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Carlo Urbani

1956 - 2003

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Carlo Urbani (Italian: [ˈkarlo urˈbaːni] ; 19 October 1956 – 29 March 2003) was an Italian physician and microbiologist and the first to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) as probably a new and dangerously contagious viral disease, and his early warning to the World Health Organization (WHO) triggered a swift and global response credited with saving numerous lives. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlo Urbani has received more than 651,389 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Carlo Urbani is the 563rd most popular physician (down from 475th in 2019), the 3,533rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,054th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Italian Physician.

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  • 48.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Carlo Urbani ranks 563 out of 726. Before him are Borzuya, Joep Lange, Ludwig Aschoff, Aemilia Hilaria, Ancel Keys, and Nikolay Burdenko. After him are Gustav Fischer, Bernard Nathanson, Russell M. Nelson, Jean Cruveilhier, Jacinto Convit, and Paul Hermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Carlo Urbani ranks 281. Before him are Gary Ross, Justin Welby, Ilona Slupianek, Nigel Kennedy, Volodymyr Lytvyn, and Mullah Krekar. After him are Rodolfo Rodríguez, Ulrike Meyfarth, Edson Tavares, Ernie Brandts, Rainer Woelki, and Sergei Sukhoruchenkov. Among people deceased in 2003, Carlo Urbani ranks 230. Before him are Rachel de Queiroz, Marina Ladynina, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Rand Brooks, Herbie Mann, and Félix Loustau. After him are Buddy Ebsen, Lana Clarkson, Charles P. Kindleberger, Naftali Temu, Alfred Aston, and Gunnar Johansson.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Carlo Urbani ranks 3,533 out of 5,161. Before him are Piero Dusio (1899), Paola Pitagora (1941), Ben Vautier (1935), Tullio Regge (1931), Antonio Di Pietro (1950), and Luigi Carpaneda (1925). After him are Teoberto Maler (1842), Domenico Agostini (1825), Carlo Luigi Spegazzini (1858), Ivan Capelli (1963), Riccardo Scamarcio (1979), and Guglielmo Gabetto (1916).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Carlo Urbani ranks 36. Before him are Antonio Bertoloni (1775), Antonio Scarpa (1752), Abella (1400), Ugo Cerletti (1877), Giulio Bizzozero (1846), and Giuseppe Pitrè (1841). After him are Giovanni Saldarini (1924), Sergio Canavero (1964), and Mathilde Krim (1926).

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