837 - 1902
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 284
1516 - 1559
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 285
Among people born in 1812, Filippo Pacini ranks 26. Before him are Paul Abadie, Zuo Zongtang, Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, Pertevniyal Sultan, Berthold Auerbach, and Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde. After him are James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, Ilija Garašanin, Hendrik Conscience, Henry Wilson, Zygmunt Krasiński, and Samuel Smiles. Among people deceased in 1883, Filippo Pacini ranks 26. Before him are Tự Đức, Sojourner Truth, Dayananda Saraswati, Franz Doppler, Alexander Gorchakov, and Pertevniyal Sultan. After him are Wilhelm Peters, Hendrik Conscience, Ciprian Porumbescu, Gustave Aimard, Carl Wilhelm Siemens, and Iwakura Tomomi.
1812 - 1884
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 20
1812 - 1885
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 21
1812 - 1895
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 22
1812 - 1883
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 23
1812 - 1882
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 24
1812 - 1841
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 25
1812 - 1883
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 26
1812 - 1860
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 27
1812 - 1874
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 28
1812 - 1883
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 29
1812 - 1875
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 30
1812 - 1859
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 31
1812 - 1904
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 32
1829 - 1883
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 20
1797 - 1883
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 21
1824 - 1883
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 22
1821 - 1883
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 23
1798 - 1883
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 24
1812 - 1883
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 25
1812 - 1883
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 26
1815 - 1883
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 27
1812 - 1883
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 28
1853 - 1883
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 29
1818 - 1883
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 30
1823 - 1883
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 31
1825 - 1883
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 32
Among people born in Italy, Filippo Pacini ranks 1,935 out of 4,088. Before him are Giovanni Giocondo (1433), Piero Ferrari (1945), Laura Martinozzi (1639), Antonio Bazzini (1818), Pietro Nardini (1722), and Ottavio Rinuccini (1562). After him are Bettino Ricasoli (1809), Luigi Orione (1872), Iullus Antonius (-43), Bramantino (1465), Giorgio Perlasca (1910), and Giovanni Morelli (1816).
1433 - 1515
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 1,929
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 1,930
1639 - 1687
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 1,931
1818 - 1897
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 1,932
1722 - 1793
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 1,933
1562 - 1621
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 1,934
1812 - 1883
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 1,935
1809 - 1880
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 1,936
1872 - 1940
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 1,937
43 BC - 2 BC
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 1,938
1465 - 1530
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 1,939
1910 - 1992
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 1,940
1816 - 1891
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 1,941
Among physicians born in Italy, Filippo Pacini ranks 18. Before him are Andrea Cesalpino (1519), Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682), Bernardino Ramazzini (1633), Hieronymus Fabricius (1533), Trota of Salerno (1001), and Carlo Urbani (1956). After him are Realdo Colombo (1516), Mondino de Luzzi (1275), Antonio Maria Valsalva (1666), Alessandro Achillini (1463), Giorgio Biandrata (1515), and Antonio Bertoloni (1775).
1519 - 1603
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 12
1682 - 1771
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 13
1633 - 1714
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 14
1533 - 1619
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 15
1001 - 1200
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 16
1956 - 2003
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 17
1812 - 1883
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 18
1516 - 1559
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 19
1275 - 1326
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 20
1666 - 1723
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 21
1463 - 1512
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 22
1515 - 1588
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 23
1775 - 1868
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 24