# Herophilos

> A Greek physician who cut open human bodies when no one else would — and turned rumor into blueprint. His nine books are gone, but anatomy as a science starts with his blade.

*Greek physician (335–280 BC)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/herophilos

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** Turkey
- **Born:** -335
- **Died:** -280
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in Chalcedon in 335 BC, Herophilos moved to Alexandria and became the first to systematically dissect human cadavers for science. He recorded what he found across more than nine works, all now lost to history. Tertullian, an early Christian writer, claimed Herophilos vivisected at least 600 prisoners — a charge many historians dispute. What remains undisputed: he opened the field. He died around 280 BC, often called the father of anatomy.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.7 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 22.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 14.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Doctors, #Doctor, #Medicine, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312500)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herophilos)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Herophilos)
- [Heròfil de Calcedònia](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her%C3%B2fil_de_Calced%C3%B2nia)
- [Hérofilos](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9rofilos)
- [Herophilos von Chalkedon](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herophilos_von_Chalkedon)
- [Ηρόφιλος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%97%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%86%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Herofilo de Kalcedono](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herofilo_de_Kalcedono)
- [Herófilo](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her%C3%B3filo)
- [Herofilo Kaltzedoniakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herofilo_Kaltzedoniakoa)
- [هروفیلوس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [Herofilos](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herofilos)
- [Hérophile](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9rophile)
- [Heireafalas](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heireafalas)
- [Herófilo](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her%C3%B3filo)
- [הרופילוס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A1)
- [Hérophilosz](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9rophilosz)
- [Herofilos](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herofilos)
- [Erofilo](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erofilo)
- [ヘロフィロス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9)
- [ჰეროფილე](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%B0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94)
- [헤로필로스](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%97%A4%EB%A1%9C%ED%95%84%EB%A1%9C%EC%8A%A4)
- [Herophilos van Chalcedon](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herophilos_van_Chalcedon)
- [Herofilos z Chalcedonu](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herofilos_z_Chalcedonu)
- [Herófilo](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her%C3%B3filo)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Erofilo)
- [هيروفيلوس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [هيروفيلوس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3)

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