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Magnus Hirschfeld

1868 - 1935

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Magnus Hirschfeld (14 May 1868 – 14 May 1935) was a German physician, sexologist and LGBTQ advocate, whose German citizenship was later revoked by the Nazi government. Hirschfeld was educated in philosophy, philology and medicine. An outspoken advocate for sexual minorities, Hirschfeld founded the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee and World League for Sexual Reform. He based his practice in Berlin-Charlottenburg during the Weimar period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Magnus Hirschfeld is the 165th most popular physician (up from 180th in 2019), the 213th most popular biography from Poland (up from 263rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Polish Physician.

Magnus Hirschfeld was a German physician, sexologist, and gay rights activist. He is most famous for his work in the field of sexual science.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Magnus Hirschfeld ranks 165 out of 726. Before him are Jonas Salk, Herta Oberheuser, Agnodice, Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, Peter Agre, and Virginia Apgar. After him are E. Donnall Thomas, Sushruta, Carl Wernicke, Albert of Riga, Severo Ochoa, and Andrew Schally.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Magnus Hirschfeld ranks 45. Before him are Scott Joplin, Josephine Bakhita, Stefan George, Pompeu Fabra, Felix Hausdorff, and Édouard Vuillard. After him are Eleanor H. Porter, Alexandra David-Néel, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Koloman Moser, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr., and Gustav Noske. Among people deceased in 1935, Magnus Hirschfeld ranks 35. Before him are Henri Pirenne, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, Hugo Junkers, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, Mihajlo Pupin, and Panait Istrati. After him are Anna Ancher, Ali of Hejaz, Paul Bourget, Rashid Rida, Johan Halvorsen, and Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Magnus Hirschfeld ranks 213 out of 1,694. Before him are Felix Hausdorff (1868), Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749), Aleksandra Ekster (1882), Hans Lammers (1879), Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651), and Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788). After him are Stefan Wyszyński (1901), Stanislaus Kostka (1550), Otto Kretschmer (1912), Karl Denke (1860), Paul Tillich (1886), and Otto Klemperer (1885).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Poland

Among physicians born in Poland, Magnus Hirschfeld ranks 7. Before him are L. L. Zamenhof (1859), Rudolf Virchow (1821), Paul Ehrlich (1854), Emil von Behring (1854), Albert Sabin (1906), and Alexander Bogdanov (1873). After him are Carl Wernicke (1848), Jan Jesenius (1566), Leon Pinsker (1821), Bronisława Dłuska (1865), Robert Remak (1815), and Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (1855).

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