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Jean Nicot

1530 - 1605

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Jean Nicot de Villemain (French: [ʒɑ̃ niko də vilmɛ̃]; 1530 – 4 May 1604) was a French diplomat and scholar. He is famous for being the first to bring tobacco to France, including snuff tobacco. Nicotine is named after the tobacco plant Nicotiana tabacum, which in turn is named after Jean Nicot de Villemain, who sent tobacco and seeds to Paris in 1560, presented it to the King Francis II, and who promoted their medicinal use. Smoking was believed to protect against illness, particularly the plague. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Nicot is the 95th most popular physician, the 680th most popular biography from France (up from 778th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Physician.

Jean Nicot was a French diplomat and scholar who introduced tobacco to France in 1560.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Jean Nicot ranks 95 out of 726. Before him are Jacques Rogge, Theodor Morell, Corneille Heymans, Harvey Cushing, Bernardino of Siena, and Frederick Chapman Robbins. After him are Peter Canisius, François Duvalier, Djer, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Shirō Ishii, and George Minot.

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Among people born in 1530, Jean Nicot ranks 6. Before him are Ivan the Terrible, Jean Bodin, Yasuke, Grace O'Malley, and Étienne de La Boétie. After him are Uesugi Kenshin, Louis, Prince of Condé, Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Anastasia Romanovna, Ruy López de Segura, and Jan Kochanowski. Among people deceased in 1605, Jean Nicot ranks 8. Before him are Pope Leo XI, Pope Clement VIII, Boris Godunov, Handan Sultan, John Davis, and Feodor II of Russia. After him are Ulisse Aldrovandi, Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Theodore Beza, Naresuan, Jan Zamoyski, and Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Nicot ranks 680 out of 6,770. Before him are Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786), Frontinus (30), Alfred Jarry (1873), Eugène Boudin (1824), Chlodomer (495), and Lucien Febvre (1878). After him are Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus (-90), Robert Hossein (1927), Paul Bocuse (1926), Marin Marais (1656), Jean Jaurès (1859), and Peter the Hermit (1050).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Jean Nicot ranks 14. Before him are Jean-Martin Charcot (1825), René Laennec (1781), André Frédéric Cournand (1895), Hilary of Poitiers (315), Ambroise Paré (1510), and Karl Brandt (1904). After him are Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805), Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), Duchenne de Boulogne (1806), Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), and Marcel Petiot (1897).

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