Physician

Galen

129 - 215

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His biography is available in 113 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 109 in 2024). Galen is the 2nd most popular physician, the 15th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Physician.

Galen is most famous for his work in medicine. He was a Greek physician who lived in the Roman Empire. Galen is most famous for his work on the circulatory system, where he was the first to describe the difference between veins and arteries.

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Among Physicians

Among physicians, Galen ranks 2 out of 726Before him are Hippocrates. After him are Paracelsus, Josef Mengele, Robert Koch, Florence Nightingale, Basil of Caesarea, L. L. Zamenhof, Joseph Lister, Edward Jenner, Anthony Fauci, and Albert Schweitzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 129, Galen ranks 1 Among people deceased in 215, Galen ranks 1After him are Clement of Alexandria, and Alexander of Aphrodisias.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Galen ranks 15 out of NaNBefore him are Saint George (280), Osman I (1254), Hesiod (-800), Julian (331), Selim II (1524), and Helena (250). After him are Basil II (958), Selim I (1470), Murad II (1404), Strabo (-64), Murad III (1546), and Ahmed I (1590).

Among Physicians In Türkiye

Among physicians born in Türkiye, Galen ranks 1After him are Basil of Caesarea (329), Pedanius Dioscorides (40), Nestorius (381), Polycarp (69), Herophilos (-335), Ctesias (-440), Aretaeus of Cappadocia (100), Soranus of Ephesus (98), Asclepiades of Bithynia (-120), Caesarius of Nazianzus (330), and Aëtius of Amida (502).

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