66.7% of matchups won
429 matchups
Elo 1589
tracked 2025/06/04 → 2026/09/09
mission: Revolutionize medicine and toxicology · Medicine and toxicology · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing71%
picked as helping wellbeing
362 matchups
42%
picked as hurting wellbeing
67 matchups
On balance people see it as helping.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
01
Avicenna
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50.0% wins · Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
02
Galen
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56.8% wins · 1st-century Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher
03
Hippocrates
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59.0% wins · Greek physician ( c. 460 – c. 370 BC)
04
Albertus Magnus
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61.6% wins · German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
05
Francis Bacon
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60.0% wins · English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)
Known for
- Father of toxicology
- Championed chemical therapy
- Introduced dosing principles
- Promoted cleanliness in surgery
- Pioneered clinical observations
Based on 429 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/09/09. Full rankings ·
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