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Ernst Gräfenberg

1881 - 1957

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Ernst Gräfenberg (26 September 1881 – 28 October 1957) was a German-born physician and scientist. He developed the intrauterine device (IUD), and studied the role of the woman's urethra in orgasm. The G-spot is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Gräfenberg is the 319th most popular physician (down from 246th in 2019), the 2,313th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,761st in 2019) and the 45th most popular German Physician.

Ernst Gräfenberg is most famous for his discovery of the G-spot, which is a sensitive area on the front wall of the vagina, about one to two inches in from the opening.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ernst Gräfenberg ranks 319 out of 726. Before him are Franciscus Donders, Harry Seeley, Bian Que, Édouard Séguin, Alessandro Achillini, and Joseph Škoda. After him are Jean-Baptiste Denys, Tomáš Špidlík, Titus Brandsma, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Vincenz Priessnitz, and Leon Pinsker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Ernst Gräfenberg ranks 83. Before him are Sergey Kamenev, Tommy Burns, Adolfo de la Huerta, Hans Wilsdorf, Hermann Ehrhardt, and Albert Gleizes. After him are Titus Brandsma, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Väinö Tanner, Eugène Schueller, Juliusz Rómmel, and Octavian Goga. Among people deceased in 1957, Ernst Gräfenberg ranks 89. Before him are Zhou Xuan, Rezső Kasztner, Paul Walden, Carlos Castillo Armas, Elizabeth Hesselblad, and Albert Anastasia. After him are Prince Franz of Bavaria, Gheorghe Tătărescu, Claude Farrère, Wilhelm Filchner, Eugène Schueller, and Karl Genzken.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Gräfenberg ranks 2,314 out of 7,253. Before him are Rupert I, Elector Palatine (1309), Heinrich Hofmann (1824), Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg (1754), Albert Bormann (1902), Christian II, Elector of Saxony (1583), and Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1779). After him are August Leskien (1840), Carl Zuckmayer (1896), Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse (1787), Jan Assmann (1938), Erich Rudorffer (1917), and Henry Oldenburg (1619).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Ernst Gräfenberg ranks 45. Before him are Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1735), Friedrich Kasimir Medikus (1736), Johann Conrad Dippel (1673), Eduard Wirths (1909), August Oetker (1862), and Hans Berger (1873). After him are Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723), Sigmund Rascher (1909), Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin (1744), Dorothea Erxleben (1715), Richard Wilhelm (1873), and Friedrich Hoffmann (1660).

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