1729 - 1799
Lazzaro Spallanzani (Italian pronunciation: [ˈladdzaro spallanˈtsaːni]; 12 January 1729 – 11 February 1799) was an Italian Catholic priest (for which he was nicknamed Abbé Spallanzani), biologist and physiologist who made important contributions to the experimental study of bodily functions, animal reproduction, and animal echolocation. His research on biogenesis paved the way for the downfall of the theory of spontaneous generation, a prevailing idea at the time that organisms develop from inanimate matters, though the final death blow to the idea was dealt by French scientist Louis Pasteur a century later. His most important works were summed up in his book Experiencias Para Servir a La Historia de La Generación De Animales y Plantas (Experiences to Serve to the History of the Generation of Animals and Plants), published in 1786. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lazzaro Spallanzani has received more than 471,464 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Lazzaro Spallanzani is the 37th most popular biologist (down from 30th in 2019), the 601st most popular biography from Italy (down from 504th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Biologist.
Lazzaro Spallanzani is most famous for his work in the field of reproductive biology. He is credited with discovering the role of seminal fluid in reproduction.
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Among biologists, Lazzaro Spallanzani ranks 37 out of 841. Before him are Charles Richet, Theodor Schwann, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Harald zur Hausen, Albrecht Kossel, and Karl von Frisch. After him are Christian de Duve, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Ada Yonath, Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Richard Owen, and Nikolaas Tinbergen.
1850 - 1935
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 31
1810 - 1882
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 32
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 33
1936 - 2023
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 34
1853 - 1927
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 35
1886 - 1982
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 36
1729 - 1799
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 37
1917 - 2013
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 38
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 39
1939 - Present
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 40
1787 - 1869
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 41
1804 - 1892
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 42
1907 - 1988
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 43
Among people born in 1729, Lazzaro Spallanzani ranks 6. Before him are Catherine the Great, Edmund Burke, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Louis, Dauphin of France, and Moses Mendelssohn. After him are Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Antonio Soler, Johann Daniel Titius, and Giuseppe Sarti. Among people deceased in 1799, Lazzaro Spallanzani ranks 8. Before him are Qianlong Emperor, Pope Pius VI, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Pierre Beaumarchais, Tipu Sultan, and Joseph Black. After him are Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Heshen, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Victoire of France, and Étienne-Louis Boullée.
1729 - 1796
HPI: 83.49
Rank: 1
1729 - 1797
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 2
1729 - 1781
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 3
1729 - 1765
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 4
1729 - 1786
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 5
1729 - 1799
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 6
1729 - 1811
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 7
1729 - 1785
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 8
1729 - 1796
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 9
1729 - 1783
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 10
1729 - 1796
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 11
1729 - 1802
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 12
1711 - 1799
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 2
1717 - 1799
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 3
1718 - 1799
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 4
1732 - 1799
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 5
1750 - 1799
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 6
1728 - 1799
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 7
1729 - 1799
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 8
1742 - 1799
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 9
1750 - 1799
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 10
1724 - 1799
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 11
1740 - 1799
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 12
1733 - 1799
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 13
1728 - 1799
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 14
Among people born in Italy, Lazzaro Spallanzani ranks 601 out of 4,668. Before him are Pope Stephen I (200), Damocles (null), Pope Miltiades (250), Aldus Manutius (1449), Roberto Baggio (1967), and Baldassare Castiglione (1478). After him are Claudia Octavia (40), Saint Eustace (10), Olybrius (400), Frank Capra (1897), Libius Severus (420), and Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598).
200 - 257
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 595
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 596
250 - 314
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 597
1449 - 1515
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 598
1967 - Present
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 599
1478 - 1529
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 600
1729 - 1799
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 601
40 - 62
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 602
10 - 118
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 603
400 - 472
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 604
1897 - 1991
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 605
420 - 465
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 606
1598 - 1647
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 607
Among biologists born in Italy, Lazzaro Spallanzani ranks 1. After him are Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522), Gabriele Falloppio (1523), Giovanni Sartori (1924), Salvador Luria (1912), Mario Capecchi (1937), Mikhail Tsvet (1872), Renato Dulbecco (1914), Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (1922), Odoardo Beccari (1843), Carlo Allioni (1728), and Giuseppe Acerbi (1773).
1729 - 1799
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 1
1522 - 1605
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 2
1523 - 1562
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 3
1924 - 2017
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 4
1912 - 1991
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 5
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 6
1872 - 1919
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 7
1914 - 2012
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 8
1922 - 2018
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 9
1843 - 1920
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 10
1728 - 1804
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 11
1773 - 1846
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 12