PHYSICIAN

Masawaiyh

777 - 857

Photo of Masawaiyh

Icon of person Masawaiyh

Yuhanna ibn Masawaih (circa 777–857), (Arabic: يوحنا بن ماسويه), also written Ibn Masawaih, Masawaiyh, and in Latin Janus Damascenus, or Mesue, Masuya, Mesue Major, Msuya, and Mesuë the Elder was a Persian or Assyrian East Syriac Christian physician from the Academy of Gundishapur. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masawaiyh has received more than 75,831 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Masawaiyh is the 316th most popular physician, the 231st most popular biography from Iran and the 4th most popular Iranian Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 76k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Masawaiyh ranks 316 out of 726. Before him are Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel, John Latham, Hinrich Lichtenstein, Johann Christian Reil, Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, and Antoine Louis. After him are Friedrich von Berchtold, Lorna Wing, Friedrich Hoffmann, Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, Ferdinand Sauerbruch, and William Cullen.

Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 777, Masawaiyh ranks 2. Before him is Pepin of Italy. After him is Khalifah ibn Khayyat. Among people deceased in 857, Masawaiyh ranks 2. Before him is Ziryab.

Others Born in 777

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 857

Go to all Rankings
Load previous
  • Photo of Ziryab

    Ziryab

    MUSICIAN

    789 - 857

    HPI: 71.59

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Masawaiyh

    Masawaiyh

    PHYSICIAN

    777 - 857

    HPI: 61.38

    Rank: 2

Load previous

In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Masawaiyh ranks 231 out of 631. Before him are Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906), Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi (1500), Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1135), Amir Kabir (1807), Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh (1883), and Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854). After him are Phraates I (-190), Aga Khan I (1800), Ahmad Jannati (1927), Hayedeh (1942), Aga Khan II (1830), and Vardanes I (10).

Others born in Iran

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PHYSICIANS In Iran

Among physicians born in Iran, Masawaiyh ranks 4. Before him are Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865), 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi (930), and Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari (838). After him are Borzuya (500), and Homa Darabi (1940).

Iranian born Physicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous