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Magnus Hirschfeld

1868 - 1935

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Magnus Hirschfeld (14 May 1868 – 14 May 1935) was a Jewish German physician and sexologist, whose citizenship was later revoked by the Nazi government. Hirschfeld was educated in philosophy, philology and medicine. An outspoken advocate for sexual minorities, Hirschfeld founded the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee and World League for Sexual Reform. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Magnus Hirschfeld has received more than 1,708,566 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Magnus Hirschfeld is the 157th most popular physician (down from 153rd in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from Poland (up from 221st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Polish Physician.

Magnus Hirschfeld was a German physician, sexologist, and gay rights activist. He is most famous for his work in the field of sexual science.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Magnus Hirschfeld ranks 157 out of 502. Before him are John Langdon Down, Alan Hodgkin, Ludwig Guttmann, E. Donnall Thomas, George Emil Palade, and Fritz Klein. After him are Waldemar Hoven, Sushruta, Bernardo Houssay, Joseph Erlanger, Robin Warren, and Michael Stuart Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Magnus Hirschfeld ranks 45. Before him are Émile Bernard, Alexandra David-Néel, Felix Hausdorff, Eleanor H. Porter, James Brendan Connolly, and Koloman Moser. After him are Édouard Vuillard, Kantarō Suzuki, Alfred Weber, Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, Gustav Noske, and Pompeu Fabra. Among people deceased in 1935, Magnus Hirschfeld ranks 34. Before him are Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, Panait Istrati, Aron Nimzowitsch, Rashid Rida, and Max Liebermann. After him are Johan Halvorsen, Ali of Hejaz, Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, Paul Bourget, Anna Ancher, and Ma Barker.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Magnus Hirschfeld ranks 215 out of 1,454. Before him are Alice Miller (1923), Alexander von Falkenhausen (1878), Heinrich Rickert (1863), Karl Denke (1860), Grzegorz Lato (1950), and Aleksandra Ekster (1882). After him are Ernst Toller (1893), Jerzy Skolimowski (1938), Muazzez Sultan (1628), Ferdinand Cohn (1828), Wacław Sierpiński (1882), and Emil Ludwig (1881).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Poland

Among physicians born in Poland, Magnus Hirschfeld ranks 7. Before him are L. L. Zamenhof (1859), Rudolf Virchow (1821), Paul Ehrlich (1854), Emil von Behring (1854), Albert Sabin (1906), and Carl Wernicke (1848). After him are Alexander Bogdanov (1873), Jan Jesenius (1566), Bronisława Dłuska (1865), Gavriil Ilizarov (1921), Hilary Koprowski (1916), and Leon Pinsker (1821).

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