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Oskar Minkowski

1858 - 1931

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Oskar Minkowski (; German: [mɪŋˈkɔfski] 13 January 1858 – 18 July 1931) was a German physician and physiologist who held a professorship at the University of Breslau and is most famous for his research on diabetes. He was the brother of the mathematician Hermann Minkowski and father of astrophysicist Rudolph Minkowski. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oskar Minkowski is the 502nd most popular physician (up from 511th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 118th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Lithuanian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Oskar Minkowski ranks 502 out of 726. Before him are Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen, William Stewart Halsted, Soumya Swaminathan, Eugène Olivier, Constantin von Economo, and Kurt Blome. After him are Wu Lien-teh, Russell M. Nelson, Madeleine Pelletier, Ibn Butlan, Fritz Klein, and Carlo Urbani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Oskar Minkowski ranks 97. Before him are Bipin Chandra Pal, Eduard von Toll, Gerard Philips, Mikimoto Kōkichi, Helen Churchill Candee, and Dhondo Keshav Karve. After him are Edmond Aman-Jean, Ferdinand Albin Pax, Heinrich Zille, Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line, Georgi Todorov, and Eva Nansen. Among people deceased in 1931, Oskar Minkowski ranks 92. Before him are Selma Rıza, Mammad Hasan Hajinski, Teresa Claramunt Creus, Tommaso Tittoni, Buddy Bolden, and Constantin von Economo. After him are Dmitri Egorov, Lya De Putti, Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Hjalmar Bergman, and John Isaac Briquet.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Oskar Minkowski ranks 109 out of 328. Before him are Petr Shelokhonov (1929), Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (1963), Vlado Perlemuter (1904), Morta (1210), Rimas Kurtinaitis (1960), and Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas (1880). After him are Laurynas Gucevičius (1753), Justinas Marcinkevičius (1930), Algirdas Butkevičius (1958), Virgilijus Alekna (1972), Romas Kalanta (1953), and Yakov Smushkevich (1902).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Lithuania

Among physicians born in Lithuania, Oskar Minkowski ranks 2. Before him are Andrew Schally (1926). After him are Napoleon Cybulski (1854).

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