1911 - 1978
Herta Oberheuser (15 May 1911 – 24 January 1978) was a German Nazi physician and convicted war criminal who performed medical atrocities on prisoners at the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp. For her role in the Holocaust, she was sentenced to 20 years in prison at the Doctors' Trial, but served only five years of her sentence. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herta Oberheuser has received more than 596,156 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Herta Oberheuser is the 115th most popular physician (up from 150th in 2019), the 771st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,037th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Physician.
Herta Oberheuser was a Nazi doctor who performed medical experiments on prisoners in the Auschwitz concentration camp. She is most famous for being the only female defendant at the Nuremberg Trials, and for her involvement in the selection of subjects for medical experiments.
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Among physicians, Herta Oberheuser ranks 115 out of 502. Before her are Peter Damian, Johann Joachim Becher, Edgar Adrian, John Snow, Ferid Murad, and Francis Peyton Rous. After her are Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Harvey J. Alter, Jean Dausset, John Eccles, Franz Joseph Gall, and Virginia Apgar.
1007 - 1072
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 109
1635 - 1682
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 110
1889 - 1977
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 111
1813 - 1858
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 112
1936 - 2023
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 113
1879 - 1970
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 114
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 115
1840 - 1902
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 116
1935 - Present
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 117
1916 - 2009
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 118
1903 - 1997
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 119
1758 - 1828
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 120
1909 - 1974
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 121
Among people born in 1911, Herta Oberheuser ranks 39. Before her are William Howard Stein, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, John Archibald Wheeler, Jean Harlow, Sergey Sokolov, and Milovan Đilas. After her are Richard Baer, Trygve Haavelmo, J. L. Austin, Bernard Katz, Odysseas Elytis, and Niels Kaj Jerne. Among people deceased in 1978, Herta Oberheuser ranks 30. Before her are John Cazale, Harry Martinson, Houari Boumédiène, Claude François, Norman Rockwell, and W. Eugene Smith. After her are Jomo Kenyatta, Nazli Sabri, Ed Wood, Harvey Milk, József Bozsik, and Tamara Karsavina.
1911 - 1980
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 33
1911 - 1937
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 34
1911 - 2008
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 35
1911 - 1937
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 36
1911 - 2012
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 37
1911 - 1995
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 38
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 39
1911 - 1963
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 40
1911 - 1999
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 41
1911 - 1960
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 42
1911 - 2003
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 43
1911 - 1996
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 44
1911 - 1994
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 45
1935 - 1978
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 24
1904 - 1978
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 25
1932 - 1978
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 26
1939 - 1978
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 27
1894 - 1978
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 28
1918 - 1978
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 29
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 30
1893 - 1978
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 31
1894 - 1978
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 32
1924 - 1978
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 33
1930 - 1978
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 34
1925 - 1978
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 35
1885 - 1978
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 36
Among people born in Germany, Herta Oberheuser ranks 771 out of 6,142. Before her are Wilhelm Hauff (1802), Peter Weiss (1916), Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666), Hugo Sperrle (1885), Herschel Grynszpan (1921), and Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412). After her are Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840), Princess Feodora of Leiningen (1807), Ralf Dahrendorf (1929), Princess Wilhelmine of Baden (1788), Uwe Seeler (1936), and Friedrich Dollmann (1882).
1802 - 1827
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 765
1916 - 1982
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 766
1666 - 1726
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 767
1885 - 1953
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 768
1921 - 1942
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 769
1412 - 1464
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 770
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 771
1840 - 1902
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 772
1807 - 1872
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 773
1929 - 2009
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 774
1788 - 1836
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 775
1936 - 2022
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 776
1882 - 1944
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 777
Among physicians born in Germany, Herta Oberheuser ranks 15. Before her are Gerhard Domagk (1895), Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884), Theodor Morell (1886), Werner Forssmann (1904), Otto Loewi (1873), and Johann Joachim Becher (1635). After her are Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840), Franz Joseph Gall (1758), Johannes Peter Müller (1801), Theodor Billroth (1829), Ludwig Guttmann (1899), and Waldemar Hoven (1903).
1895 - 1964
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 9
1884 - 1951
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 10
1886 - 1948
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 11
1904 - 1979
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 12
1873 - 1961
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 13
1635 - 1682
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 14
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 15
1840 - 1902
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 16
1758 - 1828
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 17
1801 - 1858
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 18
1829 - 1894
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 19
1899 - 1980
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 20
1903 - 1948
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 21