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Maurice Bucaille

1920 - 1998

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Maurice Bucaille (French pronunciation: [moris bykaj]; 19 July 1920 – 17 February 1998) was a French doctor and a specialist in the field of gastroenterology who was appointed as the family physician of Faisal of Saudi Arabia in 1973. His patients included the members of the family of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.Bucaille is primarily known for his book The Bible, The Qur'an and Science that he wrote following his study of the mummy of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II. The book contained multiple references to the Quran, relating science and Quran in which Bucaille concluded that the Quran is a divine revelation and that it was not written by any man;. The book gave rise to a movement called Bucailleism, which tries to relate modern science with religion, especially Islam. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Bucaille has received more than 847,862 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Bucaille is the 188th most popular physician (up from 203rd in 2019), the 1,473rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,498th in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Physician.

Maurice Bucaille is most famous for his book The Bible, The Quran and Science in which he argues that there are many similarities between the Bible and the Quran. He also argues that the Quran and science are not in conflict with each other.

Memorability Metrics

  • 850k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Maurice Bucailles by language

Over the past year Maurice Bucaille has had the most page views in the with 88,378 views, followed by Arabic (38,494), and French (33,903). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (61.44%), Javanese (52.74%), and Turkish (44.50%)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Maurice Bucaille ranks 188 out of 726. Before him are Alan Hodgkin, August von Wassermann, Hans Sloane, Werner Haase, Giovanni Battista Morgagni, and Leonid Rogozov. After him are Guy de Chauliac, Leonhart Fuchs, Sebastian Kneipp, Heo Jun, Louis Ignarro, and Peter Agre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Maurice Bucaille ranks 79. Before him are Abe Lenstra, Takashi Kano, Arthur Hailey, Alicia Alonso, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, and Dorothea Binz. After him are Frank Sheeran, Gottfried Böhm, Mehdi Ben Barka, Peter D. Mitchell, Mario Benedetti, and Hans Blumenberg. Among people deceased in 1998, Maurice Bucaille ranks 45. Before him are Alan J. Pakula, Alan Hodgkin, Imi Lichtenfeld, Adem Jashari, David McClelland, and Kunitaka Sueoka. After him are Shoichi Nishimura, Kurt Franz, Maria Reiche, Marie-Louise von Franz, James Earl Ray, and Sonny Bono.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Bucaille ranks 1,473 out of 6,770. Before him are James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick (1670), Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary (1158), Stephen, Count of Blois (1045), Henri de la Rochejaquelein (1772), Barbara (1930), and Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756). After him are Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (1929), Warda Al-Jazairia (1939), Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220), André Lhote (1885), Austen Henry Layard (1817), and Jacques Charrier (1936).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Maurice Bucaille ranks 20. Before him are Jean Nicot (1530), André Frédéric Cournand (1895), Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), and Dominique Jean Larrey (1766). After 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).

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