PHYSICIAN

Heo Jun

1546 - 1615

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Heo Jun (Korean: 허준; 1539 – 9 October 1615) was a Korean physician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heo Jun has received more than 298,166 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Heo Jun is the 192nd most popular physician (down from 145th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 59th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South Korean Physician.

Heo jun is most famous for being the first Korean dish to be introduced to the royal court of Japan.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Heo Juns by language

Over the past year Heo Jun has had the most page views in the with 92,329 views, followed by Japanese (62,349), and English (21,870). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (197.18%), Korean (153.73%), and Min Nan (79.29%)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Heo Jun ranks 192 out of 726. Before him are Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Leonid Rogozov, Maurice Bucaille, Guy de Chauliac, Leonhart Fuchs, and Sebastian Kneipp. After him are Louis Ignarro, Peter Agre, Paul Gachet, Baruch Samuel Blumberg, Neferkare Neby, and Albert Calmette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1546, Heo Jun ranks 6. Before him are Murad III, Tycho Brahe, Veronica Franco, Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, and Bartholomeus Spranger. After him are Takeda Katsuyori, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Charlotte of Bourbon, Johann Fischart, and Thomas Digges. Among people deceased in 1615, Heo Jun ranks 7. Before him are Margaret of Valois, Hans von Aachen, Toyotomi Hideyori, Sanada Yukimura, Giambattista della Porta, and Dom Justo Takayama. After him are Yodo-dono, Virginia de' Medici, Claudio Acquaviva, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, and Pieter Both.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Heo Jun ranks 75 out of 1,128. Before him are Ri Chun-hee (1943), Toyo Ito (1941), Charles J. Pedersen (1904), Yi Hwang (1501), Lee Kun-hee (1942), and Jeong Mong-ju (1337). After him are Yi I (1536), Han Duck-soo (1949), Lee Sun-kyun (1975), Psy (1977), Lee Soo-man (1952), and Hwang Kyo-ahn (1957).

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Among PHYSICIANS In South Korea

Among physicians born in South Korea, Heo Jun ranks 2. Before him are Jang-geum (1550). After him are Jim Yong Kim (1959).

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