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Ludwig Guttmann

1899 - 1980

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Sir Ludwig Guttmann (3 July 1899 – 18 March 1980) was a German-British neurologist who established the Stoke Mandeville Games, the sporting event for people with disabilities (PWD) that evolved in England into the Paralympic Games. A Jewish doctor who fled Nazi Germany just before the start of the Second World War, Guttmann was a founding father of organized physical activities for people with disabilities. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig Guttmann is the 185th most popular physician (up from 199th in 2019), the 1,226th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,373rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular German Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ludwig Guttmann ranks 185 out of 726. Before him are Engelbert Kaempfer, Michael Stuart Brown, Joseph Calasanz, David H. Hubel, Nicolaes Tulp, and Adolf Eugen Fick. After him are Charles Brenton Huggins, Psusennes II, Thomas Bartholin, Andrea Cesalpino, Horst Schumann, and Aretaeus of Cappadocia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Ludwig Guttmann ranks 57. Before him are Louis Hjelmslev, Charles Boyer, Sobhuza II, Henri Michaux, Georges Auric, and Bronislav Kaminski. After him are Kazi Nazrul Islam, Leo Strauss, Lao She, Brassaï, Nadezhda Mandelstam, and Andrei Platonov. Among people deceased in 1980, Ludwig Guttmann ranks 55. Before him are Mae West, Tadao Takayama, Mohammad Hatta, Fritz Strassmann, Yigal Allon, and Heinz Linge. After him are Patrick Depailler, Seretse Khama, Vinicius de Moraes, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Stanisława Walasiewicz, and Ernő Gerő.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Guttmann ranks 1,226 out of 7,253. Before him are Max Klinger (1857), Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), Christian Wirth (1885), Ivan Rebroff (1931), Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen (1763), and Sigmar Polke (1941). After him are Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1732), Leo von Klenze (1784), Robert Aumann (1930), Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (1755), Christiane F. (1962), and Lucian Freud (1922).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Ludwig Guttmann ranks 25. Before him are Franz Joseph Gall (1758), Herta Oberheuser (1911), Albert of Riga (1165), August von Wassermann (1866), Engelbert Kaempfer (1651), and Adolf Eugen Fick (1829). After him are Horst Schumann (1906), Werner Haase (1900), Franciscus Sylvius (1614), Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796), Waldemar Hoven (1903), and Carl Ludwig (1816).

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