1300 - 1368
Guy de Chauliac (French: [də ʃoljak]), also called Guido or Guigo de Cauliaco (c. 1300 – 25 July 1368), was a French physician and surgeon who wrote a lengthy and influential treatise on surgery in Latin, titled Chirurgia Magna. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guy de Chauliac has received more than 153,603 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Guy de Chauliac is the 207th most popular physician (down from 117th in 2019), the 1,554th most popular biography from France (down from 962nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Physician.
Guy de Chauliac is most famous for being the first physician to describe the bubonic plague, which he called the "black death."
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Among physicians, Guy de Chauliac ranks 207 out of 502. Before him are David H. Hubel, Regnier de Graaf, Maurice Bucaille, Paul Gachet, Andrea Cesalpino, and Johann Weyer. After him are Leonhart Fuchs, Nicolaes Tulp, Norman Bethune, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, and Li Shizhen.
1926 - 2013
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 201
1641 - 1673
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 202
1920 - 1998
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 203
1828 - 1909
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 204
1519 - 1603
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 205
1515 - 1588
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 206
1300 - 1368
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 207
1501 - 1566
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 208
1593 - 1674
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 209
1890 - 1939
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 210
1818 - 1896
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 211
1757 - 1808
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 212
1517 - 1593
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 213
Among people born in 1300, Guy de Chauliac ranks 13. Before him are Jani Beg, Johannes Tauler, Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria, Jaunutis, Al-Mustansir, and Guillaume de Beaujeu. After him are Vytenis, Khutughtu Khan Kusala, Toqta, Charles I, Lord of Monaco, Kaykaus II, and Kayqubad III. Among people deceased in 1368, Guy de Chauliac ranks 3. Before him are Ibn Battuta and Orcagna. After him are Blanche of Lancaster, Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Emperor Go-Murakami, Ilyas Khoja, and Marco Cornaro.
1300 - 1357
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 7
1300 - 1361
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 8
1300 - 1371
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 9
1300 - 1366
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 10
1300 - 1261
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 11
1300 - 1291
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 12
1300 - 1368
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 13
1300 - 1316
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 14
1300 - 1329
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 15
1300 - 1312
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 16
1300 - 1357
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 17
1300 - 1279
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 18
1300 - 1303
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 19
1304 - 1368
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 1
1315 - 1368
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 2
1300 - 1368
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 3
1345 - 1368
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 4
1338 - 1368
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 5
1328 - 1368
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 6
1350 - 1368
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 7
1285 - 1368
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 8
Among people born in France, Guy de Chauliac ranks 1,554 out of 6,011. Before him are Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911), Anne Parillaud (1960), Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (1438), Yvette Guilbert (1865), Georg Muffat (1653), and Henri de Lubac (1896). After him are Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency (1594), Claude Garamond (1499), Gilles de Roberval (1602), Pierre Auguste Cot (1837), Charles, Duke of Brittany (1319), and Adam de la Halle (1245).
1911 - 2003
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 1,548
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 1,549
1438 - 1503
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 1,550
1865 - 1944
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,551
1653 - 1704
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,552
1896 - 1991
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 1,553
1300 - 1368
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 1,554
1594 - 1650
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,555
1499 - 1561
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,556
1602 - 1675
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,557
1837 - 1883
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,558
1319 - 1364
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 1,559
1245 - 1288
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 1,560
Among physicians born in France, Guy de Chauliac ranks 25. Before him are Dominique Jean Larrey (1766), Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), Marcel Petiot (1897), Bernard Kouchner (1939), Maurice Bucaille (1920), and Paul Gachet (1828). After him are Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis (1757), Duchenne de Boulogne (1806), Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772), François Magendie (1783), Édouard Séguin (1812), and Pierre Paul Émile Roux (1853).
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
1806 - 1875
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 27
1772 - 1840
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 28
1783 - 1855
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 29
1812 - 1880
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 30
1853 - 1933
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 31