1758 - 1828
Franz Josef Gall (German: [gal]; 9 March 1758 – 22 August 1828) was a German neuroanatomist, physiologist, and pioneer in the study of the localization of mental functions in the brain. Claimed as the founder of the pseudoscience of phrenology, Gall was an early and important researcher in his fields. His contributions to the field of neuropsychology were controversial at the time and are now widely referred to as pseudoscience. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Joseph Gall has received more than 223,428 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Franz Joseph Gall is the 120th most popular physician (down from 100th in 2019), the 791st most popular biography from Germany (down from 681st in 2019) and the 17th most popular Physician.
Franz Joseph Gall was a physician and physiologist who is most famous for his theory of phrenology, which he developed in 1796.
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Among physicians, Franz Joseph Gall ranks 120 out of 502. Before him are Francis Peyton Rous, Herta Oberheuser, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Harvey J. Alter, Jean Dausset, and John Eccles. After him are Virginia Apgar, Albert Sabin, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Johannes Peter Müller, Niels Kaj Jerne, and Santorio Santorio.
1879 - 1970
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 114
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 115
1840 - 1902
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 116
1935 - Present
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 117
1916 - 2009
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 118
1903 - 1997
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 119
1758 - 1828
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 120
1909 - 1974
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 121
1906 - 1993
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 122
1608 - 1679
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 123
1801 - 1858
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 124
1911 - 1994
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 125
1561 - 1636
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 126
Among people born in 1758, Franz Joseph Gall ranks 10. Before him are André Masséna, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Emperor Go-Momozono, Kamehameha I, and Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier. After him are Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Osman Pazvantoğlu, and Carl Friedrich Zelter. Among people deceased in 1828, Franz Joseph Gall ranks 8. Before him are Francisco Goya, Shaka, Maria Feodorovna, Victor of Aveyron, Alexander Ypsilantis, and Jean-Antoine Houdon. After him are Carl Peter Thunberg, Karl Mack von Leiberich, Kobayashi Issa, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Charlotte, Princess Royal, and William Hyde Wollaston.
1758 - 1817
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 4
1758 - 1840
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 5
1758 - 1806
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 6
1758 - 1779
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 7
1758 - 1819
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 8
1758 - 1836
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 9
1758 - 1828
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 10
1758 - 1794
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 11
1758 - 1838
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 12
1758 - 1819
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 13
1758 - 1823
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 14
1758 - 1807
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 15
1758 - 1832
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 16
1746 - 1828
HPI: 84.19
Rank: 2
1787 - 1828
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 3
1759 - 1828
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 4
1793 - 1828
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 5
1792 - 1828
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 6
1741 - 1828
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 7
1758 - 1828
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 8
1743 - 1828
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 9
1752 - 1828
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 10
1763 - 1828
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 11
1757 - 1828
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 12
1766 - 1828
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 13
1766 - 1828
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 14
Among people born in Germany, Franz Joseph Gall ranks 791 out of 6,142. Before him are Gotthard Kettler (1517), Hans-Valentin Hube (1890), Hans Fallada (1893), Maria Barbara Bach (1684), Wolfgang Schäuble (1942), and Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821). After him are Eduard Dietl (1890), Rudolf Schenker (1948), Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792), Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), Gudrun Burwitz (1929), and Hermann Cohen (1842).
1517 - 1587
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 785
1890 - 1944
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 786
1893 - 1947
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 787
1684 - 1720
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 788
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 789
1821 - 1912
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 790
1758 - 1828
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 791
1890 - 1944
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 792
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 793
1792 - 1854
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 794
1723 - 1787
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 795
1929 - 2018
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 796
1842 - 1918
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 797
Among physicians born in Germany, Franz Joseph Gall ranks 17. Before him are Theodor Morell (1886), Werner Forssmann (1904), Otto Loewi (1873), Johann Joachim Becher (1635), Herta Oberheuser (1911), and Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840). After him are Johannes Peter Müller (1801), Theodor Billroth (1829), Ludwig Guttmann (1899), Waldemar Hoven (1903), Engelbert Kaempfer (1651), and Albert of Riga (1165).
1886 - 1948
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 11
1904 - 1979
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 12
1873 - 1961
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 13
1635 - 1682
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 14
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 15
1840 - 1902
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 16
1758 - 1828
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 17
1801 - 1858
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 18
1829 - 1894
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 19
1899 - 1980
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 20
1903 - 1948
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 21
1651 - 1716
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 22
1165 - 1229
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 23