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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 heart disease. Modern dietary recommendations by health organizations, systematic reviews, and national health agencies corroborate this. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ancel Keys has received more than 719,912 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ancel Keys is the 486th most popular physician, the 5,564th most popular biography from United States and the 55th most popular American Physician.

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  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ancel Keys ranks 486 out of 502. Before him are Giulio Bizzozero, Max Gerson, Robert Knox, Jeffrey Ullman, Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, and Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt. After him are Ludwig Aschoff, Ruth Pfau, Joep Lange, William Beaumont, Giuseppe Pitrè, and Ludwig Traube.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Ancel Keys ranks 208. Before him are Piero Toscani, Vladimir Kokkinaki, Rambai Barni, Yves Giraud-Cabantous, Bozorg Alavi, and Ladislav Ženíšek. After him are Giuliano Bonfante, Ciriaco Errasti, Andrew Marton, Jānis Daliņš, Käthe von Nagy, and Humberto Elgueta. Among people deceased in 2004, Ancel Keys ranks 169. Before him are Bryce DeWitt, Hasse Ekman, Bror Mellberg, Daniel J. Boorstin, Augusto da Costa, and Daouda Malam Wanké. After him are John Randolph, John Drew Barrymore, Frank Thomas, Torsten Hägerstrand, Carlo Di Palma, and Jacek Kuroń.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ancel Keys ranks 5,564 out of 18,182. Before him are Loretta Lynn (1932), Almon Brown Strowger (1839), Alvin Ailey (1931), Lewis Powell (1844), Barbara Morgan (1951), and Lee Meriwether (1935). After him are Stan Kenton (1911), Will Rogers (1879), Tony Accardo (1906), Ray Allen (1975), Daniel Webster (1782), and Zane Grey (1872).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Ancel Keys ranks 55. Before him are Mehmet Oz (1960), Vivien Thomas (1910), Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884), Philip Showalter Hench (1896), Benjamin Rush (1745), and Jeffrey Ullman (1942). After him are William Beaumont (1785), Russell M. Nelson (1924), Florence R. Sabin (1871), Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779), Walter Reed (1851), and Leila Denmark (1898).

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