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André Frédéric Cournand

1895 - 1988

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André Frédéric Cournand (September 24, 1895 – February 19, 1988) was a French-American physician and physiologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Frédéric Cournand has received more than 77,677 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). André Frédéric Cournand is the 100th most popular physician (up from 148th in 2019), the 807th most popular biography from France (up from 1,130th in 2019) and the 15th most popular French Physician.

André Frédéric Cournand was a physician and physiologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 for his work on the physiology of the heart and the circulatory system.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 64.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 19.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of André Frédéric Cournands by language

Over the past year André Frédéric Cournand has had the most page views in the with 7,894 views, followed by Chinese (2,283), and German (1,852). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Mingrelian (109.27%), Basque (56.36%), and Belarusian (55.25%)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, André Frédéric Cournand ranks 100 out of 726. Before him are Hans Selye, Jean Nicot, Aribert Heim, Alexandre Yersin, Haldan Keffer Hartline, and Róbert Bárány. After him are Ctesias, Werner Forssmann, William T. G. Morton, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Jens Christian Skou, and Frederick Chapman Robbins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, André Frédéric Cournand ranks 45. Before him are Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Vladimir Propp, William Giauque, Zog I of Albania, Igor Tamm, and Buckminster Fuller. After him are Augusto César Sandino, Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia, Stanley Rous, Jürgen Stroop, Richard Walther Darré, and Dorothea Lange. Among people deceased in 1988, André Frédéric Cournand ranks 16. Before him are Chiang Ching-kuo, Chet Baker, Roy Orbison, Klaus Fuchs, Nikolaas Tinbergen, and Trevor Howard. After him are Juan Pujol García, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, Raymond Carver, John Holmes, Kim Philby, and Tibor Sekelj.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Frédéric Cournand ranks 807 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Blanchot (1907), Bernard Gui (1261), Saint Remigius (437), Léon Bourgeois (1851), Robert Nivelle (1856), and Inessa Armand (1874). After him are Victor of Aveyron (1793), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), Charles Garnier (1825), Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573), Antoine Arnauld (1612), and Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, André Frédéric Cournand ranks 15. Before him are René Laennec (1781), Philippe Pinel (1745), Karl Brandt (1904), Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805), Charles Nicolle (1866), and Jean Nicot (1530). After him are Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), Dominique Jean Larrey (1766), Maurice Bucaille (1920), and Guy de Chauliac (1300).

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