56.8% of matchups won
1,540 matchups
Elo 1403
tracked 2025/05/31 → 2025/09/25
mission: Advance medical knowledge and practice · Medicine and Philosophy · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing57%
picked as helping wellbeing
1,191 matchups
57%
picked as hurting wellbeing
349 matchups
People are split on it.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-09-24Related
Similar people
01
Avicenna
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50.0% wins · Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
02
Hippocrates
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59.0% wins · Greek physician ( c. 460 – c. 370 BC)
03
Paracelsus
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66.7% wins · Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
04
Aristotle
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64.3% wins · 4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
05
Galileo Galilei
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70.4% wins · Italian polymath (1564–1642)
Known for
- Developed anatomy
- Pioneered surgical techniques
- Enhanced understanding of physiology
- Contributed to psychology
- Influenced medieval medicine
Based on 1,540 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2025/09/25. Full rankings ·
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