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Paul Langerhans

1847 - 1888

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Paul Langerhans (25 July 1847 – 20 July 1888) was a German pathologist, physiologist and biologist, credited with the discovery of the cells that secrete insulin, named after him as the islets of Langerhans. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Langerhans has received more than 152,994 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Paul Langerhans is the 4,755th most popular politician (down from 3,956th in 2019), the 1,286th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,092nd in 2019) and the 365th most popular German Politician.

Paul Langerhans was a German scientist who discovered cells in the pancreas that produce insulin.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Paul Langerhans ranks 4,755 out of 19,576. Before him are King Mu of Zhou, Empress Masako, Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür, Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria, Andrew, Duke of Calabria, and Edward Gierek. After him are Francisco da Costa Gomes, Guo Moruo, Piri Mehmed Pasha, Milo Đukanović, Ibbi-Sin, and Egica.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Paul Langerhans ranks 25. Before him are Maria Pia of Savoy, Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Bolesław Prus, Catherine Dolgorukov, Nikolay Zhukovsky, and Sergey Nechayev. After him are Frits Thaulow, Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, Camille Doncieux, Galileo Ferraris, John Bates Clark, and Jacob Schiff. Among people deceased in 1888, Paul Langerhans ranks 16. Before him are Charles-Valentin Alkan, Anton Mauve, François Achille Bazaine, Ascanio Sobrero, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, and Theodor Storm. After him are Johannes Zukertort, Mary Jane Kelly, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Ali Rıza Efendi, Mary Ann Nichols, and Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Langerhans ranks 1,286 out of 7,253. Before him are Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (1262), Til Schweiger (1963), Siegfried Kracauer (1889), Erwin Piscator (1893), Theobald Boehm (1794), and Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1854). After him are John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg (1589), Constantin Carathéodory (1873), Jens Lehmann (1969), Hannah Höch (1889), Willi Herold (1925), and Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach (1724).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Paul Langerhans ranks 365. Before him are Franz Gürtner (1881), Georg Kerschensteiner (1854), Gerberga of Saxony (913), Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (1661), Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1680), and Erwin Piscator (1893). After him are Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach (1724), Princess Anna of Prussia (1836), Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (1797), Otto V, Duke of Bavaria (1346), Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg (1875), and Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700).

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