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Bill Frist

1952 - Today

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William Harrison Frist (born February 22, 1952) is an American physician, businessman, and policymaker who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as Senate majority leader from 2003 to 2007. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Frist studied government and health care policy at Princeton University and earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from Harvard Medical School. He trained as a cardiothoracic transplant surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine, and later founded the Vanderbilt Transplant Center. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Bill Frist is the 713th most popular physician (down from 706th in 2024), the 15,569th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,376th in 2019) and the 100th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Bill Frist ranks 713 out of 726. Before him are Hayat Sindi, Mathilde Krim, David Shulkin, Fernando Simón, Maha Al Muneef, and Donald Henderson. After him are Anna Bågenholm, Hinrich Romeike, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Suniti Solomon, and Amina Okueva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Bill Frist ranks 764. Before him are Gordon McQueen, Joe Johnson, Helen Dunmore, Spencer Abraham, Rhys Chatham, and Karen Magnussen. After him are Urvashi Butalia, Sharon Wichman, Angela Farrell, Bob Corker, Ernie Fletcher, and William F. Readdy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Frist ranks 15,576 out of 20,380. Before him are Meghan Trainor (1993), Susan Walters (1963), Peggy Cass (1924), Johnny Mack Brown (1904), Barbara Jo Allen (1906), and Brian Duffy (1953). After him are Crissy Moran (1975), Elena Verdugo (1925), Dixy Lee Ray (1914), Walt Hazzard (1942), Joy Harjo (1951), and Joey Logano (1990).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Bill Frist ranks 100. Before him are Rachel Levine (1957), Steven M. Greer (1955), Charles R. Drew (1904), Caldwell Esselstyn (1933), David Shulkin (1959), and Donald Henderson (1928). After him are Jonny Kim (1984), Atul Gawande (1965), Nidal Hasan (1970), and Yvonne Cagle (1959).

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