1684 - 1766
Jean Astruc (19 March 1684, in Sauve, France – 5 May 1766, in Paris) was a professor of medicine in France at Montpellier and Paris, who wrote the first great treatise on syphilis and venereal diseases, and also, with a small anonymously published book, played a fundamental part in the origins of critical textual analysis of works of the Bible. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Astruc has received more than 44,714 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jean Astruc is the 2,048th most popular writer (down from 2,035th in 2019), the 2,211th most popular biography from France (down from 2,130th in 2019) and the 291st most popular French Writer.
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Among writers, Jean Astruc ranks 2,048 out of 5,794. Before him are Samael Aun Weor, Edward Bellamy, János Arany, Yuri Bondarev, Magnus Felix Ennodius, and Gustav Schwab. After him are João Guimarães Rosa, Marianne Weber, Nigidius Figulus, Radoje Domanović, Ernst von Salomon, and Mustafa Balel.
1917 - 1977
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 2,042
1850 - 1898
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 2,043
1817 - 1882
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 2,044
1924 - Present
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 2,045
473 - 521
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 2,046
1792 - 1850
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 2,047
1684 - 1766
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 2,048
1908 - 1967
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 2,049
1870 - 1954
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 2,050
98 BC - 45 BC
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 2,051
1873 - 1908
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 2,052
1902 - 1972
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 2,053
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 2,054
Among people born in 1684, Jean Astruc ranks 10. Before him are Maria Barbara Bach, Tokugawa Yoshimune, Francesco Durante, Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, Johann Gottfried Walther, and Edward Vernon. After him are Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, Francesco Manfredini, Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Matthias Bel, and Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg. Among people deceased in 1766, Jean Astruc ranks 12. Before him are Leopold Joseph von Daun, Giuseppe Castiglione, Jean-Marc Nattier, Thomas Abbt, Johann Christoph Gottsched, and Marie Victoire de Noailles. After him are Dominikus Zimmermann, Adrien Maurice de Noailles, Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Ivan Polzunov, and Jane Colden.
1684 - 1720
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 4
1684 - 1751
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 5
1684 - 1755
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 6
1684 - 1737
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 7
1684 - 1748
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 8
1684 - 1757
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 9
1684 - 1766
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 10
1684 - 1745
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 11
1684 - 1761
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 12
1684 - 1762
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 13
1684 - 1757
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 14
1684 - 1749
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 15
1684 - 1774
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 16
1705 - 1766
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 6
1688 - 1766
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 7
1685 - 1766
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 8
1738 - 1766
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 9
1700 - 1766
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 10
1688 - 1766
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 11
1684 - 1766
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 12
1685 - 1766
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 13
1678 - 1766
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 14
1692 - 1766
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 15
1728 - 1766
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 16
1724 - 1766
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 17
Among people born in France, Jean Astruc ranks 2,211 out of 5,234. Before him are Legall de Kermeur (1702), Jacques Loussier (1934), Margaret of Burgundy, Duchess of Bavaria (1374), Marie-Pierre Kœnig (1898), Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757), and Magnus Felix Ennodius (473). After him are Lucien Muller (1934), Pierre Soulages (1919), Jacques Cœur (1395), Henri Grégoire (1750), Guillaume Dubois (1656), and René Louiche Desfontaines (1750).
1702 - 1792
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 2,205
1934 - 2019
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 2,206
1374 - 1441
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 2,207
1898 - 1970
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 2,208
1757 - 1827
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 2,209
473 - 521
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 2,210
1684 - 1766
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 2,211
1934 - Present
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 2,212
1919 - Present
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 2,213
1395 - 1456
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 2,214
1750 - 1831
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 2,215
1656 - 1723
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 2,216
1750 - 1833
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 2,217
Among writers born in France, Jean Astruc ranks 291. Before him are Roger Peyrefitte (1907), Charles de Brosses (1709), Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808), Gaston Paris (1839), Sébastien Japrisot (1931), and Magnus Felix Ennodius (473). After him are Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail (1829), Philippe Sollers (1936), Joseph Joffo (1931), Albert Gleizes (1881), Francis Jammes (1868), and Paul Morand (1888).
1907 - 2000
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 285
1709 - 1777
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 286
1808 - 1890
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 287
1839 - 1903
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 288
1931 - 2003
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 289
473 - 521
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 290
1684 - 1766
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 291
1829 - 1871
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 292
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 293
1931 - 2018
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 294
1881 - 1953
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 295
1868 - 1938
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 296
1888 - 1976
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 297