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Gunther von Hagens

German anatomist and inventor of plastination

1945 - 2026

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His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Gunther von Hagens is the 183rd most popular inventor (down from 132nd in 2024), the 463rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 305th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Inventor.

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Gunther von Hagens's biography spans 20 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 62.91.

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Among Inventors

Among inventors, Gunther von Hagens ranks 183 out of 433. Before him are Henrich Focke, Émile Baudot, Artur Fischer, Harold Eugene Edgerton, Matthew Boulton, and Lagâri Hasan Çelebi. After him are William Murdoch, Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, Fausto Veranzio, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, Johann Jacob Schweppe, and Arnold Orville Beckman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Gunther von Hagens ranks 190. Before him are Mahinda Rajapaksa, Robert Cialdini, Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, Charles Greene, Rhonda Byrne, and Roland Joffé. After him are Jaclyn Smith, Vladislav Ardzinba, Henry Winkler, Bobby Solo, Li Dong-woon, and Tommy Smith. Among people deceased in 2026, Gunther von Hagens ranks 69. Before him are Bernadette Chirac, Jean Ziegler, Uljana Semjonova, Yaacov Agam, Rita Süssmuth, and Filaret Denysenko. After him are Kōzō Okamoto, Craig Venter, George Vassiliou, Festus Mogae, Francisco Guterres, and Anne Schedeen.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Gunther von Hagens ranks 463 out of 2,054. Before him are Ewa Kopacz (1956), Gottfried Achenwall (1719), Władysław III Spindleshanks (1165), Alexandre Tansman (1897), Piotr Skarga (1536), and Stanisław Przybyszewski (1868). After him are Adalbert Krueger (1832), Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1797), Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia (1943), Bezprym (987), Zygmunt Berling (1896), and Marcel Reich-Ranicki (1920).

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Among Inventors In Poland

Among inventors born in Poland, Gunther von Hagens ranks 2. Before him is Paul Gottlieb Nipkow (1860). After him are Antoni Patek (1812), Ottomar Anschütz (1846), and Kazimierz Prószyński (1875).

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