1924 - 1980
Franco Basaglia (Italian: [ˈfraŋko baˈzaʎʎa]; 11 March 1924 – 29 August 1980) was an Italian psychiatrist, neurologist,: 32 and professor,: 123 : 183 who proposed the dismantling of psychiatric hospitals, pioneer of the modern concept of mental health, Italian psychiatry reformer,: 213 figurehead and founder of Democratic Psychiatry,: 165 : 126 architect,: 8 and principal proponent of Law 180,: 70 which abolished mental hospitals in Italy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franco Basaglia has received more than 126,006 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Franco Basaglia is the 34th most popular anthropologist (down from 31st in 2019), the 2,310th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,126th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Anthropologist.
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Among anthropologists, Franco Basaglia ranks 34 out of 69. Before him are Marc Augé, Marshall Sahlins, Jacques de Morgan, Ann Dunham, Pierre Clastres, and Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov. After him are Birutė Galdikas, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Bill Mollison, Fredrik Barth, Marcel Griaule, and John Lloyd Stephens.
1935 - 2023
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 28
1930 - 2021
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 29
1857 - 1924
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 30
1942 - 1995
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 31
1934 - 1977
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 32
1907 - 1970
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 33
1924 - 1980
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 34
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 35
1857 - 1935
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 36
1928 - 2016
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 37
1928 - 2016
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 38
1898 - 1956
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 39
1805 - 1852
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 40
Among people born in 1924, Franco Basaglia ranks 158. Before him are Donatas Banionis, Mohammed Rafi, Margit Sandemo, David Cox, Lubomír Štrougal, and M. Karunanidhi. After him are Johannes Mario Simmel, Max Roach, S. R. Nathan, Gevork Vartanian, Haim Bar-Lev, and Ken Tyrrell. Among people deceased in 1980, Franco Basaglia ranks 107. Before him are Barbara O'Neil, Richard Chase, Luigi Longo, Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Mohammed Rafi, and Yahya Khan. After him are Héctor José Cámpora, Hellmuth Walter, Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Rolf Nevanlinna, Justas Paleckis, and José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones.
1924 - 2014
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 152
1924 - 1980
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 153
1924 - 2018
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 154
1924 - 2022
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 155
1924 - 2023
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 156
1924 - 2018
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 157
1924 - 1980
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 158
1924 - 2009
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 159
1924 - 2007
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 160
1924 - 2016
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 161
1924 - 2012
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 162
1924 - 1994
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 163
1924 - 2001
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 164
1910 - 1980
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 101
1950 - 1980
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 102
1900 - 1980
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 103
1934 - 1980
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 104
1924 - 1980
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 105
1914 - 1980
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 106
1924 - 1980
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 107
1909 - 1980
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 108
1900 - 1980
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 109
1887 - 1980
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 110
1895 - 1980
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 111
1899 - 1980
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 112
1898 - 1980
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 113
Among people born in Italy, Franco Basaglia ranks 2,310 out of 4,668. Before him are Eduardo di Capua (1865), George P. Cosmatos (1941), Lawrence Justinian (1381), Azzone Visconti (1302), Jacob Hutter (1500), and Giovanna Garzoni (1600). After him are Alessandro Baricco (1958), Félix Fénéon (1861), Quintus Caecilius Metellus (-300), Ippolito d'Este (1479), Federico Borromeo (1564), and Bernardo Buontalenti (1531).
1865 - 1917
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 2,304
1941 - 2005
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,305
1381 - 1456
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,306
1302 - 1339
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,307
1500 - 1536
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,308
1600 - 1670
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 2,309
1924 - 1980
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 2,310
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,311
1861 - 1944
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,312
300 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,313
1479 - 1520
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,314
1564 - 1631
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,315
1531 - 1608
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,316
Among anthropologists born in Italy, Franco Basaglia ranks 2. Before him are Mary Douglas (1921). After him are Paolo Mantegazza (1831).
1921 - 2007
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 1
1924 - 1980
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 2
1831 - 1910
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 3