BIOLOGIST

Alfred G. Knudson

1922 - 2016

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Alfred George Knudson, Jr. (August 9, 1922 – July 10, 2016) was an American physician and geneticist specializing in cancer genetics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred G. Knudson has received more than 53,225 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred G. Knudson is the 773rd most popular biologist (down from 668th in 2019), the 7,191st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,368th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular American Biologist.

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  • 53k

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  • 47.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Alfred G. Knudson ranks 773 out of 1,097. Before him are Spencer Fullerton Baird, Kristine Bonnevie, Ángel Cabrera, Giacomo Bresadola, Jules Verreaux, and William Thomas Blanford. After him are Hipólito Ruiz López, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Charlotte Auerbach, Joseph Banks Rhine, Louisa Bolus, and Peter Duesberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Alfred G. Knudson ranks 306. Before him are Frances Spence, Vesna Parun, John Eisenhower, Barbara Hale, Riccardo Carapellese, and Marin Preda. After him are Božo Broketa, China Zorrilla, Hannelore Schroth, Oscar Pettiford, Edwin Vásquez, and Kathryn Grayson. Among people deceased in 2016, Alfred G. Knudson ranks 358. Before him are Raúl Cárdenas, Adolf Born, Eliseo Prado, Bobby Vee, Hermann Kant, and Mark Dvoretsky. After him are Ottavio Bugatti, Ursula Franklin, Pauline Oliveros, Kurt Svensson, Herschell Gordon Lewis, and Henning Enoksen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alfred G. Knudson ranks 7,191 out of 20,380. Before him are Susan Anspach (1942), Leslie Uggams (1943), Stoya (1986), Hubert Sumlin (1931), Jeane Dixon (1904), and Meredith Baxter (1947). After him are Phoebe Cates (1963), Miles Teller (1987), Alison Arngrim (1962), Jenny McCarthy (1972), Ken Carpenter (1913), and Monte Hellman (1932).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Alfred G. Knudson ranks 103. Before him are George Newbold Lawrence (1806), Joseph Leidy (1823), Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890), James L. Peters (1889), Neil Campbell (1946), and Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823). After him are Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859), Joseph Banks Rhine (1895), Paul R. Ehrlich (1932), Alfred Romer (1894), Robert Trivers (1943), and Herbert Copeland (1902).

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