PHYSICIAN

Barry Marshall

1951 - Today

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Barry James Marshall (born 30 September 1951) is an Australian physician, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Professor of Clinical Microbiology and Co-Director of the Marshall Centre at the University of Western Australia. Marshall and Robin Warren showed that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) plays a major role in causing many peptic ulcers, challenging decades of medical doctrine holding that ulcers were caused primarily by stress, spicy foods, and too much acid. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barry Marshall has received more than 1,258,919 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Barry Marshall is the 224th most popular physician (up from 237th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Australia (up from 49th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Australian Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Barry Marshall ranks 224 out of 726. Before him are Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Hans Rosling, Carl von Rokitansky, Karl Adolph von Basedow, Philipp Franz von Siebold, and Paul of Aegina. After him are Bernard Kouchner, Patch Adams, Regnier de Graaf, Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol, Leander of Seville, and Tasuku Honjo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Barry Marshall ranks 72. Before him are Glenn Hughes, Fatmir Sejdiu, Lou Ferrigno, Bao Xishun, Šaban Šaulić, and Frank Wilczek. After him are Olivia Hussey, Ben Feringa, Joey Ramone, Thomas Boni Yayi, Behgjet Pacolli, and Ben Carson.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Barry Marshall ranks 44 out of 1,143. Before him are Alan Jones (1946), Lisa Gerrard (1961), Phil Rudd (1954), Rod Taylor (1930), Roy Emerson (1936), and Johnny Logan (1954). After him are Eric Bana (1968), Jonathan Hyde (1948), Liam Hemsworth (1990), Judith Anderson (1897), George Miller (1945), and James Clavell (1921).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Australia

Among physicians born in Australia, Barry Marshall ranks 3. Before him are John Eccles (1903), and Robin Warren (1937). After him are Howard Florey (1898), Peter C. Doherty (1940), and Elizabeth Kenny (1880).

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