PHYSICIAN

Karin Büttner-Janz

1952 - Today

Karin Büttner-Janz

Karin Büttner-Janz (née Janz, born 17 February 1952) is a German medical doctor who won World and Olympic gold medals in artistic gymnastics for East Germany. She is co-inventor of the first artificial intervertebral disc, and from 1990 to 2012, she was chief physician of clinics in Berlin, Germany. She has a foundation named Spinefoundation. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karin Büttner-Janz is the 575th most popular physician (down from 485th in 2019), the 4,489th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,866th in 2019) and the 94th most popular German Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Karin Büttner-Janz ranks 575 out of 726. Before her are Sunao Tawara, Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, Napoleon Cybulski, Adam Zamenhof, Jeffrey Ullman, and Arnold Pick. After her are Borzuya, Özlem Türeci, Eugene Lazowski, Patrick Steptoe, Albrecht von Graefe, and Nikolay Burdenko.

Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia

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Sunao Tawara
1873 - 1952
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 569
Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt
1885 - 1964
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 570
Napoleon Cybulski
1854 - 1919
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 571
Adam Zamenhof
1888 - 1940
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 572
Jeffrey Ullman
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 573
Arnold Pick
1851 - 1924
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 574
Karin Büttner-Janz
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 575
Borzuya
500 - 600
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 576
Özlem Türeci
1967 - Present
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 577
Eugene Lazowski
1913 - 2006
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 578
Patrick Steptoe
1913 - 1988
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 579
Albrecht von Graefe
1828 - 1870
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 580
Nikolay Burdenko
1876 - 1946
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 581

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Karin Büttner-Janz ranks 359. Before her are Jiří Paroubek, Alexis Argüello, Didi Senft, Sylvie Kinigi, Jose Advincula, and Norbert Haug. After her are Vladimir Gusinsky, Abel Braga, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Wojciech Fibak, Ivan Charota, and George Gervin.

Others Born in 1952

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Jiří Paroubek
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 353
Alexis Argüello
BOXER
1952 - 2009
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 354
Didi Senft
INVENTOR
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 355
Sylvie Kinigi
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 356
Jose Advincula
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 357
Norbert Haug
JOURNALIST
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 358
Karin Büttner-Janz
PHYSICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 359
Vladimir Gusinsky
BUSINESSPERSON
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 360
Abel Braga
SOCCER PLAYER
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 361
Tian Zhuangzhuang
FILM DIRECTOR
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 362
Wojciech Fibak
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 363
Ivan Charota
HISTORIAN
1952 - 2024
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 364
George Gervin
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 365

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karin Büttner-Janz ranks 4,492 out of 7,253. Before her are Maria Katharina Kasper (1820), Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867), Jürgen Pommerenke (1953), Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1804), Fritz Schäffer (1888), and Mira Lobe (1913). After her are Karl Freiherr von Müffling (1775), Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (1807), Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901), Alexander Kanoldt (1881), August Spies (1855), and Josef Pieper (1904).

Others born in Germany

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Maria Katharina Kasper
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1820 - 1898
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 4,486
Hedwig Courths-Mahler
WRITER
1867 - 1950
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 4,487
Jürgen Pommerenke
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 4,488
Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
COMPANION
1804 - 1828
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 4,489
Fritz Schäffer
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1967
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 4,490
Mira Lobe
WRITER
1913 - 1995
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 4,491
Karin Büttner-Janz
PHYSICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 4,492
Karl Freiherr von Müffling
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1775 - 1851
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 4,493
Johann Wilhelm Schirmer
PAINTER
1807 - 1863
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 4,494
Marie Luise Kaschnitz
WRITER
1901 - 1974
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 4,495
Alexander Kanoldt
PAINTER
1881 - 1939
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 4,496
August Spies
WRITER
1855 - 1887
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 4,497
Josef Pieper
PHILOSOPHER
1904 - 1997
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 4,498