1847 - 1888
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 144,220 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Paul Langerhans is the 3,966th most popular politician (up from 4,083rd in 2019), the 1,092nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,134th in 2019) and the 322nd 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, Paul Langerhans ranks 3,966 out of 15,577. Before him are Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria, Mengu-Timur, Emperor Ankō, Ibbi-Sin, Íñigo Arista of Pamplona, and Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern. After him are Sumu-la-El, Sun Liang, Julia Avita Mamaea, Cao Mao, Jacob De la Gardie, and Saloninus.
1350 - 1395
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 3,960
1235 - 1282
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 3,961
401 - 456
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 3,962
2050 BC - Present
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 3,963
790 - 852
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 3,964
1811 - 1885
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 3,965
1847 - 1888
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 3,966
1850 BC - 1845 BC
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 3,967
243 - 260
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 3,968
180 - 235
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 3,969
241 - 260
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 3,970
1583 - 1652
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 3,971
242 - 260
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 3,972
Among people born in 1847, Paul Langerhans ranks 22. Before him are Jean Casimir-Perier, Maria Pia of Savoy, Max Liebermann, Catherine Dolgorukov, Radomir Putnik, and Sergey Nechayev. After him are Bolesław Prus, Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Nikolay Zhukovsky, John Bates Clark, Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, and Galileo Ferraris. Among people deceased in 1888, Paul Langerhans ranks 13. Before him are Louisa May Alcott, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Nikolay Przhevalsky, Charles-Valentin Alkan, François Achille Bazaine, and Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine. After him are Ascanio Sobrero, Theodor Storm, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Anton Mauve, Mary Ann Nichols, and Mary Jane Kelly.
1847 - 1907
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 16
1847 - 1911
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 17
1847 - 1935
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 18
1847 - 1922
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 19
1847 - 1917
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 20
1847 - 1882
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 21
1847 - 1888
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 22
1847 - 1912
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 23
1847 - 1876
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 24
1847 - 1921
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 25
1847 - 1938
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 26
1847 - 1893
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 27
1847 - 1897
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 28
1832 - 1888
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 7
1808 - 1888
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 8
1839 - 1888
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 9
1813 - 1888
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 10
1811 - 1888
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 11
1823 - 1888
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 12
1847 - 1888
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 13
1812 - 1888
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 14
1817 - 1888
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 15
1811 - 1888
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 16
1838 - 1888
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 17
1845 - 1888
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 18
1863 - 1888
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 19
Among people born in Germany, Paul Langerhans ranks 1,092 out of 6,142. Before him are Joost van den Vondel (1587), Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Sigmund Jähn (1937), Radegund (518), Jack Steinberger (1921), and Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (1811). After him are Max Ophüls (1902), Engelbert Kaempfer (1651), Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), Michael Ballack (1976), Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1647), and Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (1883).
1587 - 1679
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 1,086
1739 - 1810
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 1,087
1937 - 2019
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 1,088
518 - 587
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 1,089
1921 - 2020
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 1,090
1811 - 1885
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 1,091
1847 - 1888
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 1,092
1902 - 1957
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 1,093
1651 - 1716
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 1,094
1775 - 1853
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 1,095
1976 - Present
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 1,096
1647 - 1717
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 1,097
1883 - 1942
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 1,098
Among politicians born in Germany, Paul Langerhans ranks 322. Before him are Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (1797), Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (1484), Wilhelm Gustloff (1895), Anna of Saxony (1544), John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604), and Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (1811). After him are Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1647), Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (1883), Erwin Piscator (1893), Otto Georg Thierack (1889), Rodolphe Seeldrayers (1876), and Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut (1311).
1797 - 1829
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 316
1484 - 1535
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 317
1895 - 1936
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 318
1544 - 1577
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 319
1604 - 1679
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 320
1811 - 1885
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 321
1847 - 1888
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 322
1647 - 1717
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 323
1883 - 1942
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 324
1893 - 1966
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 325
1889 - 1946
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 326
1876 - 1955
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 327
1311 - 1356
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 328