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Sun Simiao

581 - 682

Sun Simiao

Sun Simiao (traditional Chinese: 孫思邈; simplified Chinese: 孙思邈; pinyin: Sūn Sīmiǎo; Wade–Giles: Sun Ssu-miao; died 682) was a Chinese physician and writer of the Sui and Tang dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sun Simiao has received more than 148,184 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Sun Simiao is the 251st most popular physician (up from 296th in 2019), the 504th most popular biography from China (up from 550th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Chinese Physician.

Memorability Metrics

150k
Page Views (PV)
57.44
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
23
Languages Editions (L)
3.98
Effective Languages (L*)
2.99
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Sun Simiao ranks 251 out of 726. Before him are Duchenne de Boulogne, Ernst Gräfenberg, Henry Heimlich, Robert Lefkowitz, François Magendie, and Horst Schumann. After him are William Chester Minor, John O'Keefe, Edward Bach, Antonio Maria Valsalva, Christian Bohr, and Torsten Wiesel.

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Duchenne de Boulogne
1806 - 1875
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 245
Ernst Gräfenberg
1881 - 1957
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 246
Henry Heimlich
1920 - 2016
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 247
Robert Lefkowitz
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 248
François Magendie
1783 - 1855
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 249
Horst Schumann
1906 - 1983
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 250
Sun Simiao
581 - 682
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 251
William Chester Minor
1834 - 1920
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 252
John O'Keefe
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 253
Edward Bach
1886 - 1936
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 254
Antonio Maria Valsalva
1666 - 1723
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 255
Christian Bohr
1855 - 1911
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 256
Torsten Wiesel
1924 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 257

Contemporaries

Among people born in 581, Sun Simiao ranks 3. Before him are Zayd ibn Harithah, and Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba. After him is Utba ibn Ghazwan. Among people deceased in 682, Sun Simiao ranks 2. Before him is Zaynab bint Ali. After him are Bojang of Goguryeo, and Cadwaladr.