Physician

Rembert Dodoens

Flemish botanist

1517 - 1585

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Rembert Dodoens

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Rembert Dodoens is the 245th most popular physician (up from 274th in 2024), the 208th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 247th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Physician.

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Rembert Dodoens is the most memorable of the 18 notable people born in Mechelen, in what is now modern-day Belgium, ahead of Michiel Coxie, Frans Hogenberg, and David Vinckboons.

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Among Physicians

Among physicians, Rembert Dodoens ranks 245 out of 749. Before him are Asclepiades of Bithynia, Mungo Park, Paul of Aegina, Robert Atkins, Vladimir Dal, and Albert Calmette. After him are Francysk Skaryna, Li Shizhen, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, Johann Weyer, John O'Keefe, and James Lind.

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Asclepiades of Bithynia
120 BC - 40 BC
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 239
Mungo Park
1771 - 1806
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 240
Paul of Aegina
625 - 690
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 241
Robert Atkins
1930 - 2003
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 242
Vladimir Dal
1801 - 1872
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 243
Albert Calmette
1863 - 1933
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 244
Rembert Dodoens
1517 - 1585
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 245
Francysk Skaryna
1486 - 1541
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 246
Li Shizhen
1517 - 1593
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 247
Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis
1757 - 1808
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 248
Johann Weyer
1515 - 1588
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 249
John O'Keefe
1939 - Present
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 250
James Lind
1716 - 1794
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 251

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1517, Rembert Dodoens ranks 8. Before him are Emperor Ōgimachi, Gotthard Kettler, Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, Gioseffo Zarlino, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, and Francis I, Duke of Lorraine. After him are Li Shizhen, Pierre Belon, Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, and Jacques Pelletier du Mans. Among people deceased in 1585, Rembert Dodoens ranks 7. Before him are Pope Gregory XIII, Pierre de Ronsard, Yermak Timofeyevich, Ismihan Sultan, Andrea Gabrieli, and Thomas Tallis. After him are Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, Pontus De la Gardie, Luca Cambiaso, and Nicolò da Ponte.

Others Born in 1517

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Emperor Ōgimachi
POLITICIAN
1517 - 1593
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 2
Gotthard Kettler
POLITICIAN
1517 - 1587
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 3
Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk
POLITICIAN
1517 - 1559
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 4
Gioseffo Zarlino
COMPOSER
1517 - 1590
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 5
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1517 - 1586
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 6
Francis I, Duke of Lorraine
POLITICIAN
1517 - 1545
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 7
Rembert Dodoens
PHYSICIAN
1517 - 1585
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 8
Li Shizhen
PHYSICIAN
1517 - 1593
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 9
Pierre Belon
BIOLOGIST
1517 - 1564
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 10
Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort
POLITICIAN
1517 - 1604
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 11
Jacques Pelletier du Mans
MATHEMATICIAN
1517 - 1583
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1585

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Pope Gregory XIII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1502 - 1585
HPI: 84.42
Rank: 1
Pierre de Ronsard
WRITER
1524 - 1585
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 2
Yermak Timofeyevich
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1532 - 1585
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 3
Ismihan Sultan
NOBLEMAN
1544 - 1585
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 4
Andrea Gabrieli
COMPOSER
1533 - 1585
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 5
Thomas Tallis
COMPOSER
1502 - 1585
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 6
Rembert Dodoens
PHYSICIAN
1517 - 1585
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 7
Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony
POLITICIAN
1532 - 1585
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 8
Pontus De la Gardie
NOBLEMAN
1520 - 1585
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 9
Luca Cambiaso
PAINTER
1527 - 1585
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 10
Nicolò da Ponte
POLITICIAN
1491 - 1585
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 11