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Maximilian Bircher-Benner

1867 - 1939

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Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner, M.D. (22 August 1867 – 24 January 1939) was a Swiss physician and a pioneer nutritionist credited for popularizing muesli and raw food vegetarianism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maximilian Bircher-Benner is the 441st most popular physician (down from 399th in 2019), the 326th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 298th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swiss Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Maximilian Bircher-Benner ranks 441 out of 726. Before him are Wilhelm Stekel, Realdo Colombo, Gazi Yaşargil, Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, Crawford Long, and James Braid. After him are Ernest Duchesne, Giorgio Biandrata, Antonio Bertoloni, Dorotea Bucca, Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet, and Rebecca Guarna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Maximilian Bircher-Benner ranks 93. Before him are Alexander Vasiliev, Hanns Hörbiger, Aleksandar Malinov, Charles Dillon Perrine, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, and Giuseppe Morello. After him are Léon Daudet, Yevgeny Miller, Ivan Grohar, John Rogan, Phan Bội Châu, and Prince Henri of Orléans. Among people deceased in 1939, Maximilian Bircher-Benner ranks 84. Before him are Stjepan Sarkotić, Francisco León de la Barra, Henry, Duke of Parma, Pavel Postyshev, Alice Brady, and Vlas Chubar. After him are Yevgeny Miller, Archduke Leo Karl of Austria, Ottó Bláthy, Kálmán Darányi, Anna Coleman Ladd, and Prosper Bruggeman.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Maximilian Bircher-Benner ranks 326 out of 1,015. Before him are Marc Surer (1951), Andreas Vollenweider (1953), Nicolaus I Bernoulli (1687), Johann Bauhin (1541), Alain Berset (1972), and Josef Hügi (1930). After him are Urs Graf (1485), Marcel Koller (1960), Hermann Barrelet (1879), Archduchess Charlotte of Austria (1921), Silvio Moser (1941), and Simeon Bavier (1825).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Switzerland

Among physicians born in Switzerland, Maximilian Bircher-Benner ranks 12. Before him are Walter Rudolf Hess (1881), Alexandre Yersin (1863), Rolf M. Zinkernagel (1944), Albrecht von Haller (1708), Friedrich Miescher (1844), and Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672). After him are Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777), Wilhelm His Sr. (1831), Thomas Erastus (1524), Paolo Macchiarini (1958), Adolf Meyer (1866), and Daniel Mojon (1963).

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