1901 - 1997
Charles Brenton Huggins (September 22, 1901 – January 12, 1997) was a Canadian-American surgeon and physiologist known for his work on prostate function, prostate cancer, and breast cancer. Born in Halifax in 1901, Huggins moved to the United States for medical school. He was one of the founding staff members of the University of Chicago Medical School, where he remained for the duration of his professional research career. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Brenton Huggins has received more than 109,177 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Charles Brenton Huggins is the 133rd most popular physician (up from 184th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Canada (up from 59th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Physician.
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Among physicians, Charles Brenton Huggins ranks 133 out of 502. Before him are Santorio Santorio, Albrecht von Haller, Joseph Murray, Carl Wernicke, Francysk Skaryna, and Frederick Griffith. After him are Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Jens Christian Skou, Marie François Xavier Bichat, Robin Cook, Haldan Keffer Hartline, and Agnodice.
1561 - 1636
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 127
1708 - 1777
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 128
1919 - 2012
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 129
1848 - 1905
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 130
1486 - 1541
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 131
1879 - 1941
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 132
1901 - 1997
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 133
1723 - 1788
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 134
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 135
1771 - 1802
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 136
1940 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 137
1903 - 1983
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 138
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 139
Among people born in 1901, Charles Brenton Huggins ranks 53. Before him are Henri Lefebvre, José Nasazzi, Lee Strasberg, Zhang Xueliang, Eisaku Satō, and Itzhak Stern. After him are Alice Prin, Walter Hallstein, José Leandro Andrade, Paul Lazarsfeld, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, and Erhard Heiden. Among people deceased in 1997, Charles Brenton Huggins ranks 46. Before him are Alfred Hershey, Nikolai Tikhonov, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, John Kendrew, John Denver, and Chien-Shiung Wu. After him are Georg Solti, Louis, Prince Napoléon, Cornelius Castoriadis, Bulat Okudzhava, Gerda Christian, and Carl Gustav Hempel.
1901 - 1991
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 47
1901 - 1968
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 48
1901 - 1982
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 49
1901 - 2001
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 50
1901 - 1975
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 51
1901 - 1969
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 52
1901 - 1997
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 53
1901 - 1953
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 54
1901 - 1982
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 55
1901 - 1957
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 56
1901 - 1976
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 57
1901 - 1972
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 58
1901 - 1933
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 59
1908 - 1997
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 40
1905 - 1997
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 41
1912 - 1997
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 42
1917 - 1997
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 43
1943 - 1997
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 44
1912 - 1997
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 45
1901 - 1997
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 46
1912 - 1997
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 47
1914 - 1997
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 48
1922 - 1997
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 49
1924 - 1997
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 50
1913 - 1997
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 51
1905 - 1997
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 52
Among people born in Canada, Charles Brenton Huggins ranks 44 out of 1,350. Before him are Joni Mitchell (1943), Paul Anka (1941), Bertram Brockhouse (1918), Denis Villeneuve (1967), Mary Pickford (1892), and Jim Peebles (1935). After him are Lois Maxwell (1927), Ryan Reynolds (1976), Carrie-Anne Moss (1967), Charles Taylor (1931), Elizabeth Arden (1878), and Geneviève Bujold (1942).
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 38
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 39
1918 - 2003
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 40
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 41
1892 - 1979
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 42
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 43
1901 - 1997
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 44
1927 - 2007
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 45
1976 - Present
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 46
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 47
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 48
1878 - 1966
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 49
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 50
Among physicians born in Canada, Charles Brenton Huggins ranks 3. Before him are Frederick Banting (1891) and Oswald Avery (1877). After him are David H. Hubel (1926), Norman Bethune (1890), William Osler (1849), Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914), Édouard Gagnon (1918), Lucille Teasdale-Corti (1929), and James Heilman (1979).
1891 - 1941
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 1
1877 - 1955
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 2
1901 - 1997
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 3
1926 - 2013
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 4
1890 - 1939
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 5
1849 - 1919
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 6
1914 - 2015
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 7
1918 - 2007
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 8
1929 - 1996
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 9
1979 - Present
HPI: 27.88
Rank: 10