1868 - 1935
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, 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.
1828 - 1896
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 151
1914 - 1998
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 152
1899 - 1980
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 153
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 154
1912 - 2008
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 155
1888 - 1945
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 156
1868 - 1935
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 157
1903 - 1948
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 158
620 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 159
1887 - 1971
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 160
1874 - 1965
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 161
1937 - Present
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 162
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 163
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.
1868 - 1941
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 39
1868 - 1969
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 40
1868 - 1942
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 41
1868 - 1920
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 42
1868 - 1957
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 43
1868 - 1918
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 44
1868 - 1935
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 45
1868 - 1940
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 46
1868 - 1948
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 47
1868 - 1958
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 48
1868 - 1935
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 49
1868 - 1946
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 50
1868 - 1948
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 51
1855 - 1935
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 28
1846 - 1935
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 29
1884 - 1935
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 30
1886 - 1935
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 31
1865 - 1935
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 32
1847 - 1935
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 33
1868 - 1935
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 34
1864 - 1935
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 35
1879 - 1935
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 36
1868 - 1935
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 37
1852 - 1935
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 38
1859 - 1935
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 39
1873 - 1935
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 40
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).
1923 - 2010
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 209
1878 - 1966
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 210
1863 - 1936
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 211
1860 - 1924
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 212
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 213
1882 - 1949
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 214
1868 - 1935
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 215
1893 - 1939
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 216
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 217
1628 - Present
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 218
1828 - 1898
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 219
1882 - 1969
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 220
1881 - 1948
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 221
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).
1859 - 1917
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 1
1821 - 1902
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 2
1854 - 1915
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 3
1854 - 1917
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 4
1906 - 1993
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 5
1848 - 1905
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 6
1868 - 1935
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 7
1873 - 1928
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 8
1566 - 1621
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 9
1865 - 1939
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 10
1921 - 1992
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 11
1916 - 2013
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 12
1821 - 1891
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 13