1677 - 1761
Stephen Hales (17 September 1677 – 4 January 1761) was an English clergyman who made major contributions to a range of scientific fields including botany, pneumatic chemistry and physiology. He was the first person to measure blood pressure. He also invented several devices, including a ventilator, a pneumatic trough and a surgical forceps for the removal of bladder stones. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Hales has received more than 192,426 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Hales is the 308th most popular physicist (down from 290th in 2019), the 1,082nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,024th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Physicist.
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Among physicists, Stephen Hales ranks 308 out of 717. Before him are William Whewell, Hélène Langevin-Joliot, Friedrich Hund, Kenneth G. Wilson, Edmond Becquerel, and Horst Ludwig Störmer. After him are Jean-Charles de Borda, Gerard 't Hooft, John Robert Schrieffer, Leon M. Lederman, Toshihide Maskawa, and Steven Chu.
1794 - 1866
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 302
1927 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 303
1896 - 1997
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 304
1936 - 2013
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 305
1820 - 1891
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 306
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 307
1677 - 1761
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 308
1733 - 1799
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 309
1946 - Present
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 310
1931 - 2019
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 311
1922 - 2018
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 312
1940 - 2021
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 313
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 314
Among people born in 1677, Stephen Hales ranks 5. Before him are Li Ching-Yuen, Stanisław Leszczyński, Françoise Marie de Bourbon, and Jacques Cassini. After him are Johann Ludwig Bach, Pietro Grimani, Nicola Fago, Jan Santini Aichel, Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun, John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. Among people deceased in 1761, Stephen Hales ranks 5. Before him are Pieter van Musschenbroek, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Thomas Bayes, and Samuel Richardson. After him are Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, Tarabai, Thomas Simpson, Clemens August of Bavaria, Tokugawa Ieshige, Pierre Fauchard, and John Dollond.
1677 - 1933
HPI: 74.30
Rank: 1
1677 - 1766
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 2
1677 - 1749
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 3
1677 - 1756
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 4
1677 - 1761
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 5
1677 - 1731
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 6
1677 - 1752
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 7
1677 - 1745
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 8
1677 - 1723
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 9
1677 - 1748
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 10
1677 - 1742
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 11
1677 - 1712
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 12
1692 - 1761
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 1
1745 - 1761
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 2
1702 - 1761
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 3
1689 - 1761
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 4
1677 - 1761
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 5
1700 - 1761
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 6
1675 - 1761
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 7
1710 - 1761
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 8
1700 - 1761
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 9
1712 - 1761
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 10
1679 - 1761
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 11
1706 - 1761
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Stephen Hales ranks 1,082 out of 7,765. Before him are Shirley Bassey (1937), Ricky Gervais (1961), Daniel Radcliffe (1989), Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852), Neil Gaiman (1960), and William Smith (1769). After him are William the Lion (1142), Saint David (512), Stephen Harding (1059), Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341), Harriet Taylor Mill (1807), and W. T. Stead (1849).
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 1,076
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 1,077
1989 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 1,078
1852 - 1918
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 1,079
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 1,080
1769 - 1839
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 1,081
1677 - 1761
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 1,082
1142 - 1214
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 1,083
512 - 589
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 1,084
1059 - 1134
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 1,085
1341 - 1402
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 1,086
1807 - 1858
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 1,087
1849 - 1912
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 1,088
Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Stephen Hales ranks 41. Before him are Joseph Swan (1828), Patrick Blackett (1897), Brian Josephson (1940), Freeman Dyson (1923), Peter Mansfield (1933), and William Whewell (1794). After him are John Stewart Bell (1928), James Jeans (1877), William Sturgeon (1783), John Henry Poynting (1852), Duncan Haldane (1951), and William Watson (1715).
1828 - 1914
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 35
1897 - 1974
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 36
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 37
1923 - 2020
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 38
1933 - 2017
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 39
1794 - 1866
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 40
1677 - 1761
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 41
1928 - 1990
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 42
1877 - 1946
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 43
1783 - 1850
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 44
1852 - 1914
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 45
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 46
1715 - 1787
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 47