1873 - 1949
Félix d'Hérelle (25 April 1873 – 22 February 1949) was a French microbiologist. He was co-discoverer of bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) and experimented with the possibility of phage therapy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Félix d'Herelle has received more than 72,445 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Félix d'Herelle is the 245th most popular biologist (up from 302nd in 2019), the 2,213th most popular biography from France (up from 2,465th in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Biologist.
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Among biologists, Félix d'Herelle ranks 245 out of 841. Before him are Josias Braun-Blanquet, Martin Chalfie, Joy Adamson, Otto Brunfels, Joseph Dalton Hooker, and Michał Boym. After him are Johann Baptist von Spix, George Shaw, Carl Correns, Rupert Sheldrake, David Julius, and August Grisebach.
1884 - 1980
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 239
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 240
1910 - 1980
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 241
1488 - 1534
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 242
1817 - 1911
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 243
1614 - 1659
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 244
1873 - 1949
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 245
1781 - 1826
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 246
1751 - 1813
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 247
1864 - 1933
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 248
1942 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 249
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 250
1814 - 1879
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 251
Among people born in 1873, Félix d'Herelle ranks 69. Before him are Adolph Zukor, Hasan Prishtina, Nureddin Pasha, Moisei Uritsky, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, and Theodor Körner. After him are Elena Stasova, Alexey Shchusev, Józef Haller, Leon Czolgosz, Iuliu Maniu, and Louis Feuillade. Among people deceased in 1949, Félix d'Herelle ranks 61. Before him are Ivan Poddubny, Jacques Copeau, Wilhelm Adam, Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe, Maria Cebotari, and Sam Wood. After him are Ginette Neveu, Alexey Shchusev, Mariano Fortuny, Vladimir Nazor, Infanta Blanca of Spain, and Alejandro Lerroux.
1873 - 1976
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 63
1873 - 1933
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 64
1873 - 1932
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 65
1873 - 1918
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 66
1873 - 1969
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 67
1873 - 1957
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 68
1873 - 1949
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 69
1873 - 1966
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 70
1873 - 1949
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 71
1873 - 1960
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 72
1873 - 1901
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 73
1873 - 1953
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 74
1873 - 1925
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 75
1871 - 1949
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 55
1879 - 1949
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 56
1877 - 1949
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 57
1871 - 1949
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 58
1910 - 1949
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 59
1883 - 1949
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 60
1873 - 1949
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 61
1919 - 1949
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 62
1873 - 1949
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 63
1871 - 1949
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 64
1876 - 1949
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 65
1868 - 1949
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 66
1864 - 1949
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 67
Among people born in France, Félix d'Herelle ranks 2,213 out of 6,011. Before him are Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau (1715), Emmanuel Petit (1970), Robert Pires (1973), Claude Zidi (1934), Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois (1820), and Jean Bodel (1165). After him are Claude Berri (1934), Léon Cogniet (1794), Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903), Constance, Duchess of Brittany (1161), Anselme Payen (1795), and Bernard of Menthon (923).
1715 - 1789
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 2,207
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 2,208
1973 - Present
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 2,209
1934 - Present
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 2,210
1820 - 1886
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 2,211
1165 - 1205
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 2,212
1873 - 1949
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 2,213
1934 - 2009
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 2,214
1794 - 1880
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 2,215
1903 - 1987
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 2,216
1161 - 1201
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 2,217
1795 - 1871
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 2,218
923 - 1008
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 2,219
Among biologists born in France, Félix d'Herelle ranks 30. Before him are Michel Adanson (1727), Pierre André Latreille (1762), Jérôme Lejeune (1926), Pierre Belon (1517), Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756), and Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748). After him are Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784), Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806), Johann Hermann (1738), René Lesson (1794), Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777), and Alain Bombard (1924).
1727 - 1806
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 24
1762 - 1833
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 25
1926 - 1994
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 26
1517 - 1564
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 27
1756 - 1825
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 28
1748 - 1831
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 29
1873 - 1949
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 30
1784 - 1838
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 31
1806 - 1893
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 32
1738 - 1800
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 33
1794 - 1849
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 34
1777 - 1850
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 35
1924 - 2005
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 36