1821 - 1902
Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow (; German: [ˈfɪʁço] or [ˈvɪʁço]; 13 October 1821 – 5 September 1902) was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician. He is known as "the father of modern pathology" and as the founder of social medicine, and to his colleagues, the "Pope of medicine".Virchow studied medicine at the Friedrich Wilhelm University under Johannes Peter Müller. While working at the Charité hospital, his investigation of the 1847–1848 typhus epidemic in Upper Silesia laid the foundation for public health in Germany, and paved his political and social careers. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Virchow has received more than 1,605,109 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Rudolf Virchow is the 23rd most popular physician, the 40th most popular biography from Poland and the 2nd most popular Polish Physician.
Rudolf Virchow is most famous for his cell theory which states that cells are the basic unit of life. He also believed that disease is caused by changes in cells.
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Among physicians, Rudolf Virchow ranks 23 out of 502. Before him are Ignaz Semmelweis, Alois Alzheimer, Michael Servetus, Nestorius, Pedanius Dioscorides, and Jacques Rogge. After him are Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, Polycarp, Camillo Golgi, Paul Ehrlich, Willem Einthoven, and Alexis Carrel.
1818 - 1865
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 17
1864 - 1915
HPI: 72.56
Rank: 18
1509 - 1553
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 19
381 - 451
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 20
40 - 90
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 21
1942 - 2021
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 22
1821 - 1902
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 23
1738 - 1814
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 24
69 - 155
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 25
1843 - 1926
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 26
1854 - 1915
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 27
1860 - 1927
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 28
1873 - 1944
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 29
Among people born in 1821, Rudolf Virchow ranks 5. Before him are Fyodor Dostoevsky, Gustave Flaubert, Charles Baudelaire, and Hermann von Helmholtz. After him are Richard Francis Burton, Pafnuty Chebyshev, August Schleicher, Elizabeth Blackwell, Pauline Viardot, Lola Montez, and Louis Vuitton. Among people deceased in 1902, Rudolf Virchow ranks 4. Before him are Émile Zola, Cecil Rhodes, and Swami Vivekananda. After him are Levi Strauss, Maria Goretti, Marie Henriette of Austria, Samuel Butler, James Tissot, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Francis, Duke of Cádiz, and Victor D'Hondt.
1821 - 1881
HPI: 88.66
Rank: 1
1821 - 1880
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 2
1821 - 1867
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 3
1821 - 1894
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 4
1821 - 1902
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 5
1821 - 1890
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 6
1821 - 1894
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 7
1821 - 1868
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 8
1821 - 1910
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 9
1821 - 1910
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 10
1821 - 1861
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 11
1821 - 1892
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 12
1840 - 1902
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 1
1853 - 1902
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 2
1863 - 1902
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 3
1821 - 1902
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 4
1829 - 1902
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 5
1890 - 1902
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 6
1836 - 1902
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 7
1835 - 1902
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 8
1836 - 1902
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 9
1840 - 1902
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 10
1822 - 1902
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 11
1841 - 1902
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 12
Among people born in Poland, Rudolf Virchow ranks 40 out of 1,454. Before him are Marie Leszczyńska (1703), Bronisław Malinowski (1884), Leonid Kravchuk (1934), Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456), Günther von Kluge (1882), and Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916). After him are Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928), Rudolf Clausius (1822), Sigismund II Augustus (1520), Lech Kaczyński (1949), Tamara de Lempicka (1898), and Ernst Cassirer (1874).
1703 - 1768
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 34
1884 - 1942
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 35
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 36
1456 - 1516
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 37
1882 - 1944
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 38
1916 - 1982
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 39
1821 - 1902
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 40
1928 - 2017
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 41
1822 - 1888
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 42
1520 - 1572
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 43
1949 - 2010
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 44
1898 - 1980
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 45
1874 - 1945
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 46
Among physicians born in Poland, Rudolf Virchow ranks 2. Before him are L. L. Zamenhof (1859). After him are Paul Ehrlich (1854), Emil von Behring (1854), Albert Sabin (1906), Carl Wernicke (1848), Magnus Hirschfeld (1868), Alexander Bogdanov (1873), Jan Jesenius (1566), Bronisława Dłuska (1865), Gavriil Ilizarov (1921), and Hilary Koprowski (1916).
1859 - 1917
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 1
1821 - 1902
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 2
1854 - 1915
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 3
1854 - 1917
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 4
1906 - 1993
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 5
1848 - 1905
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 6
1868 - 1935
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 7
1873 - 1928
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 8
1566 - 1621
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 9
1865 - 1939
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 10
1921 - 1992
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 11
1916 - 2013
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 12