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Ancel Keys

1904 - 2004

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Ancel Benjamin Keys (January 26, 1904 – November 20, 2004) was an American physiologist who studied the influence of diet on health. In particular, he hypothesized that replacing dietary saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat reduced cardiovascular diseases. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ancel Keys has received more than 800,884 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ancel Keys is the 561st most popular physician (down from 485th in 2019), the 6,271st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,552nd in 2019) and the 61st most popular American Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 800k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ancel Keys ranks 561 out of 726. Before him are Oswaldo Cruz, Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, Borzuya, Joep Lange, Ludwig Aschoff, and Aemilia Hilaria. After him are Nikolay Burdenko, Carlo Urbani, Gustav Fischer, Bernard Nathanson, Russell M. Nelson, and Jean Cruveilhier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Ancel Keys ranks 225. Before him are Cecil Day-Lewis, Attila Petschauer, Giuliano Bonfante, Piero Toscani, Constance Bennett, and Gregg Toland. After him are Käthe von Nagy, August Jakobson, François Marty, Jānis Daliņš, Ralph Kronig, and Sergio Amidei. Among people deceased in 2004, Ancel Keys ranks 207. Before him are Bagrat Shinkuba, John Randolph, Carlo Di Palma, Eugenio Garin, Luis E. Miramontes, and Jacques Noël. After him are Terry Melcher, Kenneth E. Iverson, Mahmut Atalay, Gunder Hägg, Skeeter Davis, and O. W. Fischer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ancel Keys ranks 6,271 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert John Burke (1960), Gregg Toland (1904), Billy Barty (1924), Hamilton Luske (1903), Jenny Holzer (1950), and Carolee Schneemann (1939). After him are Christopher McQuarrie (1968), Ben Hogan (1912), Harrison Young (1930), Lindsey Vonn (1984), Benjamin Morrell (1795), and Rand Brooks (1918).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Ancel Keys ranks 61. Before him are Vivien Thomas (1910), Alfred Blalock (1899), Kenneth H. Cooper (1931), Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884), Thomas Horsfield (1773), and Jeffrey Ullman (1942). After him are Bernard Nathanson (1926), Russell M. Nelson (1924), Florence R. Sabin (1871), William Beaumont (1785), Ellen S. Baker (1953), and Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779).

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