PHYSICIAN
Marcel Petiot
1897 - 1946
Marcel Petiot
Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot (17 January 1897 – 25 May 1946) was a French medical doctor and serial killer. He was convicted of multiple murders after the discovery of the remains of 23 people in the basement of his home in Paris during World War II. He is suspected of the murder of about 60 to 200 victims during his lifetime, although the true number remains unknown. Despite showing early signs of mental illness and criminal behaviour, Petiot served in the First World War, graduated from an accelerated medical program, and began a dubious medical career that included performing abortions and supplying narcotics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcel Petiot has received more than 1,339,263 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Marcel Petiot is the 242nd most popular physician (down from 196th in 2019), the 1,893rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,452nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Physician.
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1.3M
Page Views (PV)
57.81
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
20
Languages Editions (L)
4.15
Effective Languages (L*)
2.41
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Among PHYSICIANS
Among physicians, Marcel Petiot ranks 242 out of 726. Before him are Vladimir Dal, Hieronymus Fabricius, Norman Bethune, Hans Berger, Ernst-Robert Grawitz, and Randy Schekman. After him are Frederik Ruysch, Caspar Friedrich Wolff, Duchenne de Boulogne, Ernst Gräfenberg, Henry Heimlich, and Robert Lefkowitz.
Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsVladimir Dal
1801 - 1872
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 236
Hieronymus Fabricius
1533 - 1619
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 237
Norman Bethune
1890 - 1939
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 238
Hans Berger
1873 - 1941
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 239
Ernst-Robert Grawitz
1899 - 1945
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 240
Randy Schekman
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 241
Marcel Petiot
1897 - 1946
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 242
Frederik Ruysch
1638 - 1731
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 243
Caspar Friedrich Wolff
1735 - 1794
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 244
Duchenne de Boulogne
1806 - 1875
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 245
Ernst Gräfenberg
1881 - 1957
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 246
Henry Heimlich
1920 - 2016
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 247
Robert Lefkowitz
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 248
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1897, Marcel Petiot ranks 86. Before him are Carl Oberg, Judith Anderson, Tarjei Vesaas, Shoghi Effendi, Chen Cheng, and Yuri Kondratyuk. After him are Elijah Muhammad, Maria Valtorta, Arthur Greiser, Samuel Noah Kramer, Jesse Douglas, and Manuel Ávila Camacho. Among people deceased in 1946, Marcel Petiot ranks 63. Before him are Alfred Stieglitz, Karl Eberhard Schöngarth, Anton Mussert, Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Hisaichi Terauchi, and Inayatullah Khan. After him are Infanta María de la Paz of Spain, Arthur Greiser, Louis Slotin, Yōsuke Matsuoka, Henry Bergman, and Jack Johnson.
Others Born in 1897
Go to all RankingsCarl Oberg
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1897 - 1965
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 80
Judith Anderson
ACTOR
1897 - 1992
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 81
Tarjei Vesaas
WRITER
1897 - 1970
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 82
Shoghi Effendi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1897 - 1957
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 83
Chen Cheng
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1965
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 84
Yuri Kondratyuk
ENGINEER
1897 - 1942
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 85
Marcel Petiot
PHYSICIAN
1897 - 1946
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 86
Elijah Muhammad
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1975
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 87
Maria Valtorta
WRITER
1897 - 1961
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 88
Arthur Greiser
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1946
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 89
Samuel Noah Kramer
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1990
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 90
Jesse Douglas
MATHEMATICIAN
1897 - 1965
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 91
Manuel Ávila Camacho
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1955
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 92
Others Deceased in 1946
Go to all RankingsAlfred Stieglitz
PHOTOGRAPHER
1864 - 1946
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 57
Karl Eberhard Schöngarth
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1946
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 58
Anton Mussert
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1946
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 59
Jenny-Wanda Barkmann
MAFIOSO
1922 - 1946
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 60
Hisaichi Terauchi
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1879 - 1946
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 61
Inayatullah Khan
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1946
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 62
Marcel Petiot
PHYSICIAN
1897 - 1946
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 63
Infanta María de la Paz of Spain
POLITICIAN
1862 - 1946
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 64
Arthur Greiser
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1946
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 65
Louis Slotin
PHYSICIST
1910 - 1946
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 66
Yōsuke Matsuoka
POLITICIAN
1880 - 1946
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 67
Henry Bergman
ACTOR
1868 - 1946
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 68
Jack Johnson
BOXER
1878 - 1946
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 69
In France
Among people born in France, Marcel Petiot ranks 1,893 out of 6,770. Before him are Valentin de Boulogne (1591), Fulk I, Count of Anjou (870), Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours (1644), Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707), Jean de Meun (1240), and François Périer (1919). After him are Jean Hyppolite (1907), Charles-André van Loo (1705), Charles de Bourbon (1523), Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768), Louis Durey (1888), and Daniel Revenu (1942).
Others born in France
Go to all RankingsValentin de Boulogne
PAINTER
1591 - 1632
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 1,887
Fulk I, Count of Anjou
POLITICIAN
870 - 942
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,888
Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours
POLITICIAN
1644 - 1724
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,889
Louis, Duke of Brittany
NOBLEMAN
1707 - 1712
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 1,890
Jean de Meun
WRITER
1240 - 1305
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 1,891
François Périer
ACTOR
1919 - 2002
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 1,892
Marcel Petiot
PHYSICIAN
1897 - 1946
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 1,893
Jean Hyppolite
PHILOSOPHER
1907 - 1968
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,894
Charles-André van Loo
PAINTER
1705 - 1765
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 1,895
Charles de Bourbon
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1523 - 1590
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 1,896
Jean-Baptiste Bessières
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1768 - 1813
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,897
Louis Durey
COMPOSER
1888 - 1979
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 1,898
Daniel Revenu
FENCER
1942 - 2024
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 1,899
Among PHYSICIANS In France
Among physicians born in France, Marcel Petiot ranks 27. Before him are Guy de Chauliac (1300), Paul Gachet (1828), Albert Calmette (1863), Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis (1757), Bernard Kouchner (1939), and Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772). After him are Duchenne de Boulogne (1806), François Magendie (1783), Édouard Séguin (1812), Edmond Locard (1877), Guillaume Dupuytren (1777), and Pierre Paul Émile Roux (1853).
Guy de Chauliac
1300 - 1368
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 21
Paul Gachet
1828 - 1909
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 22
Albert Calmette
1863 - 1933
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 23
Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis
1757 - 1808
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 24
Bernard Kouchner
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 25
Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol
1772 - 1840
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 26
Marcel Petiot
1897 - 1946
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 27
Duchenne de Boulogne
1806 - 1875
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 28
François Magendie
1783 - 1855
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 29
Édouard Séguin
1812 - 1880
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 30
Edmond Locard
1877 - 1966
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 31
Guillaume Dupuytren
1777 - 1835
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 32
Pierre Paul Émile Roux
1853 - 1933
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 33