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Heo Jun

1546 - 1615

Heo Jun

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 299,885 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Heo Jun is the 145th most popular physician (down from 124th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 60th 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)
61.32
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
15
Languages Editions (L)
5.66
Effective Languages (L*)
1.48
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Heo Jun ranks 145 out of 502. Before him are Agnodice, Mungo Park, Ulf von Euler, Theodor Billroth, Georgios Papanikolaou, and Jean Marc Gaspard Itard. After him are Louis Ignarro, Baruj Benacerraf, André Frédéric Cournand, Baruch Samuel Blumberg, George H. Hitchings, and John Langdon Down.

Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia

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Agnodice
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 139
Mungo Park
1771 - 1806
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 140
Ulf von Euler
1905 - 1983
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 141
Theodor Billroth
1829 - 1894
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 142
Georgios Papanikolaou
1883 - 1962
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 143
Jean Marc Gaspard Itard
1774 - 1838
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 144
Heo Jun
1546 - 1615
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 145
Louis Ignarro
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 146
Baruj Benacerraf
1920 - 2011
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 147
André Frédéric Cournand
1895 - 1988
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 148
Baruch Samuel Blumberg
1925 - 2011
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 149
George H. Hitchings
1905 - 1998
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 150
John Langdon Down
1828 - 1896
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 151

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1546, Heo Jun ranks 4. Before him are Murad III, Tycho Brahe, and Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg. After him are Veronica Franco, Bartholomeus Spranger, Takeda Katsuyori, Charlotte of Bourbon, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Thomas Digges, and Johann Fischart. Among people deceased in 1615, Heo Jun ranks 6. Before him are Margaret of Valois, Hans von Aachen, Toyotomi Hideyori, Sanada Yukimura, and Giambattista della Porta. After him are Dom Justo Takayama, Virginia de' Medici, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Claudio Acquaviva, and Pieter Both.

Others Born in 1546

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Murad III
1546 - 1595
HPI: 82.69
Rank: 1
Tycho Brahe
1546 - 1601
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 2
Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg
1546 - 1608
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 3
Heo Jun
1546 - 1615
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 4
Veronica Franco
1546 - 1591
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 5
Bartholomeus Spranger
1546 - 1611
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 6
Takeda Katsuyori
1546 - 1582
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 7
Charlotte of Bourbon
1546 - 1582
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 8
Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1546 - 1617
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 9
Thomas Digges
1546 - 1595
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 10
Johann Fischart
1546 - 1590
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 11

Others Deceased in 1615

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Margaret of Valois
1553 - 1615
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 1
Hans von Aachen
1552 - 1615
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 2
Toyotomi Hideyori
1593 - 1615
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 3
Sanada Yukimura
1567 - 1615
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 4
Giambattista della Porta
1535 - 1615
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 5
Heo Jun
1546 - 1615
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 6
Dom Justo Takayama
1552 - 1615
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 7
Virginia de' Medici
1568 - 1615
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 8
Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia
1550 - 1615
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 9
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala
1535 - 1615
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 10
Claudio Acquaviva
1543 - 1615
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 11
Pieter Both
1568 - 1615
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 12