PHYSICIAN

Alfred Blalock

1899 - 1964

Photo of Alfred Blalock

Icon of person Alfred Blalock

Alfred Blalock (April 5, 1899 – September 15, 1964) was an American surgeon most noted for his work on the medical condition of shock as well as tetralogy of Fallot – commonly known as blue baby syndrome. He created, with assistance from his research and laboratory assistant Vivien Thomas and pediatric cardiologist Helen Taussig, the Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt, a surgical procedure to relieve the cyanosis from tetralogy of Fallot. This operation ushered in the modern era of cardiac surgery. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Blalock has received more than 660,416 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Blalock is the 520th most popular physician, the 5,564th most popular biography from United States and the 56th most popular American Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Alfred Blalock ranks 520 out of 726. Before him are Anthony Carlisle, Gazi Yaşargil, Wladimir Aïtoff, Sunao Tawara, Édouard Gagnon, and Frederic Lewy. After him are Nikolai Semashko, Pierre Marie, Wilhelm His Sr., Herman Snellen, Zhong Nanshan, and Henri Dutrochet.

Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Alfred Blalock ranks 193. Before him are René Petit, Jean de Brunhoff, Eugeniusz Bodo, Hart Crane, Jón Leifs, and Miyamoto Yuriko. After him are Arvīds Pelše, Elizabeth Bowen, Jobyna Ralston, Aldo Nadi, Giuseppe Amato, and Marcel Arland. Among people deceased in 1964, Alfred Blalock ranks 123. Before him are Moa Martinson, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, Ronald Fairbairn, Ólafur Thors, and Anita Malfatti. After him are Jim Reeves, Jan de Vries, Giuseppe Amato, Seán O'Casey, Sophie Liebknecht, and Peter Romanovsky.

Others Born in 1899

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1964

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Alfred Blalock ranks 5,564 out of 20,380. Before him are Theodore Roszak (1933), William R. King (1786), Osceola (1804), Henry Clay Frick (1849), Gary Peacock (1935), and Travis Barker (1975). After him are Darlene Cates (1947), Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954), Maclyn McCarty (1911), Bruce Kulick (1953), J. Lawton Collins (1896), and Adriana Caselotti (1916).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Alfred Blalock ranks 56. Before him are Charles Best (1899), Fernando J. Corbató (1926), George Huntington (1850), Benjamin Rush (1745), Frank H. Netter (1906), and Vivien Thomas (1910). After him are Kenneth H. Cooper (1931), Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884), Thomas Horsfield (1773), Jeffrey Ullman (1942), Ancel Keys (1904), and Bernard Nathanson (1926).

American born Physicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous