PHYSICIAN

Carlos Chagas

1879 - 1934

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Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, or Carlos Chagas (Portuguese: [ˈkaʁluz ʒustʃĩniˈɐ̃nu ʁiˈbejɾu ˈʃaɡɐs]; July 9, 1879 – November 8, 1934), was a Brazilian sanitary physician, scientist, and microbiologist who worked as a clinician and researcher. Most well known for the discovery of an eponymous protozoal infection called Chagas disease, also called American trypanosomiasis, he also discovered the causative fungi of the pneumocystis pneumonia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Chagas has received more than 122,603 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Carlos Chagas is the 360th most popular physician (down from 343rd in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 198th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Physician.

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  • 54.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Carlos Chagas ranks 360 out of 726. Before him are Mehmet Oz, Stamen Grigorov, Hilary Koprowski, Justinus Kerner, Jean Pierre Flourens, and Robert Darwin. After him are Moritz Kaposi, Pierre Fauchard, Johann von Staupitz, Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, Adolph Kolping, and Garcia de Orta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Carlos Chagas ranks 94. Before him are José Millán-Astray, Ernest Jones, Princess Marie Louise of Hanover, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, Guido Fubini, and Rudolf Bauer. After him are Josep Maria Jujol, Othon Friesz, Yevgenia Bosch, Prince Mirko of Montenegro, Rafael de Nogales Méndez, and Bernhard Kellermann. Among people deceased in 1934, Carlos Chagas ranks 80. Before him are Roger Fry, Paul Gustav Fischer, Herbert Chapman, Alimardan Topchubashov, Infante Gonzalo of Spain, and Lauri Ingman. After him are François Coty, Rudolf Maister, Pablo Gargallo, Gustave Lanson, Baby Face Nelson, and Cassius Marcellus Coolidge.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Carlos Chagas ranks 239 out of 2,236. Before him are Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior (1959), José Bonifácio de Andrada (1763), Paulo Cézar Caju (1949), Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (1848), Friaça (1924), and Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil (1845). After him are Jorge Ben (1942), Silvio Santos (1930), Altair Gomes de Figueiredo (1938), Marinho Peres (1947), Diane, Duchess of Württemberg (1940), and Regina Duarte (1947).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Brazil

Among physicians born in Brazil, Carlos Chagas ranks 1. After him are Zilda Arns (1934), and Oswaldo Cruz (1872).

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