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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 645,936 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Carlo Urbani is the 476th most popular physician (down from 226th in 2019), the 3,064th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,602nd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Italian Physician.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Carlo Urbani ranks 476 out of 502. Before him are Anastasia Golovina, Luca Ghini, Constantin von Economo, Shinobu Ishihara, Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet, and Benjamin Rush. After him are Serenus Sammonicus, Wladimir Aïtoff, Julius Friedrich Cohnheim, Giulio Bizzozero, Max Gerson, and Robert Knox.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Carlo Urbani ranks 194. Before him are Scott Columbus, Glen Matlock, Nathan Lane, Bodo Ramelow, Joe Montana, and Paulo Autuori. After him are Vinnie Colaiuta, Andy Goldsworthy, Lilli Carati, Al Corley, Yiannis Kouros, and Sinan Sakić. Among people deceased in 2003, Carlo Urbani ranks 184. Before him are Aleksandar Tišma, Veikko Hakulinen, Joel Antônio Martins, Derek Prince, Dorothee Sölle, and Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan. After him are Olle Anderberg, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Emil Loteanu, Lu'ay al-Atassi, Lev Kerbel, and Wolfgang Larrazábal.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Carlo Urbani ranks 3,064 out of 4,668. Before him are Giuseppe Pinelli (1928), Francesco Alidosi (1455), Paolo Savi (1798), Angelo Beolco (1496), Domitia (null), and Alfredo M. Bonanno (1937). After him are Francesco Mario Pagano (1748), Maurizio Cattelan (1960), Gimax (1938), Andrea Costa (1851), Francesca Neri (1964), and Livio Berruti (1939).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Carlo Urbani ranks 32. Before him are Dorotea Bucca (1360), Luigi Carlo Farini (1812), Abella (1400), Ennio Antonelli (1936), Antonio Scarpa (1752), and Antonio Bertoloni (1775). After him are Giulio Bizzozero (1846), Giuseppe Pitrè (1841), Giovanni Saldarini (1924), and Mathilde Krim (1926).

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