1738 - 1814
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (French: [ʒɔzɛf iɲas ɡijɔtɛ̃]; 28 May 1738 – 26 March 1814) was a French physician, politician, and freemason who proposed on 10 October 1789 the use of a device to carry out executions in France, as a less painful method of execution than existing methods. Although he did not invent the guillotine and opposed the death penalty, his name became an eponym for it. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin has received more than 719,236 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Joseph-Ignace Guillotin is the 24th most popular physician, the 304th most popular biography from France (up from 319th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Physician.
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin was a French physician and politician. He invented the guillotine, a device which became the standard method of execution in France.
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Among physicians, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin ranks 24 out of 502. Before him are Alois Alzheimer, Michael Servetus, Nestorius, Pedanius Dioscorides, Jacques Rogge, and Rudolf Virchow. After him are Polycarp, Camillo Golgi, Paul Ehrlich, Willem Einthoven, Alexis Carrel, and Georgius Agricola.
1864 - 1915
HPI: 72.56
Rank: 18
1509 - 1553
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 19
381 - 451
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 20
40 - 90
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 21
1942 - 2021
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 22
1821 - 1902
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 23
1738 - 1814
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 24
69 - 155
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 25
1843 - 1926
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 26
1854 - 1915
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 27
1860 - 1927
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 28
1873 - 1944
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 29
1494 - 1555
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 30
Among people born in 1738, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin ranks 3. Before him are William Herschel and George III of the United Kingdom. After him are Cesare Beccaria, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Túpac Amaru II, Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Ethan Allen, Thomas Abbt, Johann Hermann, and Aleijadinho. Among people deceased in 1814, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin ranks 5. Before him are Marquis de Sade, Empress Joséphine, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, and Maria Carolina of Austria. After him are Benjamin Thompson, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Matthew Flinders.
1738 - 1822
HPI: 75.68
Rank: 1
1738 - 1820
HPI: 74.34
Rank: 2
1738 - 1814
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 3
1738 - 1794
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 4
1738 - 1789
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 5
1738 - 1781
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 6
1738 - 1822
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 7
1738 - 1805
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 8
1738 - 1789
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 9
1738 - 1766
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 10
1738 - 1800
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 11
1738 - 1814
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 12
1740 - 1814
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 1
1763 - 1814
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 2
1762 - 1814
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 3
1752 - 1814
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 4
1738 - 1814
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 5
1753 - 1814
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 6
1737 - 1814
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 7
1737 - 1814
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 8
1735 - 1814
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 9
1757 - 1814
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 10
1765 - 1814
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 11
1774 - 1814
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin ranks 304 out of 6,011. Before him are Michel Platini (1955), Chlothar I (498), Frédéric Mistral (1830), Joan I of Navarre (1273), Robert I, Duke of Normandy (1010), and Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682). After him are Alfred Werner (1866), Bernard Arnault (1949), Georges de La Tour (1593), Jean Baudrillard (1929), Édouard Daladier (1884), and Frédéric Passy (1822).
1955 - Present
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 298
498 - 561
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 299
1830 - 1914
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 300
1273 - 1305
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 301
1010 - 1035
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 302
1682 - 1712
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 303
1738 - 1814
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 304
1866 - 1919
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 305
1949 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 306
1593 - 1652
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 307
1929 - 2007
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 308
1884 - 1970
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 309
1822 - 1912
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 310
Among physicians born in France, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin ranks 2. Before him are Albert Schweitzer (1875). After him are Alexis Carrel (1873), Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845), Claude Bernard (1813), Ambroise Paré (1510), Karl Brandt (1904), Jean-Martin Charcot (1825), Hilary of Poitiers (315), Philippe Pinel (1745), René Laennec (1781), and Jean Nicot (1530).
1875 - 1965
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 1
1738 - 1814
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 2
1873 - 1944
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 3
1845 - 1922
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 4
1813 - 1878
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 5
1510 - 1590
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 6
1904 - 1948
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 7
1825 - 1893
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 8
315 - 367
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 9
1745 - 1826
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 10
1781 - 1826
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 11
1530 - 1605
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 12