Physician

Howard Florey

20th-century Australian pathologist

1898 - 1968

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His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2024). Howard Florey is the 156th most popular physician (up from 325th in 2024), the 34th most popular biography from Australia (up from 75th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Australian Physician.

Howard Florey is most famous for his work with penicillin. Florey was one of the three scientists who discovered penicillin, and he was the one who supervised the production of penicillin during World War II.

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Howard Florey climbed 16,536 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #27,342 to #10,815.

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Howard Florey ranks #34 among 1,678 people in Pantheon born in Australia, inside the top 3% of that group.

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Howard Florey's biography appears in 63 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 94% of all Physicians.

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Among Physicians

Among physicians, Howard Florey ranks 156 out of 749. Before him are Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Theodor Billroth, Franz Joseph Gall, Erasistratus, George Emil Palade, and Albrecht von Haller. After him are Marie François Xavier Bichat, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Georgios Papanikolaou, Jonas Salk, Herta Oberheuser, and Agnodice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Howard Florey ranks 47. Before him are Kenji Mizoguchi, Lionel Robbins, Ahmad Shah Qajar, Héctor Scarone, Konrad Henlein, and Fritz Zwicky. After him are Jeanne Hébuterne, Josef Terboven, Julius Schreck, Therese Neumann, Totò, and Joris Ivens. Among people deceased in 1968, Howard Florey ranks 31. Before him are Kees van Dongen, José Nasazzi, Neal Cassady, Alexandre Kojève, Pitirim Sorokin, and Nikolaus von Falkenhorst. After him are Ivan Ribar, Kirill Meretskov, Vasily Sokolovsky, Alice Guy-Blaché, Lucio Fontana, and Giovanni Messe.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Howard Florey ranks 34 out of 1,678. Before him are Robin Warren (1937), Elton Mayo (1880), Hugh Jackman (1968), Colleen McCullough (1937), Peter Singer (1946), and V. Gordon Childe (1892). After him are Lisa Gerrard (1961), Peter Weir (1944), Steve Irwin (1962), Johnny Logan (1954), Margot Robbie (1990), and Kylie Minogue (1968).

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Among Physicians In Australia

Among physicians born in Australia, Howard Florey ranks 4. Before him are Peter C. Doherty (1940), John Eccles (1903), and Robin Warren (1937). After him are Barry Marshall (1951), and Elizabeth Kenny (1880).

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