PHYSICIAN

Masawaiyh

777 - 857

Masawaiyh

Yuhanna ibn Masawaih (circa 777–857), (Arabic: يوحنا بن ماسويه), also written Ibn Masawaih, Masawaiyh, and in Latin Janus Damascenus, or Mesue, Masuya, Mesue Major, Msuya, and Mesuë the Elder was a Persian or Assyrian East Syriac Christian physician from the Academy of Gundishapur. According to The Canon of Medicine for Avicenna and 'Uyun al-Anba for the medieval Arabic historian Ibn Abi Usaybi'a, Masawaiyh's father was Assyrian and his mother was Slavic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Masawaiyh is the 344th most popular physician (down from 316th in 2019), the 233rd most popular biography from Iran (down from 231st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iranian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Masawaiyh ranks 344 out of 726. Before him are Victor Babeș, Richard Wilhelm, Prospero Alpini, Mary Putnam Jacobi, Friedrich Hoffmann, and Horace Wells. After him are Podalirius, James Curtis Hepburn, Karl Genzken, Aëtius of Amida, Thomas Szasz, and Paul Neumann.

Others Born in 777

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Pepin of Italy
POLITICIAN
777 - 810
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 1
Masawaiyh
PHYSICIAN
777 - 857
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 2
Khalifah ibn Khayyat
HISTORIAN
777 - 854
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 3

Others Deceased in 857

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Ziryab
MUSICIAN
789 - 857
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 1
Masawaiyh
PHYSICIAN
777 - 857
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 2

In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Masawaiyh ranks 233 out of 631. Before him are Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854), Esmail Ghaani (1957), Shahrokh Shah (1734), Amir Kabir (1807), Ibn al-Faqih (null), and Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919). After him are Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906), Asadi Tusi (999), Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899), Shapur IV (null), Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1892), and Phraates I (-190).

Others born in Iran

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Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
854 - 946
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 227
Esmail Ghaani
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1957 - Present
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 228
Shahrokh Shah
POLITICIAN
1734 - 1796
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 229
Amir Kabir
POLITICIAN
1807 - 1852
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 230
Ibn al-Faqih
HISTORIAN
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 231
Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1979
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 232
Masawaiyh
PHYSICIAN
777 - 857
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 233
Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar
WRITER
1906 - 1988
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 234
Asadi Tusi
WRITER
999 - 1072
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 235
Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1899 - 1992
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 236
Shapur IV
POLITICIAN
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 237
Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai
PHILOSOPHER
1892 - 1981
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 238
Phraates I
POLITICIAN
190 BC - 171 BC
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 239