The Most Famous
PHYSICIANS from Latvia
This page contains a list of the greatest Latvian Physicians. The pantheon dataset contains 726 Physicians, 2 of which were born in Latvia. This makes Latvia the birth place of the 43rd most number of Physicians behind Tunisia, and Estonia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Latvian Physicians of all time. This list of famous Latvian Physicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer (1829 - 1902)
With an HPI of 59.54, Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer is the most famous Latvian Physician. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Karl Wilhelm Ritter von Kupffer (born Karl Wilhelm Kupffer; 14 November [O.S. 2] 1829 – 16 December 1902) was a Baltic German anatomist who discovered stellate macrophage cells that bear his name.
2. Ernst von Bergmann (1836 - 1907)
With an HPI of 58.22, Ernst von Bergmann is the 2nd most famous Latvian Physician. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Ernst Gustav Benjamin von Bergmann (16 December 1836 – 25 March 1907) was a Baltic German surgeon. He was the first physician to introduce heat sterilisation of surgical instruments and is known as a pioneer of aseptic surgery.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Latvian physicians born between 1829 and 1836. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Latvian physicians include Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer, and Ernst von Bergmann. As of April 2024, 2 new Latvian physicians have been added to Pantheon including Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer, and Ernst von Bergmann.
