1497 - 1558
Jean François Fernel (Latinized as Ioannes Fernelius; 1497 – 26 April 1558) was a French physician who introduced the term "physiology" to describe the study of the body's function. He was the first person to describe the spinal canal. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Fernel has received more than 89,476 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jean Fernel is the 192nd most popular astronomer (down from 191st in 2019), the 2,497th most popular biography from France (down from 2,434th in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Jean Fernel ranks 192 out of 531. Before him are Antonio de Ulloa, Lyudmila Chernykh, Robert Grant Aitken, Yrjö Väisälä, Francis Baily, and Bertil Lindblad. After him are Joel Hastings Metcalf, Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi, Maximilian Hell, Mariam al-Asturlabi, Otto Struve, and Edward Walter Maunder.
1716 - 1795
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 186
1935 - 2017
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 187
1864 - 1951
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 188
1891 - 1971
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 189
1774 - 1844
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 190
1895 - 1965
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 191
1497 - 1558
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 192
1866 - 1925
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 193
770 - 874
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 194
1720 - 1792
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 195
950 - Present
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 196
1897 - 1963
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 197
1851 - 1928
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 198
Among people born in 1497, Jean Fernel ranks 8. Before him are Philip Melanchthon, Beyhan Sultan, Pedro de Valdivia, Emperor Go-Nara, Mōri Motonari, and Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him are Francesco Canova da Milano and Stephen Gardiner. Among people deceased in 1558, Jean Fernel ranks 11. Before him are Eleanor of Austria, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Clément Janequin, Reginald Pole, Robert Recorde, and Johannes Bugenhagen. After him are Anna van Egmont, Macropedius, Francisco de Sá de Miranda, and Caupolicán.
1497 - 1560
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 2
1497 - 1559
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 3
1497 - 1553
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 4
1497 - 1557
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 5
1497 - 1571
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 6
1497 - 1546
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 7
1497 - 1558
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 8
1497 - 1543
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 9
1497 - 1555
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 10
1498 - 1558
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 5
1484 - 1558
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 6
1485 - 1558
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 7
1500 - 1558
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 8
1512 - 1558
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 9
1485 - 1558
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 10
1497 - 1558
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 11
1533 - 1558
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 12
1487 - 1558
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 13
1491 - 1558
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 14
1500 - 1558
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 15
Among people born in France, Jean Fernel ranks 2,497 out of 6,011. Before him are Gaston Paris (1839), Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie (1718), Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve (1756), Claude Rich (1929), Jacques Pills (1906), and Jean Raspail (1925). After him are René Louiche Desfontaines (1750), François-André Vincent (1746), Paschasius Radbertus (792), Michel Gondry (1963), Chilperic II of Burgundy (450), and Pierre Leroux (1797).
1839 - 1903
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2,491
1718 - 1804
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2,492
1756 - 1794
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,493
1929 - 2017
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,494
1906 - 1970
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,495
1925 - 2020
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,496
1497 - 1558
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,497
1750 - 1833
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,498
1746 - 1816
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,499
792 - 865
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,500
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,501
450 - 491
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,502
1797 - 1871
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,503
Among astronomers born in France, Jean Fernel ranks 19. Before him are Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723), Jean Chacornac (1823), Jean Picard (1620), Auguste Charlois (1864), Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748), and Jean-Louis Pons (1761). After him are Guillaume Le Gentil (1725), Alexis Bouvard (1767), César-François Cassini de Thury (1714), Rudolph Minkowski (1895), Pierre Charles Le Monnier (1715), and Laurent Cassegrain (1629).
1723 - 1788
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 13
1823 - 1873
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 14
1620 - 1682
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 15
1864 - 1910
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 16
1748 - 1845
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 17
1761 - 1831
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 18
1497 - 1558
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 19
1725 - 1792
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 20
1767 - 1843
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 21
1714 - 1784
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 22
1895 - 1976
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 23
1715 - 1799
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 24
1629 - 1693
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 25