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Joseph Babinski

1857 - 1932

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Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (Polish: Józef Julian Franciszek Feliks Babiński; 17 November 1857 – 29 October 1932) was a French-Polish professor of neurology. He is best known for his 1896 description of the Babinski sign, a pathological plantar reflex indicative of corticospinal tract damage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Babinski is the 3,187th most popular politician (down from 2,843rd in 2019), the 975th most popular biography from France (down from 933rd in 2019) and the 229th most popular French Politician.

Joseph Babinski was a French neurologist who is most famous for his discovery of the Babinski sign, which is a reflex that involves the big toe curling up when the bottom of the foot is stimulated.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Babinski ranks 3,187 out of 19,576. Before him are Paul Kagame, Aelia Eudoxia, Edward Stettinius Jr., Stefan Dečanski, Duqaq, and Boris Tadić. After him are Jehoahaz of Israel, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Wilhelm Miklas, Abdul Salam Arif, Shigeru Yoshida, and Jacques Santer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Joseph Babinski ranks 29. Before him are Andrija Mohorovičić, Edward Emerson Barnard, Axel Munthe, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, and Georg Michaelis. After him are Thorstein Veblen, Aleksandr Lyapunov, Ida Tarbell, A. E. Waite, Karl Pearson, and Cécile Chaminade. Among people deceased in 1932, Joseph Babinski ranks 21. Before him are Alberto Santos-Dumont, Max Wolf, Edgar Wallace, George Eastman, Errico Malatesta, and Frederick Augustus III of Saxony. After him are Kang Pan-sok, Eugen d'Albert, Pavlik Morozov, Ferdinand Buisson, André Maginot, and Pierre De Geyter.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Babinski ranks 975 out of 6,770. Before him are Christian Clavier (1952), Pauline Viardot (1821), Agnès Sorel (1422), Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1653), Maria Malibran (1808), and Jeanne d'Évreux (1310). After him are Pierre Mignard (1612), Charles François Dumouriez (1739), Geneviève Page (1927), Philipp Spener (1635), Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), and Theodore Beza (1519).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Joseph Babinski ranks 229. Before him are Robert IV of Sablé (1150), Agnes of Poitou (1025), John, Duke of Berry (1340), Louis Barthou (1862), Childebert III (678), and Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1653). After him are Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (1766), Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (1772), Joan II of Navarre (1311), Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1627), Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (1292), and Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1725).

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