1700 - 1772
Gerard van Swieten (7 May 1700 – 18 June 1772) was a Dutch physician who from 1745 was the personal physician of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and transformed the Austrian health service and medical university education. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerard van Swieten has received more than 86,553 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Gerard van Swieten is the 219th most popular physician (up from 224th in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 223rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Dutch Physician.
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Among physicians, Gerard van Swieten ranks 219 out of 502. Before him are Li Shizhen, Carl von Rokitansky, Paul of Aegina, Hieronymus Fabricius, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, and Horst Schumann. After him are Duchenne de Boulogne, James Black, Soranus of Ephesus, Leander of Seville, Hasdai ibn Shaprut, and Henry Heimlich.
1517 - 1593
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 213
1804 - 1878
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 214
625 - 690
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 215
1533 - 1619
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 216
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 217
1906 - 1983
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 218
1700 - 1772
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 219
1806 - 1875
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 220
1924 - 2010
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 221
98 - 200
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 222
534 - 600
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 223
910 - 975
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 224
1920 - 2016
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 225
Among people born in 1700, Gerard van Swieten ranks 9. Before him are Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and Ewald Georg von Kleist. After him are Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Jean-Antoine Nollet, Clemens August of Bavaria, Baji Rao I, and Ashraf Hotak. Among people deceased in 1772, Gerard van Swieten ranks 7. Before him are Emanuel Swedenborg, Johann Friedrich Struensee, Ahmad Shah Durrani, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Louis-Claude Daquin, and Ernst Johann von Biron. After him are Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Gottfried Achenwall, Princess Mary of Great Britain, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, and Augustin Ehrensvärd.
1700 - 1739
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 3
1700 - 1771
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 4
1700 - 1760
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 5
1700 - 1775
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 6
1700 - 1770
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 7
1700 - 1748
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 8
1700 - 1772
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 9
1700 - 1761
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 10
1700 - 1766
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 11
1700 - 1770
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 12
1700 - 1761
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 13
1700 - 1740
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 14
1700 - 1730
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 15
1688 - 1772
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 1
1737 - 1772
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 2
1722 - 1772
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 3
1719 - 1772
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 4
1694 - 1772
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 5
1690 - 1772
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 6
1700 - 1772
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 7
1696 - 1772
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 8
1724 - 1772
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 9
1719 - 1772
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 10
1723 - 1772
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 11
1711 - 1772
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 12
1710 - 1772
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 13
Among people born in Netherlands, Gerard van Swieten ranks 217 out of 1,427. Before him are Jan Janszoon (1570), Philips Wouwerman (1619), Erwin Koeman (1961), Philip William, Prince of Orange (1554), Willem Drees (1886), and Nicolaes Maes (1634). After him are Patrick Kluivert (1976), Piet Pieterszoon Hein (1577), Tom Gehrels (1925), Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (1627), Princess Sophie of the Netherlands (1824), and Abraham Kuyper (1837).
1570 - 1641
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 211
1619 - 1668
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 212
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 213
1554 - 1618
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 214
1886 - 1988
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 215
1634 - 1693
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 216
1700 - 1772
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 217
1976 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 218
1577 - 1629
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 219
1925 - 2011
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 220
1627 - 1678
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 221
1824 - 1897
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 222
1837 - 1920
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 223
Among physicians born in Netherlands, Gerard van Swieten ranks 7. Before him are Christiaan Eijkman (1858), Peter Canisius (1521), Cornelius Jansen (1585), Regnier de Graaf (1641), Johann Weyer (1515), and Nicolaes Tulp (1593). After him are Frederik Ruysch (1638), Franciscus Donders (1818), Aletta Jacobs (1854), Titus Brandsma (1881), Petrus Camper (1722), and Herman Snellen (1834).
1858 - 1930
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 1
1521 - 1597
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 2
1585 - 1638
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 3
1641 - 1673
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 4
1515 - 1588
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 5
1593 - 1674
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 6
1700 - 1772
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 7
1638 - 1731
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 8
1818 - 1889
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 9
1854 - 1929
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 10
1881 - 1942
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 11
1722 - 1789
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 12
1834 - 1908
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 13