PHYSICIAN

Oswaldo Cruz

1872 - 1917

Oswaldo Cruz

Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz (Portuguese pronunciation: [ozˈvawdu ˈkɾus]; August 5, 1872 – February 11, 1917), was a Brazilian physician, pioneer bacteriologist, epidemiologist and public health officer and the founder of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. He occupied the fifth chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1912 until his death in 1917. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oswaldo Cruz has received more than 108,114 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Oswaldo Cruz is the 555th most popular physician (down from 510th in 2019), the 492nd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 464th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Brazilian Physician.

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Page Views (PV)
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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
17
Languages Editions (L)
1.96
Effective Languages (L*)
3.23
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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Oswaldo Cruz ranks 555 out of 726. Before him are Thomas Erastus, Serenus Sammonicus, Mustafa Barghouti, Thomas Francis Wade, Bidhan Chandra Roy, and Erik Adolf von Willebrand. After him are Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, Borzuya, Joep Lange, Ludwig Aschoff, Aemilia Hilaria, and Ancel Keys.

Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia

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Thomas Erastus
1524 - 1583
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 549
Serenus Sammonicus
200 - 212
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 550
Mustafa Barghouti
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 551
Thomas Francis Wade
1818 - 1895
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 552
Bidhan Chandra Roy
1882 - 1962
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 553
Erik Adolf von Willebrand
1870 - 1949
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 554
Oswaldo Cruz
1872 - 1917
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 555
Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt
1885 - 1964
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 556
Borzuya
500 - 600
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 557
Joep Lange
1954 - 2014
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 558
Ludwig Aschoff
1866 - 1942
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 559
Aemilia Hilaria
300 - 363
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 560
Ancel Keys
1904 - 2004
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 561

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Oswaldo Cruz ranks 142. Before him are Augusts Kirhenšteins, Kote Marjanishvili, Mehdi Frashëri, Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, Charles Gmelin, and Jan Szczepanik. After him are John McCrae, Zane Grey, Henri Masson, Wilfred Baddeley, Richard Röstel, and Henri Hubert. Among people deceased in 1917, Oswaldo Cruz ranks 88. Before him are James Crafts, Yevgeni Bauer, James Dwight, Petter Adolf Karsten, Alexei Mateevici, and Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia. After him are Madge Syers, Frances Xavier Cabrini, Yi Jun-yong, John W. Foster, Teoberto Maler, and Edward Thomas.

Others Born in 1872

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Augusts Kirhenšteins
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1963
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 136
Kote Marjanishvili
FILM DIRECTOR
1872 - 1933
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 137
Mehdi Frashëri
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1963
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 138
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
WRITER
1872 - 1945
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 139
Charles Gmelin
ATHLETE
1872 - 1950
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 140
Jan Szczepanik
CHEMIST
1872 - 1926
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 141
Oswaldo Cruz
PHYSICIAN
1872 - 1917
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 142
John McCrae
PAINTER
1872 - 1918
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 143
Zane Grey
WRITER
1872 - 1939
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 144
Henri Masson
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1963
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 145
Wilfred Baddeley
TENNIS PLAYER
1872 - 1929
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 146
Richard Röstel
POLITICIAN
1872 - Present
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 147
Henri Hubert
SOCIOLOGIST
1872 - 1927
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 148

Others Deceased in 1917

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James Crafts
CHEMIST
1839 - 1917
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 82
Yevgeni Bauer
FILM DIRECTOR
1865 - 1917
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 83
James Dwight
TENNIS PLAYER
1852 - 1917
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 84
Petter Adolf Karsten
BIOLOGIST
1834 - 1917
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 85
Alexei Mateevici
WRITER
1888 - 1917
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 86
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1917
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 87
Oswaldo Cruz
PHYSICIAN
1872 - 1917
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 88
Madge Syers
SKATER
1881 - 1917
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 89
Frances Xavier Cabrini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1850 - 1917
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 90
Yi Jun-yong
POLITICIAN
1870 - 1917
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 91
John W. Foster
POLITICIAN
1836 - 1917
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 92
Teoberto Maler
EXPLORER
1842 - 1917
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 93
Edward Thomas
WRITER
1878 - 1917
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 94