Physician
Charles Brenton Huggins
American physiologist
1901 - 1997
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Charles Brenton Huggins
His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2024). Charles Brenton Huggins is the 188th most popular physician (down from 160th in 2024), the 70th most popular biography from Canada (down from 50th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Physician.
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#70 / 2,294
Charles Brenton Huggins ranks #70 among 2,294 people in Pantheon born in Canada, inside the top 4% of that group.
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Among Physicians
Among physicians, Charles Brenton Huggins ranks 188 out of 749. Before him are Michael Stuart Brown, Joseph Calasanz, David H. Hubel, Nicolaes Tulp, Adolf Eugen Fick, and Ludwig Guttmann. After him are Psusennes II, Thomas Bartholin, Andrea Cesalpino, Horst Schumann, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, and Carl von Rokitansky.
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Charles Brenton Huggins
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HPI: 66.89
Rank: 188
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HPI: 66.89
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HPI: 66.88
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HPI: 66.68
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HPI: 66.66
Rank: 194
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1901, Charles Brenton Huggins ranks 70. Before him are Paul Lazarsfeld, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Raimundo Orsi, Tage Erlander, Alice Prin, and Itzhak Stern. After him are Souvanna Phouma, Hans Kammler, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Barbara Cartland, Arthur Samuel, and Zhang Xueliang. Among people deceased in 1997, Charles Brenton Huggins ranks 58. Before him are Amha Selassie, John Denver, Friedrich Hund, Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, Diosdado Macapagal, and André Franquin. After him are Shoichi Yokoi, George Wald, Masaru Ibuka, Hastings Banda, Miguel Najdorf, and Marco Ferreri.
Others Born in 1901
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Paul Lazarsfeld
SOCIOLOGIST
1901 - 1976
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 64
Ludwig von Bertalanffy
BIOLOGIST
1901 - 1972
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 65
Raimundo Orsi
SOCCER PLAYER
1901 - 1986
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 66
Tage Erlander
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1985
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 67
Alice Prin
MODEL
1901 - 1953
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 68
Itzhak Stern
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1901 - 1969
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 69
Charles Brenton Huggins
PHYSICIAN
1901 - 1997
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 70
Souvanna Phouma
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1984
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 71
Hans Kammler
ENGINEER
1901 - 1945
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 72
Mohammed Abdel Wahab
SINGER
1901 - 1991
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 73
Barbara Cartland
WRITER
1901 - 2000
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 74
Arthur Samuel
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1901 - 1990
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 75
Zhang Xueliang
POLITICIAN
1901 - 2001
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 76
Others Deceased in 1997
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Amha Selassie
POLITICIAN
1916 - 1997
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 52
John Denver
SINGER
1943 - 1997
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 53
Friedrich Hund
PHYSICIST
1896 - 1997
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 54
Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1997
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 55
Diosdado Macapagal
POLITICIAN
1910 - 1997
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 56
André Franquin
COMIC ARTIST
1924 - 1997
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 57
Charles Brenton Huggins
PHYSICIAN
1901 - 1997
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 58
Shoichi Yokoi
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1915 - 1997
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 59
George Wald
BIOLOGIST
1906 - 1997
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 60
Masaru Ibuka
ENGINEER
1908 - 1997
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 61
Hastings Banda
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1997
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 62
Miguel Najdorf
CHESS PLAYER
1910 - 1997
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 63
Marco Ferreri
FILM DIRECTOR
1928 - 1997
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 64
In Canada
Among people born in Canada, Charles Brenton Huggins ranks 70 out of 2,294. Before him are Eugene Levy (1946), Oscar Peterson (1925), Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879), Dan Aykroyd (1952), David H. Hubel (1926), and John Ireland (1914). After him are The Weeknd (1990), Rudolph A. Marcus (1923), Elizabeth Arden (1878), Glenn Ford (1916), Mark Robson (1913), and John Candy (1950).
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Eugene Levy
ACTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 64
Oscar Peterson
MUSICIAN
1925 - 2007
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 65
Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1964
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 66
Dan Aykroyd
ACTOR
1952 - Present
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 67
David H. Hubel
PHYSICIAN
1926 - 2013
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 68
John Ireland
ACTOR
1914 - 1992
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 69
Charles Brenton Huggins
PHYSICIAN
1901 - 1997
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 70
The Weeknd
SINGER
1990 - Present
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 71
Rudolph A. Marcus
CHEMIST
1923 - 2026
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 72
Elizabeth Arden
BUSINESSPERSON
1878 - 1966
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 73
Glenn Ford
ACTOR
1916 - 2006
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 74
Mark Robson
FILM DIRECTOR
1913 - 1978
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 75
John Candy
ACTOR
1950 - 1994
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 76
Among Physicians In Canada
Among physicians born in Canada, Charles Brenton Huggins ranks 4. Before him are Frederick Banting (1891), Oswald Avery (1877), and David H. Hubel (1926). After him are Norman Bethune (1890), William Osler (1849), Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914), Édouard Gagnon (1918), Lucille Teasdale-Corti (1929), Maude Abbott (1868), James Heilman (1979), and Alaa Murabit (1989).
Frederick Banting
1891 - 1941
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 1
Oswald Avery
1877 - 1955
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 2
David H. Hubel
1926 - 2013
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 3
Charles Brenton Huggins
1901 - 1997
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 4
Norman Bethune
1890 - 1939
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 5
William Osler
1849 - 1919
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 6
Frances Oldham Kelsey
1914 - 2015
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 7
Édouard Gagnon
1918 - 2007
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 8
Lucille Teasdale-Corti
1929 - 1996
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 9
Maude Abbott
1868 - 1940
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 10
James Heilman
1979 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 11
Alaa Murabit
1989 - Present
HPI: 32.35
Rank: 12
