1815 - 1848
Horace Wells (January 21, 1815 – January 24, 1848) was an American dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia in medicine, specifically the use of nitrous oxide (or laughing gas). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Horace Wells has received more than 260,109 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Horace Wells is the 317th most popular physician (down from 301st in 2019), the 2,972nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,793rd in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Physician.
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Among physicians, Horace Wells ranks 317 out of 502. Before him are Johann Conrad Dippel, Mondino de Luzzi, Thomas Szasz, Ernest Duchesne, William Bates, and Nicolae Paulescu. After him are Titus Brandsma, Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus, Max Heindel, Irmfried Eberl, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, and Pierre Fauchard.
1673 - 1734
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 311
1275 - 1326
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 312
1920 - 2012
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 313
1874 - 1912
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 314
1860 - 1931
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 315
1869 - 1931
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 316
1815 - 1848
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 317
1881 - 1942
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 318
1776 - 1837
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 319
1865 - 1919
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 320
1910 - 1948
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 321
1923 - 2008
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 322
1679 - 1761
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 323
Among people born in 1815, Horace Wells ranks 30. Before him are Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Eugène Marin Labiche, Alexander von Middendorff, John A. Macdonald, Wilhelm Peters, and Ii Naosuke. After him are Ang Mey, James Curtis Hepburn, Louis Le Chatelier, Robert Remak, Temistocle Solera, and George Meade. Among people deceased in 1848, Horace Wells ranks 27. Before him are Robert Darwin, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Frederick Marryat, John Jacob Astor, Duchess Amelia of Württemberg, and Christen Købke. After him are Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Keisai Eisen, James Dunlop, Pierre Wantzel, Pellegrino Rossi, and Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom.
1815 - 1902
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 24
1815 - 1888
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 25
1815 - 1894
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 26
1815 - 1891
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 27
1815 - 1883
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 28
1815 - 1860
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 29
1815 - 1848
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 30
1815 - 1874
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 31
1815 - 1911
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 32
1815 - 1873
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 33
1815 - 1865
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 34
1815 - 1878
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 35
1815 - 1872
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 36
1766 - 1848
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 21
1797 - 1848
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 22
1792 - 1848
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 23
1763 - 1848
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 24
1799 - 1848
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 25
1810 - 1848
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 26
1815 - 1848
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 27
1797 - 1848
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 28
1790 - 1848
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 29
1793 - 1848
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 30
1814 - 1848
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 31
1787 - 1848
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 32
1777 - 1848
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 33
Among people born in United States, Horace Wells ranks 2,972 out of 18,182. Before him are George Lincoln Rockwell (1918), Ty Cobb (1886), Jim Hines (1946), Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Babushka Lady (1930), and Henry George (1839). After him are James Henry Breasted (1865), Duke Kahanamoku (1890), Johnny Carson (1925), Eddie Fisher (1928), Joe Rosenthal (1911), and Christina Applegate (1971).
1918 - 1967
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 2,966
1886 - 1961
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 2,967
1946 - 2023
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 2,968
1938 - 2011
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 2,969
1930 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 2,970
1839 - 1897
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 2,971
1815 - 1848
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 2,972
1865 - 1935
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 2,973
1890 - 1968
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 2,974
1925 - 2005
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 2,975
1928 - 2010
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 2,976
1911 - 2006
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 2,977
1971 - Present
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 2,978
Among physicians born in United States, Horace Wells ranks 39. Before him are Andrew Taylor Still (1828), Helen B. Taussig (1898), Charles Best (1899), Randy Schekman (1948), George Huntington (1850), and William Bates (1860). After him are Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923), James Curtis Hepburn (1815), Gregg L. Semenza (1956), Richard Axel (1946), Warren Sturgis McCulloch (1898), and Crawford Long (1815).
1828 - 1917
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 33
1898 - 1986
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 34
1899 - 1978
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 35
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 36
1850 - 1916
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 37
1860 - 1931
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 38
1815 - 1848
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 39
1923 - 2008
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 40
1815 - 1911
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 41
1956 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 42
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 43
1898 - 1969
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 44
1815 - 1878
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 45