1745 - 1808
Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Christian Fabricius has received more than 187,110 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Christian Fabricius is the 159th most popular biologist (down from 124th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 128th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Biologist.
Johan Christian Fabricius is most famous for his discovery of the parasitic worm that causes elephantiasis.
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Among biologists, Johan Christian Fabricius ranks 159 out of 841. Before him are John James Audubon, Mario Capecchi, Mikhail Tsvet, J. Michael Bishop, Jakob von Uexküll, and Olaus Rudbeck. After him are Paul Greengard, Anna Atkins, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Peter Medawar, Erwin Neher, and Bert Sakmann.
1785 - 1851
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 153
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 154
1872 - 1919
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 155
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 156
1864 - 1944
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 157
1630 - 1702
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 158
1745 - 1808
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 159
1925 - 2019
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 160
1799 - 1871
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 161
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 162
1915 - 1987
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 163
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 164
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 165
Among people born in 1745, Johan Christian Fabricius ranks 12. Before him are Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Carl Stamitz, Levin August von Bennigsen, Andrianampoinimerina, Fyodor Ushakov, and Valentin Haüy. After him are Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Şahin Giray, Mihrişah Sultan, Casimir Pulaski, George Atwood, and Olaudah Equiano. Among people deceased in 1808, Johan Christian Fabricius ranks 8. Before him are Christian VII of Denmark, Mustafa IV, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, John Dickinson, and Hubert Robert. After him are Carl Gotthard Langhans, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Paul Wranitzky, Princess Marie of Baden, and Gaétan Vestris.
1745 - 1761
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 6
1745 - 1801
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 7
1745 - 1826
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 8
1745 - 1810
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 9
1745 - 1817
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 10
1745 - 1822
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 11
1745 - 1808
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 12
1745 - 1818
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 13
1745 - 1787
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 14
1745 - 1805
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 15
1745 - 1779
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 16
1745 - 1807
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 17
1745 - 1797
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 18
1749 - 1808
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 2
1779 - 1808
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 3
1743 - 1808
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 4
1737 - 1808
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 5
1732 - 1808
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 6
1733 - 1808
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 7
1745 - 1808
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 8
1732 - 1808
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 9
1757 - 1808
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 10
1736 - 1808
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 11
1756 - 1808
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 12
1782 - 1808
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 13
1729 - 1808
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 14
Among people born in Denmark, Johan Christian Fabricius ranks 133 out of 893. Before him are Tove Ditlevsen (1917), Princess Charlotte of Denmark (1789), Anna Ancher (1859), Lars Ulrich (1963), Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), and Brigitte Nielsen (1963). After him are Aksel Sandemose (1899), Ulrich Salchow (1877), Piet Hein (1905), Magnus, Duke of Holstein (1540), Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776), and Theophil Hansen (1813).
1917 - 1976
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 127
1789 - 1864
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 128
1859 - 1935
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 129
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 130
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 131
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 132
1745 - 1808
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 133
1899 - 1965
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 134
1877 - 1949
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 135
1905 - 1996
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 136
1540 - 1583
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 137
1776 - 1831
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 138
1813 - 1891
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 139
Among biologists born in Denmark, Johan Christian Fabricius ranks 3. Before him are Hans Christian Gram (1853) and Wilhelm Johannsen (1857). After him are Erik Pontoppidan (1698), Christen C. Raunkiær (1860), Eugenius Warming (1841), Emil Christian Hansen (1842), Otto Friedrich Müller (1730), Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737), Johan Lange (1818), Johannes Schmidt (1877), and Nathaniel Wallich (1786).
1853 - 1938
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 1
1857 - 1927
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 2
1745 - 1808
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 3
1698 - 1764
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 4
1860 - 1938
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 5
1841 - 1924
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 6
1842 - 1909
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 7
1730 - 1784
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 8
1737 - 1827
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 9
1818 - 1898
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 10
1877 - 1933
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 11
1786 - 1854
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 12