1818 - 1889
Franciscus (Franz) Cornelius Donders FRS FRSE (27 May 1818 – 24 March 1889) was a Dutch ophthalmologist. During his career, he was a professor of physiology in Utrecht, and was internationally regarded as an authority on eye diseases, directing the Netherlands Hospital for Eye Patients. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franciscus Donders has received more than 76,492 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Franciscus Donders is the 284th most popular physician (up from 320th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 347th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Dutch Physician.
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Among physicians, Franciscus Donders ranks 284 out of 502. Before him are Antonio Maria Valsalva, Friedrich Hoffmann, Eduard Wirths, Kálmán Kalocsay, Gavriil Ilizarov, and Hilary Koprowski. After him are Rembert Dodoens, Claus Schilling, Vincenz Priessnitz, William Osler, Jean-Baptiste Denys, and Eugene Botkin.
1666 - 1723
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 278
1660 - 1742
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 279
1909 - 1945
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 280
1891 - 1976
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 281
1921 - 1992
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 282
1916 - 2013
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 283
1818 - 1889
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 284
1517 - 1585
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 285
1871 - 1946
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 286
1799 - 1851
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 287
1849 - 1919
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 288
1643 - 1704
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 289
1865 - 1918
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 290
Among people born in 1818, Franciscus Donders ranks 42. Before him are Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, P. G. T. Beauregard, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Maria Mitchell, and Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, Antonio Bazzini, Eduard Totleben, Louis Gerhard De Geer, and Jules Jamin. Among people deceased in 1889, Franciscus Donders ranks 34. Before him are Viktor Bunyakovsky, Jules Dupré, Maria Mitchell, Elvira Madigan, Ybyrai Altynsarin, and Şevkefza Kadın. After him are Bernhard Förster, Adolf von Henselt, Émile Augier, Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, Đồng Khánh, and Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada.
1818 - 1901
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 36
1818 - 1901
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 37
1818 - 1893
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 38
1818 - 1907
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 39
1818 - 1889
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 40
1818 - 1881
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 41
1818 - 1889
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 42
1818 - 1882
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 43
1818 - 1881
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 44
1818 - 1897
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 45
1818 - 1884
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 46
1818 - 1896
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 47
1818 - 1886
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 48
1804 - 1889
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 28
1811 - 1889
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 29
1818 - 1889
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 30
1867 - 1889
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 31
1841 - 1889
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 32
1820 - 1889
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 33
1818 - 1889
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 34
1843 - 1889
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 35
1814 - 1889
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 36
1820 - 1889
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 37
1797 - 1889
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 38
1864 - 1889
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 39
1823 - 1889
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 40
Among people born in Netherlands, Franciscus Donders ranks 307 out of 1,427. Before him are Sicco Mansholt (1908), Cornelis Tromp (1629), Frans Timmermans (1961), Olivier van Noort (1558), Danny Blind (1961), and Jan van der Heyden (1637). After him are Huub Stevens (1953), Gottfried van Swieten (1733), Albert van Ouwater (1415), Ludger (742), Sjaak Swart (1938), and Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743).
1908 - 1995
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 301
1629 - 1691
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 302
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 303
1558 - 1627
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 304
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 305
1637 - 1712
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 306
1818 - 1889
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 307
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 308
1733 - 1803
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 309
1415 - 1475
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 310
742 - 809
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 311
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 312
1743 - 1787
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 313
Among physicians born in Netherlands, Franciscus Donders ranks 9. Before him are Cornelius Jansen (1585), Regnier de Graaf (1641), Johann Weyer (1515), Nicolaes Tulp (1593), Gerard van Swieten (1700), and Frederik Ruysch (1638). After him are Aletta Jacobs (1854), Titus Brandsma (1881), Petrus Camper (1722), Herman Snellen (1834), Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873), and Willem Johan Kolff (1911).
1585 - 1638
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 3
1641 - 1673
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 4
1515 - 1588
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 5
1593 - 1674
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 6
1700 - 1772
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 7
1638 - 1731
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 8
1818 - 1889
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 9
1854 - 1929
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 10
1881 - 1942
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 11
1722 - 1789
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 12
1834 - 1908
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 13
1873 - 1937
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 14
1911 - 2009
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 15