# Luigi Galvani

> He made dead frogs dance with sparks. The twitching legs weren't witchcraft — they were the first hard proof that bodies run on electricity.

*Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/luigi-galvani

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1737-09-09
- **Died:** 1798-12-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Luigi Galvani was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist, and philosopher who spent his career chasing animal electricity. In 1780 he ran a voltage through a dead frog and watched its legs kick, a spasm that cracked open bioelectricity as a field. The work followed earlier experiments by John Walsh and Hugh Williamson, but Galvani's frog became the canonical image. He was born on 9 September 1737 and died on 4 December 1798, his name now worn by every galvanized surface and galvanometer that carries current.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 62.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.7 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 19.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #44

## Topics
#Scientists, #Scientist, #Physics, #Medicine, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1589)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Galvani)
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- [Luici Qalvani](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luici_Qalvani)
- [Луіджы Гальвані](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8B_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96)
- [Луиджи Галвани](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8)
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