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Léon Jean Marie Dufour
1780 - 1865

Léon Jean Marie Dufour
Léon Jean Marie (or Jean-Marie Léon) Dufour (10 April 1780, Saint-Sever – 18 April 1865) was a French medical doctor and naturalist. Between 1799 and 1806 he studied medicine in Paris then returned to Saint-Sever in the Landes. He participated as an army doctor in the Peninsular War and returned to his birthplace at the end of the war. In 1854, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Jean Marie Dufour is the 456th most popular physician (up from 504th in 2019), the 3,419th most popular biography from France (up from 3,911th in 2019) and the 49th most popular French Physician.
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Among PHYSICIANS
Among physicians, Léon Jean Marie Dufour ranks 456 out of 726. Before him are Luca Ghini, Divna Veković, Hans Münch, Anastasia Golovina, Deborah Birx, and Hiroshi Nakajima. After him are Bénédict Morel, Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer, Wilhelm Fliess, René Favaloro, and Benjamin Rush.
Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsLuca Ghini
1490 - 1556
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 450
Divna Veković
1886 - 1944
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 451
Hans Münch
1911 - 2001
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 452
Anastasia Golovina
1850 - 1933
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 453
Deborah Birx
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 454
Hiroshi Nakajima
1928 - 2013
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 455
Léon Jean Marie Dufour
1780 - 1865
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 456
Bénédict Morel
1809 - 1873
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 457
Heinrich Rudolf Schinz
1777 - 1861
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 458
Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer
1829 - 1902
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 459
Wilhelm Fliess
1858 - 1928
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 460
René Favaloro
1923 - 2000
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 461
Benjamin Rush
1745 - 1813
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 462
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1780, Léon Jean Marie Dufour ranks 35. Before him are Göran Wahlenberg, Princess Augusta of Prussia, August Leopold Crelle, Reşid Mehmed Pasha, Johannes van den Bosch, and Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro. After him are Johann Friedrich Naumann, Juana Azurduy de Padilla, Alexey Venetsianov, Henri Braconnot, Fulgencio Yegros, and Karoline von Günderrode. Among people deceased in 1865, Léon Jean Marie Dufour ranks 51. Before him are Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Isabella Beeton, Adolph Kolping, Friedrich August Stüler, Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, and Joseph Lebeau. After him are Alexander Dukhnovych, Charles Lock Eastlake, Mary Surratt, John Richardson, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, and Otto Ludwig.
Others Born in 1780
Go to all RankingsGöran Wahlenberg
BIOLOGIST
1780 - 1851
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 29
Princess Augusta of Prussia
COMPANION
1780 - 1841
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 30
August Leopold Crelle
MATHEMATICIAN
1780 - 1855
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 31
Reşid Mehmed Pasha
POLITICIAN
1780 - 1836
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 32
Johannes van den Bosch
POLITICIAN
1780 - 1844
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 33
Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro
POLITICIAN
1780 - 1855
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 34
Léon Jean Marie Dufour
PHYSICIAN
1780 - 1865
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 35
Johann Friedrich Naumann
BIOLOGIST
1780 - 1857
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 36
Juana Azurduy de Padilla
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1780 - 1862
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 37
Alexey Venetsianov
PAINTER
1780 - 1847
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 38
Henri Braconnot
CHEMIST
1780 - 1855
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 39
Fulgencio Yegros
POLITICIAN
1780 - 1821
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 40
Karoline von Günderrode
WRITER
1780 - 1806
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 41
Others Deceased in 1865
Go to all RankingsHeinrich Wilhelm Ernst
MUSICIAN
1812 - 1865
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 45
Isabella Beeton
BUSINESSPERSON
1836 - 1865
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 46
Adolph Kolping
PHYSICIAN
1813 - 1865
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 47
Friedrich August Stüler
ARCHITECT
1800 - 1865
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 48
Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine
POLITICIAN
1843 - 1865
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 49
Joseph Lebeau
POLITICIAN
1794 - 1865
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 50
Léon Jean Marie Dufour
PHYSICIAN
1780 - 1865
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 51
Alexander Dukhnovych
WRITER
1803 - 1865
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 52
Charles Lock Eastlake
WRITER
1793 - 1865
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 53
Mary Surratt
EXTREMIST
1823 - 1865
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 54
John Richardson
BIOLOGIST
1787 - 1865
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 55
Robert Hermann Schomburgk
EXPLORER
1804 - 1865
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 56
Otto Ludwig
WRITER
1813 - 1865
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 57
In France
Among people born in France, Léon Jean Marie Dufour ranks 3,419 out of 6,770. Before him are Edwige Feuillère (1907), Jacques Hamel (1930), François-Hubert Drouais (1727), Albert Batteux (1919), Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse (1822), and Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (1282). After him are Jacques Labillardière (1755), Gustave Le Gray (1820), Antoine Furetière (1619), Roland Dumas (1922), Marie Jules César Savigny (1777), and Louis Pergaud (1882).
Others born in France
Go to all RankingsEdwige Feuillère
ACTOR
1907 - 1998
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 3,413
Jacques Hamel
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1930 - 2016
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 3,414
François-Hubert Drouais
PAINTER
1727 - 1775
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 3,415
Albert Batteux
SOCCER PLAYER
1919 - 2003
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 3,416
Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse
ENGINEER
1822 - 1883
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 3,417
Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine
NOBLEMAN
1282 - 1329
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 3,418
Léon Jean Marie Dufour
PHYSICIAN
1780 - 1865
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 3,419
Jacques Labillardière
EXPLORER
1755 - 1834
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 3,420
Gustave Le Gray
PAINTER
1820 - 1884
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 3,421
Antoine Furetière
WRITER
1619 - 1688
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 3,422
Roland Dumas
POLITICIAN
1922 - 2024
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 3,423
Marie Jules César Savigny
BIOLOGIST
1777 - 1851
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 3,424
Louis Pergaud
WRITER
1882 - 1915
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 3,425
Among PHYSICIANS In France
Among physicians born in France, Léon Jean Marie Dufour ranks 49. Before him are Adrien Proust (1834), Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol (1786), Aemilia Hilaria (300), Bernard de Jussieu (1699), Jean-Nicolas Corvisart (1755), and Ernest Duchesne (1874). After him are Eugène Olivier (1881), Madeleine Pelletier (1874), Jean Cruveilhier (1791), Henri Dutrochet (1776), Louis-Antoine Ranvier (1835), and Wladimir Aïtoff (1879).
Adrien Proust
1834 - 1903
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 43
Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol
1786 - 1851
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 44
Aemilia Hilaria
300 - 363
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 45
Bernard de Jussieu
1699 - 1777
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 46
Jean-Nicolas Corvisart
1755 - 1821
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 47
Ernest Duchesne
1874 - 1912
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 48
Léon Jean Marie Dufour
1780 - 1865
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 49
Eugène Olivier
1881 - 1964
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 50
Madeleine Pelletier
1874 - 1939
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 51
Jean Cruveilhier
1791 - 1874
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 52
Henri Dutrochet
1776 - 1847
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 53
Louis-Antoine Ranvier
1835 - 1922
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 54
Wladimir Aïtoff
1879 - 1963
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 55