1903 - 1997
Sir John Carew Eccles (27 January 1903 – 2 May 1997) was an Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Eccles has received more than 11,115 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). John Eccles is the 120th most popular physician (up from 133rd in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Australia (up from 24th in 2019) and the 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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Among physicians, John Eccles ranks 120 out of 502. Before him are John Snow, Ferid Murad, Francis Peyton Rous, Herta Oberheuser, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, and Harvey J. Alter. After him are Franz Joseph Gall, Virginia Apgar, Albert Sabin, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Johannes Peter Müller, and Niels Kaj Jerne.
1813 - 1858
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 114
1936 - 2023
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 115
1879 - 1970
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 116
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 117
1840 - 1902
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 118
1935 - Present
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 119
1903 - 1997
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 120
1758 - 1828
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 121
1909 - 1974
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 122
1906 - 1993
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 123
1608 - 1679
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 124
1801 - 1858
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 125
1911 - 1994
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 126
Among people born in 1903, John Eccles ranks 49. Before him are Lars Onsager, Empress Kōjun, Andrei Grechko, Jiro Horikoshi, Claudio Arrau, and Tamam Shud case. After him are Bruno Bettelheim, John Vincent Atanasoff, Claudette Colbert, Haldan Keffer Hartline, George Davis Snell, and Irving Stone. Among people deceased in 1997, John Eccles ranks 39. Before him are Clyde Tombaugh, Otto Ernst Remer, Helenio Herrera, Zoltán Czibor, Shoichi Yokoi, and Dodi Fayed. After him are Alfred Hershey, Nikolai Tikhonov, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, John Kendrew, John Denver, and Chien-Shiung Wu.
1903 - 1976
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 43
1903 - 2000
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 44
1903 - 1976
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 45
1903 - 1982
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 46
1903 - 1991
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 47
1903 - 1948
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 48
1903 - 1997
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 49
1903 - 1990
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 50
1903 - 1995
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 51
1903 - 1996
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 52
1903 - 1983
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 53
1903 - 1996
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 54
1903 - 1989
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 55
1906 - 1997
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 33
1912 - 1997
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 34
1910 - 1997
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 35
1929 - 1997
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 36
1915 - 1997
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 37
1955 - 1997
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 38
1903 - 1997
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 39
1908 - 1997
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 40
1905 - 1997
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 41
1912 - 1997
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 42
1917 - 1997
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 43
1943 - 1997
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 44
1912 - 1997
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 45
Among people born in Australia, John Eccles ranks 22 out of 925. Before him are Steve Irwin (1962), Colleen McCullough (1937), Peter Singer (1946), Lionel Logue (1880), Margaret Court (1942), and Tamam Shud case (1903). After him are Elizabeth Blackburn (1948), V. Gordon Childe (1892), Margot Robbie (1990), Alexander Prokhorov (1916), Peter Weir (1944), and Joan Sutherland (1926).
1962 - 2006
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 16
1937 - 2015
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 17
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 18
1880 - 1953
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 19
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 20
1903 - 1948
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 21
1903 - 1997
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 22
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 23
1892 - 1957
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 24
1990 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 25
1916 - 2002
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 26
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 27
1926 - 2010
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 28
Among physicians born in Australia, John Eccles ranks 1. After him are Robin Warren (1937), Howard Florey (1898), Barry Marshall (1951), and Peter C. Doherty (1940).
1903 - 1997
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 1
1937 - Present
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 2
1898 - 1968
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 3
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 4
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 5