1796 - 1866
Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold (17 February 1796 – 18 October 1866) was a German physician, botanist and traveller. He achieved prominence by his studies of Japanese flora and fauna and the introduction of Western medicine in Japan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philipp Franz von Siebold has received more than 242,026 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Philipp Franz von Siebold is the 245th most popular physician (down from 197th in 2019), the 1,720th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,373rd in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Physician.
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Among physicians, Philipp Franz von Siebold ranks 245 out of 502. Before him are Frederik Ruysch, Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol, Thomas Bartholin, Carl Ludwig, Torsten Wiesel, and François Magendie. After him are Thomas Addison, August Oetker, Adolf Eugen Fick, Constantine the African, Vladimir Dal, and Peter Agre.
1638 - 1731
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 239
1772 - 1840
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 240
1616 - 1680
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 241
1816 - 1895
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 242
1924 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 243
1783 - 1855
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 244
1796 - 1866
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 245
1793 - 1860
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 246
1862 - 1918
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 247
1829 - 1901
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 248
1020 - 1087
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 249
1801 - 1872
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 250
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 251
Among people born in 1796, Philipp Franz von Siebold ranks 14. Before him are Franz Berwald, Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Carl Loewe, Peter Fendi, Giovanni Pacini, and Asher Brown Durand. After him are Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony, James Bowie, Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Ang Duong, David Roberts, and Jean-Gaspard Deburau. Among people deceased in 1866, Philipp Franz von Siebold ranks 12. Before him are Chief Seattle, William Whewell, Tokugawa Iemochi, Hermann Goldschmidt, Thomas Hodgkin, and Adolph Diesterweg. After him are Friedrich Rückert, Rikard Nordraak, Winfield Scott, Nadezhda Durova, Alexander von Nordmann, and Carl Jonas Love Almqvist.
1796 - 1868
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 8
1796 - 1881
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 9
1796 - 1869
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 10
1796 - 1842
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 11
1796 - 1867
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 12
1796 - 1886
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 13
1796 - 1866
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 14
1796 - 1865
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 15
1796 - 1836
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 16
1796 - 1858
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 17
1796 - 1860
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 18
1796 - 1864
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 19
1796 - 1846
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 20
1786 - 1866
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 6
1794 - 1866
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 7
1846 - 1866
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 8
1802 - 1866
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 9
1798 - 1866
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 10
1790 - 1866
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 11
1796 - 1866
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 12
1788 - 1866
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 13
1842 - 1866
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 14
1786 - 1866
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 15
1783 - 1866
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 16
1803 - 1866
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 17
1793 - 1866
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 18
Among people born in Germany, Philipp Franz von Siebold ranks 1,720 out of 6,142. Before him are Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1739), Andreas Osiander (1498), Max Immelmann (1890), George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1779), Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772), and Prince Joachim of Prussia (1890). After him are Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine (1809), Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria (1235), Leopold Gmelin (1788), Constantin von Tischendorf (1815), Jochen Mass (1946), and Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716).
1739 - 1807
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 1,714
1498 - 1552
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 1,715
1890 - 1916
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 1,716
1779 - 1860
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 1,717
1772 - 1838
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 1,718
1890 - 1920
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,719
1796 - 1866
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 1,720
1809 - 1877
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 1,721
1235 - 1290
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 1,722
1788 - 1853
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 1,723
1815 - 1874
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 1,724
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 1,725
1716 - 1801
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 1,726
Among physicians born in Germany, Philipp Franz von Siebold ranks 35. Before him are Franciscus Sylvius (1614), Leonhart Fuchs (1501), Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818), Horst Schumann (1906), Hans Berger (1873), and Carl Ludwig (1816). After him are August Oetker (1862), Adolf Eugen Fick (1829), Karl Adolph von Basedow (1799), Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1735), Ernst Gräfenberg (1881), and Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875).
1614 - 1672
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 29
1501 - 1566
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 30
1818 - 1896
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 31
1906 - 1983
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 32
1873 - 1941
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 33
1816 - 1895
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 34
1796 - 1866
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 35
1862 - 1918
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 36
1829 - 1901
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 37
1799 - 1854
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 38
1735 - 1794
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 39
1881 - 1957
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 40
1875 - 1951
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 41