620 BC - 600 BC
Sushruta (Sanskrit: सुश्रुत, lit. 'well heard', IAST: Suśruta) is the listed author of the Sushruta Samhita (Sushruta's Compendium), a treatise considered to be one of the most important surviving ancient treatises on medicine and is considered a foundational text of Ayurveda. The treatise addresses all aspects of general medicine, but the impressive chapters on surgery have led to the false impression that this is its main topic. The translator G. D. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sushruta has received more than 1,552,169 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Sushruta is the 159th most popular physician (up from 185th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from India (up from 127th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Physician.
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Among physicians, Sushruta ranks 159 out of 502. Before him are Ludwig Guttmann, E. Donnall Thomas, George Emil Palade, Fritz Klein, Magnus Hirschfeld, and Waldemar Hoven. After him are Bernardo Houssay, Joseph Erlanger, Robin Warren, Michael Stuart Brown, Merit-Ptah, and Albert Calmette.
1899 - 1980
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 153
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 154
1912 - 2008
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 155
1888 - 1945
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 156
1868 - 1935
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 157
1903 - 1948
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 158
620 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 159
1887 - 1971
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 160
1874 - 1965
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 161
1937 - Present
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 162
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 163
2700 BC - 2659 BC
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 164
1863 - 1933
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 165
Among people born in 620 BC, Sushruta ranks 3. Before him are Aesop and Alcaeus of Mytilene. Among people deceased in 600 BC, Sushruta ranks 15. Before him are Epimenides, Theano, Anacharsis, Phalaris, Ibycus, and Cleisthenes of Sicyon. After him are Mimnermus, Harpagus, Philip I of Macedon, Arsames, Zaleucus, and Leon of Sparta.
620 BC - 564 BC
HPI: 85.15
Rank: 1
620 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 2
620 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 3
690 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 9
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 10
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 11
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 12
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 13
701 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 14
620 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 15
670 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 16
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 17
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 18
550 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 19
663 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 20
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 21
Among people born in India, Sushruta ranks 120 out of 1,493. Before him are Vinoba Bhave (1895), Julia Margaret Cameron (1815), Namdev (1270), Jyotirao Phule (1827), James Brooke (1803), and Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601). After him are Bharata Muni (-1000), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936), and Buddhaghosa (401).
1895 - 1982
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 114
1815 - 1879
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 115
1270 - 1350
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 116
1827 - 1890
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 117
1803 - 1868
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 118
601 - 700
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 119
620 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 120
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 121
1883 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 122
1918 - 2008
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 123
1899 - 1976
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 124
1936 - 2021
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 125
401 - 500
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 126
Among physicians born in India, Sushruta ranks 2. Before him are Ronald Ross (1857). After him are Kadambini Ganguly (1861), Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882), Narendra Dabholkar (1945), Kamal Ranadive (1917), Indira Nath (1938), Dean Mahomed (1759), Soumya Swaminathan (1959), Devi Shetty (1953), and Siddhartha Mukherjee (1970).
1857 - 1932
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 1
620 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 2
1861 - 1923
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 3
1882 - 1962
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 4
1945 - 2013
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 5
1917 - 2001
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 6
1938 - 2021
HPI: 37.40
Rank: 7
1759 - 1851
HPI: 37.38
Rank: 8
1959 - Present
HPI: 35.59
Rank: 9
1953 - Present
HPI: 34.28
Rank: 10
1970 - Present
HPI: 32.33
Rank: 11