Physician
L. L. Zamenhof
Inventor of the international language Esperanto in the 19th century
1859 - 1917
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L. L. Zamenhof
His biography is available in 115 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 112 in 2024). L. L. Zamenhof is the 8th most popular physician (up from 10th in 2024), the 11th most popular biography from Poland and the most popular Polish Physician.
L. L. Zamenhof is most famous for inventing Esperanto, a language that is meant to be easy to learn and use.
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#11 / 2,054
L. L. Zamenhof ranks #11 among 2,054 people in Pantheon born in Poland, inside the top 1% of that group.
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L. L. Zamenhof's biography appears in 115 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 99% of all Physicians.
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Among Physicians
Among physicians, L. L. Zamenhof ranks 8 out of 749. Before him are Galen, Paracelsus, Josef Mengele, Robert Koch, Florence Nightingale, and Basil of Caesarea. After him are Joseph Lister, Imhotep, Edward Jenner, Anthony Fauci, Albert Schweitzer, and Andreas Vesalius.
Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia
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Galen
129 - 215
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 2
Paracelsus
1493 - 1541
HPI: 85.08
Rank: 3
Josef Mengele
1911 - 1979
HPI: 84.33
Rank: 4
Robert Koch
1843 - 1910
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 5
Florence Nightingale
1820 - 1910
HPI: 83.23
Rank: 6
Basil of Caesarea
329 - 379
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 7
L. L. Zamenhof
1859 - 1917
HPI: 82.06
Rank: 8
Joseph Lister
1827 - 1912
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 9
Imhotep
2800 BC - 2700 BC
HPI: 81.17
Rank: 10
Edward Jenner
1749 - 1823
HPI: 81.13
Rank: 11
Anthony Fauci
1940 - Present
HPI: 80.91
Rank: 12
Albert Schweitzer
1875 - 1965
HPI: 80.49
Rank: 13
Andreas Vesalius
1514 - 1564
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 14
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1859, L. L. Zamenhof ranks 5. Before him are Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Pierre Curie, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Henri Bergson. After him are Knut Hamsun, Edmund Husserl, Svante Arrhenius, John Dewey, Georges Seurat, Alfred Dreyfus, and Yuan Shikai. Among people deceased in 1917, L. L. Zamenhof ranks 6. Before him are Émile Durkheim, Octave Mirbeau, Auguste Rodin, Mata Hari, and Edgar Degas. After him are Liliʻuokalani, Eduard Buchner, Adolf von Baeyer, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Emil von Behring, and Emil Theodor Kocher.
Others Born in 1859
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Wilhelm II, German Emperor
POLITICIAN
1859 - 1941
HPI: 88.47
Rank: 1
Pierre Curie
PHYSICIST
1859 - 1906
HPI: 84.35
Rank: 2
Arthur Conan Doyle
WRITER
1859 - 1930
HPI: 83.22
Rank: 3
Henri Bergson
PHILOSOPHER
1859 - 1941
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 4
L. L. Zamenhof
PHYSICIAN
1859 - 1917
HPI: 82.06
Rank: 5
Knut Hamsun
WRITER
1859 - 1952
HPI: 81.71
Rank: 6
Edmund Husserl
PHILOSOPHER
1859 - 1938
HPI: 80.57
Rank: 7
Svante Arrhenius
CHEMIST
1859 - 1927
HPI: 80.55
Rank: 8
John Dewey
PSYCHOLOGIST
1859 - 1952
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 9
Georges Seurat
PAINTER
1859 - 1891
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 10
Alfred Dreyfus
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1859 - 1935
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 11
Yuan Shikai
POLITICIAN
1859 - 1916
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1917
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Émile Durkheim
SOCIOLOGIST
1858 - 1917
HPI: 85.14
Rank: 1
Octave Mirbeau
WRITER
1848 - 1917
HPI: 84.08
Rank: 2
Auguste Rodin
SCULPTOR
1840 - 1917
HPI: 83.07
Rank: 3
Mata Hari
DANCER
1876 - 1917
HPI: 82.51
Rank: 4
Edgar Degas
PAINTER
1834 - 1917
HPI: 82.47
Rank: 5
L. L. Zamenhof
PHYSICIAN
1859 - 1917
HPI: 82.06
Rank: 6
Liliʻuokalani
NOBLEMAN
1838 - 1917
HPI: 79.39
Rank: 7
Eduard Buchner
CHEMIST
1860 - 1917
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 8
Adolf von Baeyer
CHEMIST
1835 - 1917
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 9
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
BUSINESSPERSON
1838 - 1917
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 10
Emil von Behring
PHYSICIAN
1854 - 1917
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 11
Emil Theodor Kocher
PHYSICIAN
1841 - 1917
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 12
In Poland
Among people born in Poland, L. L. Zamenhof ranks 11 out of 2,054. Before him are Arthur Schopenhauer (1788), Catherine the Great (1729), Rosa Luxemburg (1871), Albert A. Michelson (1852), Lech Wałęsa (1943), and Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906). After him are Paul von Hindenburg (1847), David Ben-Gurion (1886), Günter Grass (1927), Johann Gottfried Herder (1744), Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846), and Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686).
Others born in Poland
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Arthur Schopenhauer
PHILOSOPHER
1788 - 1860
HPI: 87.55
Rank: 5
Catherine the Great
NOBLEMAN
1729 - 1796
HPI: 86.60
Rank: 6
Rosa Luxemburg
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1871 - 1919
HPI: 85.33
Rank: 7
Albert A. Michelson
PHYSICIST
1852 - 1931
HPI: 84.49
Rank: 8
Lech Wałęsa
POLITICIAN
1943 - Present
HPI: 82.76
Rank: 9
Maria Goeppert Mayer
PHYSICIST
1906 - 1972
HPI: 82.73
Rank: 10
L. L. Zamenhof
PHYSICIAN
1859 - 1917
HPI: 82.06
Rank: 11
Paul von Hindenburg
POLITICIAN
1847 - 1934
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 12
David Ben-Gurion
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1973
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 13
Günter Grass
WRITER
1927 - 2015
HPI: 80.42
Rank: 14
Johann Gottfried Herder
PHILOSOPHER
1744 - 1803
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 15
Henryk Sienkiewicz
WRITER
1846 - 1916
HPI: 79.31
Rank: 16
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
PHYSICIST
1686 - 1736
HPI: 79.17
Rank: 17
Among Physicians In Poland
Among physicians born in Poland, L. L. Zamenhof ranks 1. After him are Rudolf Virchow (1821), Paul Ehrlich (1854), Emil von Behring (1854), Albert Sabin (1906), Alexander Bogdanov (1873), Magnus Hirschfeld (1868), Carl Wernicke (1848), Jan Jesenius (1566), Leon Pinsker (1821), Bronisława Dłuska (1865), and Robert Remak (1815).
L. L. Zamenhof
1859 - 1917
HPI: 82.06
Rank: 1
Rudolf Virchow
1821 - 1902
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 2
Paul Ehrlich
1854 - 1915
HPI: 75.73
Rank: 3
Emil von Behring
1854 - 1917
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 4
Albert Sabin
1906 - 1993
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 5
Alexander Bogdanov
1873 - 1928
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 6
Magnus Hirschfeld
1868 - 1935
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 7
Carl Wernicke
1848 - 1905
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 8
Jan Jesenius
1566 - 1621
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 9
Leon Pinsker
1821 - 1891
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 10
Bronisława Dłuska
1865 - 1939
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 11
Robert Remak
1815 - 1865
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 12
