1197 - 1248
Diyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī, commonly known as Ibn al-Bayṭār (Arabic: ابن البيطار) (1197–1248 AD) was an Andalusian Arab physician, botanist, pharmacist and scientist. His main contribution was to systematically record the additions made by Islamic physicians in the Middle Ages, which added between 300 and 400 types of medicine to the one thousand previously known since antiquity. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn al-Baitar has received more than 145,866 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Ibn al-Baitar is the 93rd most popular biologist (down from 63rd in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from Spain (down from 213th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Biologist.
Ibn al-Baitar was a 12th century physician and botanist who wrote the Book of Simple Drugs. He is most famous for his work on drugs and plants.
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Among biologists, Ibn al-Baitar ranks 93 out of 841. Before him are Elizabeth Blackburn, E. O. Wilson, André Michel Lwoff, John Gurdon, Werner Arber, and Bernard Katz. After him are William Carey, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Thomas Huckle Weller, Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Carl Peter Thunberg, and Nikolay Pirogov.
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 87
1929 - 2021
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 88
1902 - 1994
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 89
1933 - Present
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 90
1929 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 91
1911 - 2003
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 92
1197 - 1248
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 93
1761 - 1834
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 94
1656 - 1708
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 95
1915 - 2008
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 96
1855 - 1935
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 97
1743 - 1828
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 98
1810 - 1881
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 99
Among people born in 1197, Ibn al-Baitar ranks 1. After him are Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse, Aybak, Emperor Juntoku, Mafalda of Portugal, Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy, Agnes of Assisi, Yolanda of Courtenay, Nikephoros Blemmydes, Yusuf II, Almohad caliph, Gonzalo de Berceo, and Richard of Chichester. Among people deceased in 1248, Ibn al-Baitar ranks 4. Before him are Subutai, Shams Tabrizi, and Güyük Khan. After him are Sancho II of Portugal, Al-Adil II, Henry II, Duke of Brabant, and Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen.
1197 - 1248
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 1
1197 - 1249
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 2
1197 - 1257
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 3
1197 - 1242
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 4
1197 - 1256
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 5
1197 - 1253
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 6
1197 - 1253
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 7
1197 - 1233
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 8
1197 - 1269
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 9
1197 - 1224
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 10
1197 - 1264
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 11
1197 - 1253
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 12
1175 - 1248
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 1
1185 - 1248
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 2
1206 - 1248
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 3
1197 - 1248
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 4
1209 - 1248
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 5
1221 - 1248
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 6
1207 - 1248
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 7
1202 - 1248
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 8
Among people born in Spain, Ibn al-Baitar ranks 254 out of 2,932. Before him are Alfonso III of Aragon (1265), Fernando Rey (1917), Reccared I (510), Manuel Santana (1938), Carlota Joaquina of Spain (1775), and Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542). After him are Matilde Camus (1919), Pompeia Plotina (65), Benjamin of Tudela (1130), Alfonso I of Asturias (693), Nachmanides (1194), and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836).
1265 - 1291
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 248
1917 - 1994
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 249
510 - 601
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 250
1938 - 2021
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 251
1775 - 1830
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 252
1542 - 1595
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 253
1197 - 1248
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 254
1919 - 2012
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 255
65 - 121
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 256
1130 - 1173
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 257
693 - 757
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 258
1194 - 1270
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 259
1836 - 1870
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 260
Among biologists born in Spain, Ibn al-Baitar ranks 2. Before him are Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852). After him are Antonio José Cavanilles (1745), Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1515), Francisco J. Ayala (1934), Francisco Manuel Blanco (1778), Hipólito Ruiz López (1754), Ángel Cabrera (1879), and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez (1754).
1852 - 1934
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 1
1197 - 1248
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 2
1745 - 1804
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 3
1515 - 1587
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 4
1934 - 2023
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 5
1778 - 1845
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 6
1754 - 1816
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 7
1879 - 1960
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 8
1754 - 1840
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 9