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Róbert Bárány

1876 - 1936

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Robert Bárány (Hungarian: Bárány Róbert, pronounced [ˈbaːraːɲ ˈroːbɛrt]; 22 April 1876 – 8 April 1936) was an Austrian-born otologist. He received the 1914 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Róbert Bárány is the 21st most popular physician (up from 99th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Austria (up from 165th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Physician.

Róbert Bárány is most famous for his work in the field of neurosurgery. He was the first person to perform surgery on the brain, and he was also the first person to use anesthesia for this procedure.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Róbert Bárány ranks 21 out of 726. Before him are Ignaz Semmelweis, William Harvey, Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, Alan Hodgkin, Pedanius Dioscorides, and Nestorius. After him are Cesare Lombroso, Georgius Agricola, Cyril of Alexandria, Michael Servetus, Allvar Gullstrand, and Al-Zahrawi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Róbert Bárány ranks 8. Before him are Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Mata Hari, Konrad Adenauer, Jack London, Adolf Windaus, and John Macleod. After him are Erich Raeder, Zewditu, Otto Diels, Wilhelm Pieck, Constantin Brâncuși, and Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb. Among people deceased in 1936, Róbert Bárány ranks 7. Before him are George V, Ivan Pavlov, Maxim Gorky, Federico García Lorca, Rudyard Kipling, and Lu Xun. After him are Grazia Deledda, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Luigi Pirandello, Lev Kamenev, Oswald Spengler, and Ferdinand Tönnies.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Róbert Bárány ranks 63 out of 1,424. Before him are Maria Carolina of Austria (1752), Archduchess Sophie of Austria (1855), Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1678), Ludwig Boltzmann (1844), Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802), and Otto Skorzeny (1908). After him are Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854), Amon Göth (1908), Christian Doppler (1803), Oskar Kokoschka (1886), Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903), and Victor Francis Hess (1883).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Austria

Among physicians born in Austria, Róbert Bárány ranks 1. After him are Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857), Eric Kandel (1929), Aribert Heim (1914), Hans Selye (1907), Hans Asperger (1906), Irmfried Eberl (1910), Leopold Auenbrugger (1722), Victor Babeș (1854), Paul Neumann (1875), Bénédict Morel (1809), and Fritz Klein (1932).

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