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Paul Langerhans

1847 - 1888

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Paul Langerhans (25 July 1847 – 20 July 1888) was a German pathologist, physiologist and biologist, credited with the discovery of the cells that secrete insulin, named after him as the islets of Langerhans. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Langerhans is the 4,381st most popular politician (up from 4,755th in 2019), the 1,137th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,286th in 2019) and the 327th most popular German Politician.

Paul Langerhans was a German scientist who discovered cells in the pancreas that produce insulin.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Paul Langerhans ranks 4,381 out of 19,576. Before him are Shamshi-Adad V, Ermengarde of Hesbaye, Heracles of Macedon, Emil Constantinescu, Rudolph II of Burgundy, and Patricio Aylwin. After him are Emperor Houshao of Han, Paul P. Harris, Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus, Gyula Horn, and Oskar Lafontaine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Paul Langerhans ranks 20. Before him are Max Liebermann, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Annie Besant, Radomir Putnik, Bolesław Prus, and Sergey Nechayev. After him are Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Maria Pia of Savoy, Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Catherine Dolgorukov, Agathe Backer Grøndahl, and Nikolay Zhukovsky. Among people deceased in 1888, Paul Langerhans ranks 14. Before him are Carl Zeiss, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Nikolay Przhevalsky, François Achille Bazaine, Anton Mauve, and Charles-Valentin Alkan. After him are Johannes Zukertort, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Theodor Storm, Ascanio Sobrero, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, and Auguste Maquet.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Langerhans ranks 1,137 out of 7,253. Before him are Gershom Scholem (1897), Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1803), Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775), Christian Thomasius (1655), Charles, Grand Duke of Baden (1786), and Karl Richard Lepsius (1810). After him are Rainer Weiss (1932), Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (1229), Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426), Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775), Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887), and Oskar Lafontaine (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Paul Langerhans ranks 327. Before him are Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778), Gustav Noske (1868), Emil Maurice (1897), Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen (1804), Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1803), and Charles, Grand Duke of Baden (1786). After him are Oskar Lafontaine (1943), Hans Oster (1887), Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709), Ernst Albrecht (1930), Sibylle of Cleves (1512), and Emil Jellinek (1853).

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