2700 BC - 2659 BC
Merit-Ptah ("Beloved of Ptah") was thought to be a female chief physician of the pharaoh's court during the Second Dynasty of Egypt, c. 2700 BCE; she is purportedly referred as such on an inscription left on her grave at Saqqara by her son.However, in recent times it has been argued that she most likely never existed, being a modern 1938 invention of a Canadian feminist called Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Merit-Ptah has received more than 93,031 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Merit-Ptah is the 135th most popular physician (up from 201st in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 213th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Physician.
Merit-ptah was a pharaoh of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom. He was most famous for his military campaigns against the Libyans and the Assyrians.
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Among physicians, Merit-Ptah ranks 135 out of 509. Before her are Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, Ibn Zuhr, Frederick Griffith, Carl Wernicke, John Eccles, and Georges Gilles de la Tourette. After her are Hans Rosling, Joseph Erlanger, Kitasato Shibasaburō, Dominique Jean Larrey, Theodor Billroth, and Baruj Benacerraf.
1774 - 1838
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 129
1091 - 1162
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 130
1879 - 1941
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 131
1848 - 1905
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 132
1903 - 1997
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 133
1857 - 1904
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 134
2700 BC - 2659 BC
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 135
1948 - 2017
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 136
1874 - 1965
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 137
1853 - 1931
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 138
1766 - 1842
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 139
1829 - 1894
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 140
1920 - 2011
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 141
Among people born in 2700 BC, Merit-Ptah ranks 5. Before her are Khufu, Sneferu, Sanakht, and Khaba. After her are Hetepheres I, Prince Rahotep, Meritites I, Henutsen, Meresankh I, and Hetephernebti. Among people deceased in 2659 BC, Merit-Ptah ranks 1.
2700 BC - 2570 BC
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 1
2700 BC - 2609 BC
HPI: 79.05
Rank: 2
2700 BC - 2715 BC
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 3
2700 BC - 2700 BC
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 4
2700 BC - 2659 BC
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 5
2700 BC - 2700 BC
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 6
2700 BC - 2700 BC
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 7
2700 BC - 2600 BC
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 8
2700 BC - 2600 BC
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 9
2700 BC - 2700 BC
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 10
2700 BC - 2700 BC
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 11
Among people born in Egypt, Merit-Ptah ranks 165 out of 520. Before her are Huda Sha'arawi (1879), Sosigenes of Alexandria (-80), Saadia Gaon (882), Cleopatra V of Egypt (-100), Dodi Fayed (1955), and Zahi Hawass (1947). After her are Taha Hussein (1889), Djedkare Isesi (-2500), Adly Mansour (1945), Basilides (117), Meritamen (-1400), and Ahmose (-1504).
1879 - 1947
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 159
80 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 160
882 - 942
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 161
100 BC - 57 BC
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 162
1955 - 1997
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 163
1947 - Present
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 164
2700 BC - 2659 BC
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 165
1889 - 1973
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 166
2500 BC - 2380 BC
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 167
1945 - Present
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 168
117 - 140
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 169
1400 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 170
1504 BC - 1492 BC
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 171
Among physicians born in Egypt, Merit-Ptah ranks 2. Before her are Cyril of Alexandria (376). After her are Ali ibn Ridwan (988) and Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh (1951).
376 - 444
HPI: 79.93
Rank: 1
2700 BC - 2659 BC
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 2
988 - 1061
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 3
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 4