1857 - 1904
Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette (French: [ʒɔʁʒ albɛʁ edwaʁ bʁytys ʒil də la tuʁɛt]; 30 October 1857 – 22 May 1904) was a French neurologist and the namesake of Tourette syndrome, a neurological condition characterized by tics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Gilles de la Tourette has received more than 269,841 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Gilles de la Tourette is the 181st most popular physician (down from 134th in 2019), the 1,349th most popular biography from France (down from 1,123rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Physician.
Georges Gilles de la Tourette was a French neurologist who first described Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by the presence of physical (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic.
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Among physicians, Georges Gilles de la Tourette ranks 181 out of 502. Before him are Andrew Schally, Thomas Willis, Patch Adams, Charaka, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, and Albert of Riga. After him are Werner Haase, Psusennes II, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Ernst-Günther Schenck, August von Wassermann, and Ibn Zuhr.
1926 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 175
1621 - 1675
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 176
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 177
50 - Present
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 178
100 - 200
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 179
1165 - 1229
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 180
1857 - 1904
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 181
1900 - 1950
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 182
1100 BC - 945 BC
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 183
1501 - 1578
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 184
1904 - 1998
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 185
1866 - 1925
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 186
1091 - 1162
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 187
Among people born in 1857, Georges Gilles de la Tourette ranks 39. Before him are Otto von Below, Vladimir Bekhterev, Edward Emerson Barnard, Eugène Atget, Max Klinger, and 12th Dalai Lama. After him are Wilhelm Johannsen, Theodor Escherich, Cécile Chaminade, Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, Theodor Kittelsen, and Ida Tarbell. Among people deceased in 1904, Georges Gilles de la Tourette ranks 28. Before him are Alfred von Waldersee, Princess Alexandrine of Baden, Norodom of Cambodia, Eduard Hanslick, Sami Frashëri, and Mathilde Bonaparte. After him are Nikolay Bobrikov, María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, Isabella Bird, Isabelle Eberhardt, Vladimir Markovnikov, and Mór Jókai.
1857 - 1944
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 33
1857 - 1927
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 34
1857 - 1923
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 35
1857 - 1927
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 36
1857 - 1920
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 37
1857 - 1875
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 38
1857 - 1904
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 39
1857 - 1927
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 40
1857 - 1911
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 41
1857 - 1944
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 42
1857 - 1928
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 43
1857 - 1914
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 44
1857 - 1944
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 45
1832 - 1904
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 22
1820 - 1904
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 23
1834 - 1904
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 24
1825 - 1904
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 25
1850 - 1904
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 26
1820 - 1904
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 27
1857 - 1904
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 28
1839 - 1904
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 29
1880 - 1904
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 30
1831 - 1904
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 31
1877 - 1904
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 32
1838 - 1904
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 33
1825 - 1904
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 34
Among people born in France, Georges Gilles de la Tourette ranks 1,349 out of 6,011. Before him are Lambert Wilson (1958), Étienne-Louis Malus (1775), Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580), Georges Bidault (1899), Ansegisel (602), and Alain-Fournier (1886). After him are Anthony, Duke of Brabant (1384), Alain de Benoist (1943), Antoine César Becquerel (1788), Léon Bloy (1846), Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764), and André de Montbard (1103).
1958 - Present
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 1,343
1775 - 1812
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 1,344
1580 - 1637
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 1,345
1899 - 1983
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 1,346
602 - 662
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 1,347
1886 - 1914
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 1,348
1857 - 1904
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 1,349
1384 - 1415
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 1,350
1943 - Present
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 1,351
1788 - 1878
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 1,352
1846 - 1917
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 1,353
1764 - 1841
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 1,354
1103 - 1156
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 1,355
Among physicians born in France, Georges Gilles de la Tourette ranks 20. Before him are Charles Nicolle (1866), Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), André Frédéric Cournand (1895), Albert Calmette (1863), and Dominique Jean Larrey (1766). After him are Marcel Petiot (1897), Bernard Kouchner (1939), Maurice Bucaille (1920), Paul Gachet (1828), Guy de Chauliac (1300), and Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis (1757).
1866 - 1936
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 14
1771 - 1802
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 15
1774 - 1838
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 16
1895 - 1988
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 17
1863 - 1933
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 18
1766 - 1842
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 19
1857 - 1904
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 20
1897 - 1946
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 21
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 22
1920 - 1998
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 23
1828 - 1909
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 24
1300 - 1368
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 25
1757 - 1808
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 26