PHYSICIAN

Giovanni Maria Lancisi

1654 - 1720

Photo of Giovanni Maria Lancisi

Icon of person Giovanni Maria Lancisi

Giovanni Maria Lancisi (26 October 1654 – 20 January 1720) was an Italian physician, epidemiologist and anatomist who made a correlation between the presence of mosquitoes and the prevalence of malaria. He was also known for his studies about cardiovascular diseases, an examination of the corpus callosum of the brain, and is remembered in the eponymous Lancisi's sign. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Maria Lancisi has received more than 32,289 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Maria Lancisi is the 454th most popular physician, the 3,001st most popular biography from Italy and the 29th most popular Italian Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 32k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Giovanni Maria Lancisi ranks 454 out of 726. Before him are Eva Klein, Constantin von Economo, Harry Seeley, Crawford Long, Frances Oldham Kelsey, and Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland. After him are Ludwik Rajchman, Anastasia Golovina, Ernst von Bergmann, Robert Liston, Kazimierz Bein, and Noël Martin Joseph de Necker.

Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1654, Giovanni Maria Lancisi ranks 14. Before him are Agostino Steffani, Constantin Brâncoveanu, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Danylo Apostol, John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Vincent Lübeck. After him are Jakob Abbadie, Pedro Calungsod, Michiel de Swaen, and Herman Moll. Among people deceased in 1720, Giovanni Maria Lancisi ranks 11. Before him are Edward England, Maria Margaretha Kirch, Abdul-Qādir Bedil, Antoine Coysevox, Anne Dacier, and Peter Tordenskjold. After him are Balaji Vishwanath, Nicolas de Fer, and Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway.

Others Born in 1654

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1720

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Maria Lancisi ranks 3,001 out of 5,161. Before him are Macedonio Melloni (1798), Luigi Poggi (1917), Hugh, Margrave of Tuscany (950), Steno (1917), Adalbert I, Margrave of Tuscany (820), and Giovanna Ralli (1935). After him are Pietro Bracci (1700), Salamone Rossi (1570), Domenico Tintoretto (1560), Cristoforo Madruzzo (1512), Giottino (1324), and Ciro Ferrara (1967).

Others born in Italy

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Giovanni Maria Lancisi ranks 29. Before him are Mondino de Luzzi (1275), Prospero Alpini (1553), Luigi Carlo Farini (1812), Giorgio Biandrata (1515), Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (1883), and Dorotea Bucca (1360). After him are Antonio Bertoloni (1775), Antonio Scarpa (1752), Abella (1400), Ugo Cerletti (1877), Giulio Bizzozero (1846), and Giuseppe Pitrè (1841).

Italian born Physicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous