1683 - 1758
Lorenz Heister (Latin: Laurentius Heister) (19 September 1683 – 18 April 1758) was a German anatomist, surgeon and botanist born in Frankfurt am Main. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lorenz Heister has received more than 29,156 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Lorenz Heister is the 378th most popular biologist (up from 386th in 2019), the 2,930th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,729th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular German Biologist.
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Among biologists, Lorenz Heister ranks 378 out of 841. Before him are William Aiton, Otto Kuntze, Wilhelm Roux, Daniel Solander, Camille Guérin, and Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn. After him are Carlo Allioni, Georg Eberhard Rumphius, Barry Commoner, Juan Ignacio Molina, Johann Jakob von Tschudi, and Armen Takhtajan.
1731 - 1793
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 372
1843 - 1907
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 373
1850 - 1924
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 374
1733 - 1782
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 375
1872 - 1961
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 376
1809 - 1864
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 377
1683 - 1758
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 378
1728 - 1804
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 379
1627 - 1702
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 380
1917 - 2012
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 381
1740 - 1829
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 382
1818 - 1889
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 383
1910 - 2009
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 384
Among people born in 1683, Lorenz Heister ranks 18. Before him are Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Johann David Heinichen, Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, Edward Young, Antoine Pesne, and Giovanni Poleni. After him are Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Jonathan Wild, and Mark Catesby. Among people deceased in 1758, Lorenz Heister ranks 13. Before him are Jonathan Edwards, Senesino, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Antoine de Jussieu, and Johan Helmich Roman. After him are Johann Baptist Zimmermann and Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough.
1683 - 1756
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 12
1683 - 1729
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 13
1683 - 1767
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 14
1683 - 1765
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 15
1683 - 1757
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 16
1683 - 1761
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 17
1683 - 1758
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 18
1683 - 1744
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 19
1683 - 1745
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 20
1683 - 1725
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 21
1683 - 1749
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 22
1703 - 1758
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 7
1686 - 1758
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 8
1688 - 1758
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 9
1737 - 1758
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 10
1686 - 1758
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 11
1694 - 1758
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 12
1683 - 1758
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 13
1680 - 1758
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 14
1706 - 1758
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 15
Among people born in Germany, Lorenz Heister ranks 2,930 out of 6,142. Before him are Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1687), Alfred Abel (1879), Werner Goldberg (1919), Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723), Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony (1617), and Reiner Klimke (1936). After him are Freimut Börngen (1930), Otto Pfister (1937), Karl Krumbacher (1856), Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1769), Paul Ben-Haim (1897), and Alfred Schwarzmann (1912).
1687 - 1763
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 2,924
1879 - 1937
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 2,925
1919 - 2004
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 2,926
1723 - 1799
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 2,927
1617 - 1668
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 2,928
1936 - 1999
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 2,929
1683 - 1758
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 2,930
1930 - 2021
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 2,931
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 2,932
1856 - 1909
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 2,933
1769 - 1814
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 2,934
1897 - 1984
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 2,935
1912 - 2000
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 2,936
Among biologists born in Germany, Lorenz Heister ranks 73. Before him are Princess Therese of Bavaria (1850), Conrad Moench (1744), Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744), Otto Kuntze (1843), Wilhelm Roux (1850), and Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn (1809). After him are Georg Eberhard Rumphius (1627), Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper (1742), Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied (1782), Moritz Wagner (1813), Ludwig Reichenbach (1793), and Heinrich Anton de Bary (1831).
1850 - 1925
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 67
1744 - 1805
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 68
1744 - 1777
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 69
1843 - 1907
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 70
1850 - 1924
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 71
1809 - 1864
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 72
1683 - 1758
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 73
1627 - 1702
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 74
1742 - 1810
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 75
1782 - 1867
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 76
1813 - 1887
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 77
1793 - 1879
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 78
1831 - 1888
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 79