1728 - 1793
John Hunter (13 February 1728 – 16 October 1793) was a British surgeon, one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. He was an early advocate of careful observation and scientific methods in medicine. He was a teacher of, and collaborator with, Edward Jenner, pioneer of the smallpox vaccine. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hunter has received more than 48,467 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. John Hunter is the 272nd most popular physician (down from 220th in 2019), the 1,491st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,164th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Physician.
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Among physicians, John Hunter ranks 272 out of 502. Before him are Eduard Bloch, Jan Jesenius, Lorna Wing, Michel-Gabriel Paccard, Edmond Locard, and Bronisława Dłuska. After him are Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Clarke Abel, Cicely Saunders, Henry Gray, and Antonio Maria Valsalva.
1872 - 1945
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 266
1566 - 1621
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 267
1928 - 2014
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 268
1757 - 1827
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 269
1877 - 1966
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 270
1865 - 1939
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 271
1728 - 1793
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 272
1875 - 1951
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 273
1736 - 1808
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 274
1780 - 1826
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 275
1918 - 2005
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 276
1827 - 1861
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 277
1666 - 1723
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 278
Among people born in 1728, John Hunter ranks 19. Before him are Samuel Wallis, Shah Alam II, Ali Bey al-Kabir, Kirill Razumovski, Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and Oliver Goldsmith. After him are Matthew Boulton, Johann Adam Hiller, Carlo Allioni, Johann Andreas Stein, Franz Xaver von Wulfen, and Hiraga Gennai. Among people deceased in 1793, John Hunter ranks 23. Before him are Antoine Barnave, John Hancock, Fletcher Christian, Jacques Cathelineau, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, and Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Pietro Nardini, Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, John Michell, Nicolaas Laurens Burman, and Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst.
1728 - 1795
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 13
1728 - 1806
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 14
1728 - 1773
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 15
1728 - 1803
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 16
1728 - 1793
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 17
1728 - 1774
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 18
1728 - 1793
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 19
1728 - 1809
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 20
1728 - 1804
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 21
1728 - 1804
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 22
1728 - 1792
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 23
1728 - 1805
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 24
1728 - 1780
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 25
1761 - 1793
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 17
1737 - 1793
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 18
1764 - 1793
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 19
1759 - 1793
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 20
1734 - 1793
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 21
1728 - 1793
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 22
1728 - 1793
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 23
1722 - 1793
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 24
1740 - 1793
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 25
1737 - 1793
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 26
1724 - 1793
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 27
1734 - 1793
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 28
1734 - 1793
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 29
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hunter ranks 1,491 out of 7,765. Before him are Adrian Lyne (1941), Jared Harris (1961), Emma Darwin (1808), Charles Macintosh (1766), Robert Filmer (1588), and John Nash (1752). After him are Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), Oswald of Northumbria (604), William Jones (1675), Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), Gareth Bale (1989), and Norman Davies (1939).
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 1,485
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 1,486
1808 - 1896
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 1,487
1766 - 1843
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 1,488
1588 - 1653
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 1,489
1752 - 1835
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 1,490
1728 - 1793
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 1,491
1770 - 1828
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 1,492
604 - 642
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 1,493
1675 - 1749
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 1,494
1773 - 1843
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 1,495
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 1,496
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 1,497
Among physicians born in United Kingdom, John Hunter ranks 23. Before him are Edward Bach (1886), Thomas Hodgkin (1798), Thomas Addison (1793), Robert Darwin (1766), Thomas Sydenham (1624), and Lorna Wing (1928). After him are Clarke Abel (1780), Cicely Saunders (1918), Henry Gray (1827), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), William Cullen (1710), and William Bayliss (1860).
1886 - 1936
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 17
1798 - 1866
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 18
1793 - 1860
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 19
1766 - 1848
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 20
1624 - 1689
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 21
1928 - 2014
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 22
1728 - 1793
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 23
1780 - 1826
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 24
1918 - 2005
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 25
1827 - 1861
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 26
1836 - 1917
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 27
1710 - 1790
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 28
1860 - 1924
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 29