1524 - 1583
Thomas Erastus (original surname Lüber, Lieber, or Liebler; 7 September 1524 – 31 December 1583) was a Swiss physician and Calvinist theologian. He wrote 100 theses (later reduced to 75) in which he argued that the sins committed by Christians should be punished by the State, and that the Church should not withhold sacraments as a form of punishment. They were published in 1589, after his death, with the title Explicatio gravissimae quaestionis. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Erastus has received more than 94,803 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Thomas Erastus is the 536th most popular physician (down from 454th in 2019), the 467th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 407th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Swiss Physician.
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Among physicians, Thomas Erastus ranks 536 out of 502. Before him are Joseph Schröter, Bidhan Chandra Roy, Léon Jean Marie Dufour, Walter Reed, Akira Endo, and Eva Klein. After him are Astley Cooper, Édouard Gagnon, Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar, Leila Denmark, Halfdan T. Mahler, and Türkan Saylan.
1837 - 1894
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 530
1882 - 1962
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 531
1780 - 1865
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 532
1851 - 1902
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 533
1933 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 534
1925 - Present
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 535
1524 - 1583
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 536
1768 - 1841
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 537
1918 - 2007
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 538
1786 - 1845
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 539
1898 - 2012
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 540
1923 - 2016
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 541
1935 - 2009
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 542
Among people born in 1524, Thomas Erastus ranks 13. Before him are Louise Labé, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, Rani Durgavati, François Hotman, and Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg. Among people deceased in 1583, Thomas Erastus ranks 18. Before him are Andrey Kurbsky, Pirro Ligorio, Juan de Garay, Humphrey Gilbert, Jacques Pelletier du Mans, and Zacharias Ursinus.
1524 - 1566
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 7
1524 - 1574
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 8
1524 - 1568
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 9
1524 - 1564
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 10
1524 - 1590
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 11
1524 - 1586
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 12
1524 - 1583
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 13
1528 - 1583
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 12
1513 - 1583
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 13
1528 - 1583
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 14
1539 - 1583
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 15
1517 - 1583
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 16
1534 - 1583
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 17
1524 - 1583
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 18
Among people born in Switzerland, Thomas Erastus ranks 467 out of 876. Before him are Bernard Challandes (1951), Konrad Stäheli (1931), Martin Suter (1948), Viola Amherd (1962), Othmar Ammann (1879), and Georges Beuchat (1910). After him are Jakob Stämpfli (1820), Paul Martin (1901), Elizabeth Thompson (1846), Casimir de Candolle (1836), Patrick Moraz (1948), and Robert Julius Trumpler (1886).
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 461
1931 - 1931
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 462
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 463
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 464
1879 - 1965
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 465
1910 - 1992
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 466
1524 - 1583
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 467
1820 - 1879
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 468
1901 - 1987
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 469
1846 - 1933
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 470
1836 - 1918
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 471
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 472
1886 - 1956
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 473
Among physicians born in Switzerland, Thomas Erastus ranks 14. Before him are Albrecht von Haller (1708), Rolf M. Zinkernagel (1944), Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672), Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867), Adolf Meyer (1866), and Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777). After him are Daniel Mojon (1963).
1708 - 1777
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 8
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 9
1672 - 1733
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 10
1867 - 1939
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 11
1866 - 1950
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 12
1777 - 1861
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 13
1524 - 1583
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 14
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.31
Rank: 15