1873 - 1961
Otto Loewi (German: [ˈɔtoː ˈløːvi] ; 3 June 1873 – 25 December 1961) was a German-born pharmacologist and psychobiologist who discovered the role of acetylcholine as an endogenous neurotransmitter. For this discovery, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936, which he shared with Sir Henry Dale, who was a lifelong friend that helped to inspire the neurotransmitter experiment. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Loewi has received more than 231,712 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Otto Loewi is the 97th most popular physician (up from 113th in 2019), the 615th most popular biography from Germany (up from 775th in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Physician.
Otto Loewi is most famous for his work on the chemical transmission of nerve impulses. In 1921, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the chemical transmission of nerve impulses.
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Among physicians, Otto Loewi ranks 97 out of 502. Before him are Róbert Bárány, Walter Rudolf Hess, Jang-geum, Corneille Heymans, Stanley Cohen, and Ctesias. After him are Qa'a, Bernardino of Siena, Elias Lönnrot, Oswald Avery, Alexandre Yersin, and Elizabeth Blackwell.
1876 - 1936
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 91
1881 - 1973
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 92
1550 - Present
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 93
1892 - 1968
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 94
1922 - 2020
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 95
440 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 96
1873 - 1961
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 97
2950 BC - 2910 BC
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 98
1380 - 1444
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 99
1802 - 1884
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 100
1877 - 1955
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 101
1863 - 1943
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 102
1821 - 1910
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 103
Among people born in 1873, Otto Loewi ranks 18. Before him are Alfred Jarry, Karl Schwarzschild, Alberto Santos-Dumont, G. E. Moore, Spyridon Louis, and William McMaster Murdoch. After him are Julius Martov, Sándor Ferenczi, Max Reger, Francisco I. Madero, Feodor Chaliapin, and Pavlo Skoropadskyi. Among people deceased in 1961, Otto Loewi ranks 18. Before him are Rafael Trujillo, Adnan Menderes, Frantz Fanon, Mohammed V of Morocco, Percy Williams Bridgman, and Kurt Meyer. After him are Paul Landowski, Dashiell Hammett, Maria of Yugoslavia, Grandma Moses, Eero Saarinen, and Luigi Einaudi.
1873 - 1907
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 12
1873 - 1916
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 13
1873 - 1932
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 14
1873 - 1958
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 15
1873 - 1940
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 16
1873 - 1912
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 17
1873 - 1961
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 18
1873 - 1923
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 19
1873 - 1933
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 20
1873 - 1916
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 21
1873 - 1913
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 22
1873 - 1938
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 23
1873 - 1945
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 24
1891 - 1961
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 12
1899 - 1961
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 13
1925 - 1961
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 14
1909 - 1961
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 15
1882 - 1961
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 16
1910 - 1961
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 17
1873 - 1961
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 18
1875 - 1961
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 19
1894 - 1961
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 20
1900 - 1961
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 21
1860 - 1961
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 22
1910 - 1961
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 23
1874 - 1961
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 24
Among people born in Germany, Otto Loewi ranks 615 out of 6,142. Before him are Jürgen Prochnow (1941), Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744), Roman Herzog (1934), Erich Koch (1896), Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687), and Bert Hellinger (1925). After him are Albert Göring (1895), William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1852), Manfred Eigen (1927), Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (1727), Adam of Bremen (null), and August Horch (1868).
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 609
1744 - 1818
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 610
1934 - 2017
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 611
1896 - 1986
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 612
1687 - 1757
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 613
1925 - 2019
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 614
1873 - 1961
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 615
1895 - 1966
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 616
1852 - 1912
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 617
1927 - 2019
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 618
1727 - 1777
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 619
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 620
1868 - 1951
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 621
Among physicians born in Germany, Otto Loewi ranks 13. Before him are Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883), Franz Mesmer (1734), Gerhard Domagk (1895), Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884), Theodor Morell (1886), and Werner Forssmann (1904). After him are Johann Joachim Becher (1635), Herta Oberheuser (1911), Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840), Franz Joseph Gall (1758), Johannes Peter Müller (1801), and Theodor Billroth (1829).
1883 - 1970
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 7
1734 - 1815
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 8
1895 - 1964
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 9
1884 - 1951
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 10
1886 - 1948
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 11
1904 - 1979
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 12
1873 - 1961
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 13
1635 - 1682
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 14
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 15
1840 - 1902
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 16
1758 - 1828
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 17
1801 - 1858
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 18
1829 - 1894
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 19