625 - 690
Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (Greek: Παῦλος Αἰγινήτης; Aegina, c. 625 – c. 690) was a 7th-century Byzantine Greek physician best known for writing the medical encyclopedia Medical Compendium in Seven Books. He is considered the “Father of Early Medical Writing”. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul of Aegina has received more than 67,599 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Paul of Aegina is the 215th most popular physician (up from 225th in 2019), the 315th most popular biography from Greece (up from 334th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Physician.
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Among physicians, Paul of Aegina ranks 215 out of 502. Before him are Nicolaes Tulp, Norman Bethune, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, Li Shizhen, and Carl von Rokitansky. After him are Hieronymus Fabricius, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Horst Schumann, Gerard van Swieten, Duchenne de Boulogne, and James Black.
1593 - 1674
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 209
1890 - 1939
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 210
1818 - 1896
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 211
1757 - 1808
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 212
1517 - 1593
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 213
1804 - 1878
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 214
625 - 690
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 215
1533 - 1619
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 216
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 217
1906 - 1983
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 218
1700 - 1772
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 219
1806 - 1875
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 220
1924 - 2010
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 221
Among people born in 625, Paul of Aegina ranks 1. After him is Aripert I. Among people deceased in 690, Paul of Aegina ranks 1. After him are Batbayan, Julian of Toledo, Benedict Biscop, and Theodore of Tarsus.
625 - 690
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 1
700 - 690
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 2
642 - 690
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 3
628 - 690
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 4
602 - 690
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 5
Among people born in Greece, Paul of Aegina ranks 315 out of 936. Before him are Leonidas of Rhodes (-200), Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta (1904), Paeonius (-500), Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (-200), Campaspe (-400), and Cynisca (-430). After him are Yiannis Ritsos (1909), Demosthenes (-412), Konstantin Dejanović (1355), Antilochus (null), Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger (1062), and Ageladas (-600).
200 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 309
1904 - 1974
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 310
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 311
200 BC - 91 BC
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 312
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 313
430 BC - 389 BC
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 314
625 - 690
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 315
1909 - 1990
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 316
412 BC - 413 BC
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 317
1355 - 1395
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 318
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 319
1062 - 1137
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 320
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 321
Among physicians born in Greece, Paul of Aegina ranks 4. Before him are Hippocrates (-460), Georgios Papanikolaou (1883), and Erasistratus (-303). After him are Podalirius (null).
460 BC - 370 BC
HPI: 88.05
Rank: 1
1883 - 1962
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 2
303 BC - 249 BC
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 3
625 - 690
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 4
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 5