PHYSICIAN
Bennet Omalu
1968 - Today
Bennet Omalu
Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu (born September 30, 1968) is a Nigerian-American physician, forensic pathologist and neuropathologist who was the first to discover and publish findings on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in American football players while working at the Allegheny County coroner's office in Pittsburgh. He later became the chief medical examiner for San Joaquin County, California, and is a professor at the University of California, Davis, department of medical pathology and laboratory medicine. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bennet Omalu has received more than 7,332,246 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Bennet Omalu is the 495th most popular physician, the 29th most popular biography from Nigeria and the most popular Nigerian Physician.
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7.3M
Page Views (PV)
47.97
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
17
Languages Editions (L)
5.07
Effective Languages (L*)
1.93
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Among PHYSICIANS
Among physicians, Bennet Omalu ranks 495 out of 502. Before him are Joep Lange, William Beaumont, Giuseppe Pitrè, Ludwig Traube, Thomas Francis Wade, and Ernest Starling. After him are Anders Tegnell, Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Frederic Lewy, Guy Patin, Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, and Nikolay Burdenko.
Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia
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Joep Lange
1954 - 2014
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 489
William Beaumont
1785 - 1853
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 490
Giuseppe Pitrè
1841 - 1916
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 491
Ludwig Traube
1818 - 1876
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 492
Thomas Francis Wade
1818 - 1895
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 493
Ernest Starling
1866 - 1927
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 494
Bennet Omalu
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 495
Anders Tegnell
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 496
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann
1798 - 1850
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 497
Frederic Lewy
1885 - 1950
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 498
Guy Patin
1601 - 1672
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 499
Noël Martin Joseph de Necker
1730 - 1793
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 500
Nikolay Burdenko
1876 - 1946
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 501
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1968, Bennet Omalu ranks 144. Before him are Mauro Silva, Boris Gelfand, Gary Payton, Sofie Gråbøl, Frédéric Diefenthal, and Frank Leboeuf. After him are Michael Stich, Michael Stuhlbarg, Giuseppe Signori, Billy Crudup, Zara Whites, and Jana Novotná.
Others Born in 1968
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Mauro Silva
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 138
Boris Gelfand
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 139
Gary Payton
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 140
Sofie Gråbøl
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 141
Frédéric Diefenthal
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 142
Frank Leboeuf
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 143
Bennet Omalu
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 144
Michael Stich
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 145
Michael Stuhlbarg
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 146
Giuseppe Signori
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 147
Billy Crudup
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 148
Zara Whites
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 149
Jana Novotná
1968 - 2017
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 150
In Nigeria
Among people born in Nigeria, Bennet Omalu ranks 29 out of 236. Before him are C. Odumegwu Ojukwu (1933), Abdullah al-Thani (1954), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (1954), Ibrahim Babangida (1941), Rashidi Yekini (1963), and Amos Tutuola (1920). After him are Murtala Mohammed (1938), Nana Asmaʼu (1793), Nwankwo Kanu (1976), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), Abdulsalami Abubakar (1942), and Aliko Dangote (1957).
Others born in Nigeria
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C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
1933 - 2011
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 23
Abdullah al-Thani
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 24
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 25
Ibrahim Babangida
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 26
Rashidi Yekini
1963 - 2012
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 27
Amos Tutuola
1920 - 1997
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 28
Bennet Omalu
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 29
Murtala Mohammed
1938 - 1976
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 30
Nana Asmaʼu
1793 - 1864
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 31
Nwankwo Kanu
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 32
Nnamdi Azikiwe
1904 - 1996
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 33
Abdulsalami Abubakar
1942 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 34
Aliko Dangote
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 35
Among PHYSICIANS In Nigeria
Among physicians born in Nigeria, Bennet Omalu ranks 1.
