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 59,627 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Fernel is the 191st most popular astronomer (up from 244th in 2019), the 2,437th most popular biography from France (up from 2,545th in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Jean Fernel ranks 191 out of 532. Before him are Walter Lewin, Oskar Backlund, Maria Margaretha Kirch, John Bevis, Mariam al-Asturlabi, and James Glaisher. After him are Bertil Lindblad, Eleanor F. Helin, Yrjö Väisälä, Otto Struve, Wilhelm von Biela, and Cleostratus.
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 185
1846 - 1916
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 186
1670 - 1720
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 187
1695 - 1771
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 188
950 - Present
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 189
1809 - 1903
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 190
1497 - 1558
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 191
1895 - 1965
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 192
1932 - 2009
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 193
1891 - 1971
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 194
1897 - 1963
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 195
1782 - 1856
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 196
520 BC - 432 BC
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 197
Among people born in 1497, Jean Fernel ranks 7. Before him are Philip Melanchthon, Hans Holbein the Younger, Beyhan Sultan, Pedro de Valdivia, Mōri Motonari, and Emperor Go-Nara. After him are Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Stephen Gardiner. Among people deceased in 1558, Jean Fernel ranks 11. Before him are Eleanor of Austria, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Clément Janequin, Robert Recorde, Johannes Bugenhagen, and Reginald Pole. After him is Francisco de Sá de Miranda.
1497 - 1560
HPI: 79.25
Rank: 1
1497 - 1545
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 2
1497 - 1559
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 3
1497 - 1553
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 4
1497 - 1571
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 5
1497 - 1557
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 6
1497 - 1558
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 7
1497 - 1546
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 8
1497 - 1555
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 9
1498 - 1558
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 5
1484 - 1558
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 6
1485 - 1558
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 7
1512 - 1558
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 8
1485 - 1558
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 9
1500 - 1558
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 10
1497 - 1558
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 11
1491 - 1558
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Jean Fernel ranks 2,437 out of 5,234. Before him are Germain Pilon (1525), Louis Massignon (1883), Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (1801), André Téchiné (1943), Jean François de Troy (1679), and Amandus (600). After him are Daniel Buren (1938), Christian Boltanski (1944), Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876), Rudi Garcia (1964), Herleva (1003), and Pierre Pflimlin (1907).
1525 - 1590
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 2,431
1883 - 1962
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 2,432
1801 - 1876
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 2,433
1943 - Present
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 2,434
1679 - 1752
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 2,435
600 - 676
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 2,436
1497 - 1558
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 2,437
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 2,438
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 2,439
1876 - 1918
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 2,440
1964 - Present
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 2,441
1003 - 1050
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 2,442
1907 - 2000
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 2,443
Among astronomers born in France, Jean Fernel ranks 19. Before him are Auguste Charlois (1864), Bernard Lyot (1897), Guillaume Le Gentil (1725), Jean Chacornac (1823), Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723), and Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748). After him are César-François Cassini de Thury (1714), Jérôme Eugène Coggia (1849), Alexis Bouvard (1767), Pierre Charles Le Monnier (1715), André-Louis Danjon (1890), and Benjamin Baillaud (1848).
1864 - 1910
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 13
1897 - 1952
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 14
1725 - 1792
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 15
1823 - 1873
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 16
1723 - 1788
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 17
1748 - 1845
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 18
1497 - 1558
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 19
1714 - 1784
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 20
1849 - 1919
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 21
1767 - 1843
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 22
1715 - 1799
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 23
1890 - 1967
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 24
1848 - 1934
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 25