Physician

Oswaldo Cruz

Brazilian physician and bacteriologist

1872 - 1917

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Oswaldo Cruz

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Oswaldo Cruz is the 596th most popular physician (down from 556th in 2024), the 571st most popular biography from Brazil (down from 491st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Brazilian Physician.

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Oswaldo Cruz's biography spans 18 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 56.04.

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Among Physicians

Among physicians, Oswaldo Cruz ranks 596 out of 749. Before him are William Stokes, Nikolai Semashko, Oskar Vogt, Gregorio Marañón, Kamal Ranadive, and Martyn Lloyd-Jones. After him are Kenneth H. Cooper, Édouard Gagnon, Dorothy Hansine Andersen, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, Ludwig Traube, and Richard Leach Maddox.

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William Stokes
1804 - 1878
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 590
Nikolai Semashko
1874 - 1949
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 591
Oskar Vogt
1870 - 1959
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 592
Gregorio Marañón
1887 - 1960
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 593
Kamal Ranadive
1917 - 2001
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 594
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
1899 - 1981
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 595
Oswaldo Cruz
1872 - 1917
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 596
Kenneth H. Cooper
1931 - Present
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 597
Édouard Gagnon
1918 - 2007
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 598
Dorothy Hansine Andersen
1901 - 1963
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 599
Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer
1850 - 1935
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 600
Ludwig Traube
1818 - 1876
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 601
Richard Leach Maddox
1816 - 1902
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 602

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Oswaldo Cruz ranks 155. Before him are Zane Grey, Nikola Mushanov, Jan Szczepanik, Feliciano Viera, Max Beerbohm, and Bohdan Lepky. After him are Otto Witte, Julio Acosta García, Henri Hubert, Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols, Wivi Lönn, and Mehdi Frashëri. Among people deceased in 1917, Oswaldo Cruz ranks 104. Before him are Teoberto Maler, José Manuel Pando, William Knox D'Arcy, Giuseppe Veronese, Antonio de La Gándara, and Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia. After him are Frank Odberg, Bob Fitzsimmons, Chrétien Waydelich, Alexei Mateevici, Mary Arthur McElroy, and Viktor Madarász.

Others Born in 1872

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Zane Grey
WRITER
1872 - 1939
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 149
Nikola Mushanov
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1951
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 150
Jan Szczepanik
CHEMIST
1872 - 1926
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 151
Feliciano Viera
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1927
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 152
Max Beerbohm
WRITER
1872 - 1956
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 153
Bohdan Lepky
WRITER
1872 - 1941
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 154
Oswaldo Cruz
PHYSICIAN
1872 - 1917
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 155
Otto Witte
OCCULTIST
1872 - 1958
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 156
Julio Acosta García
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1954
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 157
Henri Hubert
SOCIOLOGIST
1872 - 1927
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 158
Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1949
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 159
Wivi Lönn
ARCHITECT
1872 - 1966
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 160
Mehdi Frashëri
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1963
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 161

Others Deceased in 1917

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Teoberto Maler
EXPLORER
1842 - 1917
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 98
José Manuel Pando
POLITICIAN
1849 - 1917
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 99
William Knox D'Arcy
BUSINESSPERSON
1849 - 1917
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 100
Giuseppe Veronese
MATHEMATICIAN
1854 - 1917
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 101
Antonio de La Gándara
PAINTER
1861 - 1917
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 102
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1917
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 103
Oswaldo Cruz
PHYSICIAN
1872 - 1917
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 104
Frank Odberg
ATHLETE
1879 - 1917
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 105
Bob Fitzsimmons
BOXER
1863 - 1917
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 106
Chrétien Waydelich
ATHLETE
1841 - 1917
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 107
Alexei Mateevici
WRITER
1888 - 1917
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 108
Mary Arthur McElroy
POLITICIAN
1841 - 1917
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 109
Viktor Madarász
PAINTER
1830 - 1917
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 110

In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Oswaldo Cruz ranks 571 out of 2,779. Before him are Cacau (1981), Rildo da Costa Menezes (1942), Irmã Dulce (1914), Tetsuo Okamoto (1932), Batista (1955), and Evair (1965). After him are Henrique Mecking (1952), Igor Cavalera (1970), Mengálvio Pedro Figueiró (1939), Wagner Lopes (1969), Pixinguinha (1897), and Celso Amorim (1942).

Others born in Brazil

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Cacau
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 565
Rildo da Costa Menezes
SOCCER PLAYER
1942 - 2021
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 566
Irmã Dulce
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1914 - 1992
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 567
Tetsuo Okamoto
SWIMMER
1932 - 2007
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 568
Batista
SOCCER PLAYER
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 569
Evair
SOCCER PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 570
Oswaldo Cruz
PHYSICIAN
1872 - 1917
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 571
Henrique Mecking
CHESS PLAYER
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 572
Igor Cavalera
MUSICIAN
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 573
Mengálvio Pedro Figueiró
SOCCER PLAYER
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 574
Wagner Lopes
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 575
Pixinguinha
MUSICIAN
1897 - 1973
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 576
Celso Amorim
POLITICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 577