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Jean Nicot

1530 - 1605

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Jean Nicot de Villemain (French: [ʒɑ̃ niko də vilmɛ̃]; 1530 – 4 May 1604) was a French diplomat and scholar. He is famous for being the first to bring tobacco to France, including snuff tobacco. Nicotine is named after the tobacco plant Nicotiana tabacum, which in turn is named after Jean Nicot de Villemain, who sent tobacco and seeds to Paris in 1560, presented it to the King Francis II, and who promoted their medicinal use. Smoking was believed to protect against illness, particularly the plague. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Nicot has received more than 143,115 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Jean Nicot is the 95th most popular physician (down from 78th in 2019), the 778th most popular biography from France (down from 665th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Physician.

Jean Nicot was a French diplomat and scholar who introduced tobacco to France in 1560.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Jean Nicot ranks 95 out of 726. Before him are George Minot, Cyril of Jerusalem, Amenmesse, Jang-geum, Joseph Lister, and Hans Selye. After him are Aribert Heim, Alexandre Yersin, Haldan Keffer Hartline, Róbert Bárány, André Frédéric Cournand, and Ctesias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1530, Jean Nicot ranks 6. Before him are Ivan the Terrible, Jean Bodin, Étienne de La Boétie, Uesugi Kenshin, and Yasuke. After him are Ruy López de Segura, Anastasia Romanovna, Louis, Prince of Condé, Jan Kochanowski, Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Christopher Báthory. Among people deceased in 1605, Jean Nicot ranks 7. Before him are Akbar, Pope Clement VIII, Pope Leo XI, Handan Sultan, Boris Godunov, and Feodor II of Russia. After him are Ulisse Aldrovandi, John Davis, Theodore Beza, Naresuan, Jan Zamoyski, and Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Nicot ranks 778 out of 6,770. Before him are Adélaïde of France (1732), Auguste Mariette (1821), Edmond James de Rothschild (1845), Frontinus (30), Jacques Callot (1592), and André Michel Lwoff (1902). After him are François l'Olonnais (1635), Margaret of Provence (1221), Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932), Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789), Louis de Montfort (1673), and Émile Loubet (1838).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Jean Nicot ranks 14. Before him are Hilary of Poitiers (315), René Laennec (1781), Philippe Pinel (1745), Karl Brandt (1904), Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805), and Charles Nicolle (1866). After him are André Frédéric Cournand (1895), Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), Dominique Jean Larrey (1766), and Maurice Bucaille (1920).

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