1813 - 1858
John Snow (15 March 1813 – 16 June 1858) was an English physician and a leader in the development of anaesthesia and medical hygiene. He is considered one of the founders of modern epidemiology and early germ theory, in part because of his work in tracing the source of a cholera outbreak in London's Soho, which he identified as a particular public water pump. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Snow has received more than 2,270,245 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). John Snow is the 114th most popular physician (down from 99th in 2019), the 604th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 595th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Physician.
John Snow was a British physician and epidemiologist who discovered the cause of an 1854 cholera outbreak in London. Snow's map of the Soho neighborhood showed that most of the cholera cases were near the Broad Street water pump. His study convinced authorities to remove the handle from the pump, thus preventing any more cases of cholera.
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Among physicians, John Snow ranks 114 out of 502. Before him are Eric Kandel, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, George Minot, Peter Damian, Johann Joachim Becher, and Edgar Adrian. After him are Ferid Murad, Francis Peyton Rous, Herta Oberheuser, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Harvey J. Alter, and John Eccles.
1929 - Present
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 108
1841 - 1912
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 109
1885 - 1950
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 110
1007 - 1072
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 111
1635 - 1682
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 112
1889 - 1977
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 113
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
Among people born in 1813, John Snow ranks 8. Before him are Richard Wagner, Søren Kierkegaard, David Livingstone, Claude Bernard, Ivar Aasen, and Georg Büchner. After him are Henry Bessemer, Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Franz Miklosich, Princess Josephine of Baden, and Baron Alexander von Bach. Among people deceased in 1858, John Snow ranks 8. Before him are Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Robert Brown, Rani of Jhansi, Hiroshige, Karl Thomas Mozart, and Matthew C. Perry. After him are Anton Diabelli, Johannes Peter Müller, Dred Scott, Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, and Aimé Bonpland.
1813 - 1883
HPI: 85.34
Rank: 2
1813 - 1855
HPI: 81.07
Rank: 3
1813 - 1873
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 4
1813 - 1878
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 5
1813 - 1896
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 6
1813 - 1837
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 7
1813 - 1858
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 8
1813 - 1898
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 9
1813 - 1851
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 10
1813 - 1888
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 11
1813 - 1891
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 12
1813 - 1900
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 13
1813 - 1893
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 14
1766 - 1858
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 2
1773 - 1858
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 3
1828 - 1858
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 4
1797 - 1858
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 5
1784 - 1858
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 6
1794 - 1858
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 7
1813 - 1858
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 8
1781 - 1858
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 9
1801 - 1858
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 10
1795 - 1858
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 11
1810 - 1858
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 12
1778 - 1858
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 13
1773 - 1858
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 14
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Snow ranks 604 out of 7,765. Before him are Malcolm Young (1953), Ann Radcliffe (1764), John Franklin (1786), John Davis (1550), Nick Mason (1944), and Edgar Adrian (1889). After him are Tony Iommi (1948), Tom Hardy (1977), Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1388), William Dampier (1651), John Flamsteed (1646), and Henry the Young King (1155).
1953 - 2017
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 598
1764 - 1823
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 599
1786 - 1847
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 600
1550 - 1605
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 601
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 602
1889 - 1977
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 603
1813 - 1858
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 604
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 605
1977 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 606
1388 - 1421
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 607
1651 - 1715
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 608
1646 - 1719
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 609
1155 - 1183
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 610
Among physicians born in United Kingdom, John Snow ranks 7. Before him are Edward Jenner (1749), William Harvey (1578), Joseph Lister (1827), James Parkinson (1755), Elizabeth Blackwell (1821), and Edgar Adrian (1889). After him are Niels Kaj Jerne (1911), Frederick Griffith (1879), Mungo Park (1771), John Langdon Down (1828), Alan Hodgkin (1914), and Thomas Willis (1621).
1749 - 1823
HPI: 79.98
Rank: 1
1578 - 1657
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 2
1827 - 1912
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 3
1755 - 1824
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 4
1821 - 1910
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 5
1889 - 1977
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 6
1813 - 1858
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 7
1911 - 1994
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 8
1879 - 1941
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 9
1771 - 1806
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 10
1828 - 1896
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 11
1914 - 1998
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 12
1621 - 1675
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 13