Physician
Christiaan Barnard
1922 - 2001
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Christiaan Barnard
His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2024). Christiaan Barnard is the 74th most popular physician (down from 69th in 2024), the 12th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 11th in 2019) and the most popular South African Physician.
Christiaan Barnard is most famous for performing the first successful human-to-human heart transplant on December 3, 1967.
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Among Physicians
Among physicians, Christiaan Barnard ranks 74 out of 726. Before him are Franz Mesmer, Robert Bellarmine, André Frédéric Cournand, Otto Loewi, Hilary of Poitiers, and William P. Murphy. After him are Ambroise Paré, Johannes Fibiger, Selman Waksman, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Jens Christian Skou, and August Krogh.
Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia
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Franz Mesmer
1734 - 1815
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 68
Robert Bellarmine
1542 - 1621
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 69
André Frédéric Cournand
1895 - 1988
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 70
Otto Loewi
1873 - 1961
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 71
Hilary of Poitiers
315 - 367
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 72
William P. Murphy
1892 - 1987
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 73
Christiaan Barnard
1922 - 2001
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 74
Ambroise Paré
1510 - 1590
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 75
Johannes Fibiger
1867 - 1928
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 76
Selman Waksman
1888 - 1973
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 77
Albert Szent-Györgyi
1893 - 1986
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 78
Jens Christian Skou
1918 - 2018
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 79
August Krogh
1874 - 1949
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 80
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1922, Christiaan Barnard ranks 24. Before him are Gérard Philipe, Jack Kerouac, Erving Goffman, Hans Georg Dehmelt, Philip Larkin, and Charles M. Schulz. After him are Imre Lakatos, Alain Resnais, Doris Day, Agostinho Neto, Alain Robbe-Grillet, and Robert W. Holley. Among people deceased in 2001, Christiaan Barnard ranks 14. Before him are Don Bradman, Jack Lemmon, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Clifford Shull, Jorge Amado, and G. E. M. Anscombe. After him are Sabiha Gökçen, Bill Hewlett, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Claude Shannon, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, and Iannis Xenakis.
Others Born in 1922
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Gérard Philipe
ACTOR
1922 - 1959
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 18
Jack Kerouac
WRITER
1922 - 1969
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 19
Erving Goffman
SOCIOLOGIST
1922 - 1982
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 20
Hans Georg Dehmelt
PHYSICIST
1922 - 2017
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 21
Philip Larkin
WRITER
1922 - 1985
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 22
Charles M. Schulz
COMIC ARTIST
1922 - 2000
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 23
Christiaan Barnard
PHYSICIAN
1922 - 2001
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 24
Imre Lakatos
PHILOSOPHER
1922 - 1974
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 25
Alain Resnais
FILM DIRECTOR
1922 - 2014
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 26
Doris Day
ACTOR
1922 - 2019
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 27
Agostinho Neto
POLITICIAN
1922 - 1979
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 28
Alain Robbe-Grillet
WRITER
1922 - 2008
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 29
Robert W. Holley
CHEMIST
1922 - 1993
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 30
Others Deceased in 2001
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Don Bradman
CRICKETER
1908 - 2001
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 8
Jack Lemmon
ACTOR
1925 - 2001
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 9
Léopold Sédar Senghor
WRITER
1906 - 2001
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 10
Clifford Shull
PHYSICIST
1915 - 2001
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 11
Jorge Amado
WRITER
1912 - 2001
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 12
G. E. M. Anscombe
PHILOSOPHER
1919 - 2001
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 13
Christiaan Barnard
PHYSICIAN
1922 - 2001
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 14
Sabiha Gökçen
PILOT
1913 - 2001
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 15
Bill Hewlett
BUSINESSPERSON
1913 - 2001
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 16
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary
COMPANION
1932 - 2001
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 17
Claude Shannon
MATHEMATICIAN
1916 - 2001
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 18
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
POLITICIAN
1939 - 2001
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 19
Iannis Xenakis
COMPOSER
1922 - 2001
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 20
In South Africa
Among people born in South Africa, Christiaan Barnard ranks 12 out of NaN. Before him are Nadine Gordimer (1923), Sarah Baartman (1788), F. W. de Klerk (1936), Desmond Tutu (1931), Miriam Makeba (1932), and Shaka (1787). After him are Michael Levitt (1947), John Vorster (1915), D. F. Malan (1874), Max Theiler (1899), Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826), and Thabo Mbeki (1942).
Others born in South Africa
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Nadine Gordimer
WRITER
1923 - 2014
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 6
Sarah Baartman
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1788 - 1815
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 7
F. W. de Klerk
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2021
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 8
Desmond Tutu
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1931 - 2021
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 9
Miriam Makeba
SINGER
1932 - 2008
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 10
Shaka
POLITICIAN
1787 - 1828
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 11
Christiaan Barnard
PHYSICIAN
1922 - 2001
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 12
Michael Levitt
CHEMIST
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 13
John Vorster
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1983
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 14
D. F. Malan
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1959
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 15
Max Theiler
BIOLOGIST
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 16
Cetshwayo kaMpande
POLITICIAN
1826 - 1884
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 17
Thabo Mbeki
POLITICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 18
Among Physicians In South Africa
Among physicians born in South Africa, Christiaan Barnard ranks 1. After him are David Cooper (1931).
