Physician

John Eccles

Australian neurophysiologist

1903 - 1997

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His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2024). John Eccles is the 120th most popular physician (up from 123rd in 2024), the 21st most popular biography from Australia (up from 24th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Physician.

John Eccles is most famous for his research on the synapse and the release of neurotransmitters. His research led to the discovery of glutamate and acetylcholine as two of the most important neurotransmitters.

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John Eccles ranks #3 among 248 notable people born in Melbourne, Australia, inside the top 2% by HPI.

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Among Physicians

Among physicians, John Eccles ranks 120 out of 749. Before him are Albert Sabin, Arvid Carlsson, Eric Kandel, Stanley Cohen, Alexandre Yersin, and Giovanni Alfonso Borelli. After him are Hotepsekhemwy, Alexander Bogdanov, Johannes Peter Müller, Baruch Samuel Blumberg, Santorio Santorio, and Aribert Heim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, John Eccles ranks 37. Before him are Fahri Korutürk, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Raymond Queneau, John Dillinger, Hans Jonas, and Irène Némirovsky. After him are The French Angel, Alec Douglas-Home, Bing Crosby, Jiro Horikoshi, Haldan Keffer Hartline, and Igor Kurchatov. Among people deceased in 1997, John Eccles ranks 36. Before him are Fred Zinnemann, Edward Mills Purcell, Alfred Hershey, Allen Ginsberg, Aldo Rossi, and Helenio Herrera. After him are Chaim Herzog, Dora Maar, Chien-Shiung Wu, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Dodi Fayed, and Zoltán Czibor.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, John Eccles ranks 21 out of 1,678. Before him are Truganini (1812), George Lazenby (1939), Jack Brabham (1926), Errol Flynn (1909), Scott Morrison (1968), and Alexander Prokhorov (1916). After him are Chris Hemsworth (1983), Margaret Court (1942), Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark (1972), Luís Vaz de Torres (1565), Heath Ledger (1979), and Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1951).

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Among Physicians In Australia

Among physicians born in Australia, John Eccles ranks 2. Before him is Peter C. Doherty (1940). After him are Robin Warren (1937), Howard Florey (1898), Barry Marshall (1951), and Elizabeth Kenny (1880).

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