New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

PHYSICIAN

Marcel Petiot

1897 - 1946

Photo of Marcel Petiot

Icon of person 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. His political career was marked by scandal, theft, and corruption. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcel Petiot has received more than 1,302,041 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Marcel Petiot is the 196th most popular physician (up from 212th in 2019), the 1,457th most popular biography from France (up from 1,604th in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Marcel Petiots by language


Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Marcel Petiot ranks 196 out of 502. Before him are Joseph Calasanz, Ernst-Robert Grawitz, Howard Florey, Severo Ochoa, George Whipple, and Hans Sloane. After him are Bernardino Ramazzini, Trota of Salerno, Bernard Kouchner, Franciscus Sylvius, David H. Hubel, and Regnier de Graaf.

Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Marcel Petiot ranks 63. Before him are Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Hans Baur, Zakir Husain, Douglas Sirk, Vito Genovese, and Theodor Busse. After him are Winifred Wagner, Karl Löwith, Elijah Muhammad, Sidney Bechet, Benjamin Lee Whorf, and Judith Anderson. Among people deceased in 1946, Marcel Petiot ranks 53. Before him are Francisco Largo Caballero, Inayatullah Khan, Rüdiger von der Goltz, Gustav Noske, Per Albin Hansson, and Willi Herold. After him are Clemens August Graf von Galen, Anton Mussert, Hisaichi Terauchi, Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov, Henry Bergman, and Carl Schuhmann.

Others Born in 1897

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1946

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Petiot ranks 1,457 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean-Claude Pascal (1927), Thomas, Count of Savoy (1178), Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully (1560), Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893), Régis Debray (1940), and Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès (1753). After him are Bob Denard (1929), Louis de Bonald (1754), Antoine de Montchrestien (1575), Odo of Cluny (878), André Charles Boulle (1642), and Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Marcel Petiot ranks 21. Before him are Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), André Frédéric Cournand (1895), Albert Calmette (1863), Dominique Jean Larrey (1766), and Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857). After him are Bernard Kouchner (1939), Maurice Bucaille (1920), Paul Gachet (1828), Guy de Chauliac (1300), Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis (1757), and Duchenne de Boulogne (1806).

French born Physicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL