1920 - 2016
Denton Arthur Cooley (August 22, 1920 – November 18, 2016) was an American cardiothoracic surgeon famous for performing the first implantation of a total artificial heart. Cooley was also the founder and surgeon in-chief of The Texas Heart Institute, chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at clinical partner Baylor St. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Denton Cooley has received more than 750,449 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Denton Cooley is the 575th most popular physician (down from 479th in 2019), the 8,741st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,855th in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Physician.
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Among physicians, Denton Cooley ranks 575 out of 502. Before him are John Ostrom, James Ewing, Priscilla Chan, Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Sophia Jex-Blake, and William C. Gorgas. After him are George E. P. Box, Jill Stein, Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer, Robert Spitzer, Richard Doll, and Ran Laurie.
1928 - 2005
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 569
1866 - 1943
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 570
1985 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 571
1929 - 1996
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 572
1840 - 1912
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 573
1854 - 1920
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 574
1920 - 2016
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 575
1919 - 2013
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 576
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 577
1858 - 1945
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 578
1932 - 2015
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 579
1912 - 2005
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 580
1915 - 1998
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 581
Among people born in 1920, Denton Cooley ranks 339. Before him are Jacqueline Mazéas, Lucidio Sentimenti, Nida Senff, Ragnhild Hveger, Bert Williams, and Raymond Salles. After him are Jack Rowley, Sammy Lee, Laraine Day, Jose Tomas Sanchez, Michael Bates, and Man Mohan Adhikari. Among people deceased in 2016, Denton Cooley ranks 418. Before him are Yngve Brodd, Joe Medicine Crow, Solomon Marcus, Berta Cáceres, Florence Henderson, and Fritz Weaver. After him are Armando Tobar, Anton Pronk, Sammy Lee, Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, Kevin Randleman, and Melvin Laird.
1920 - 2012
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 333
1920 - 2014
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 334
1920 - 1995
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 335
1920 - 2011
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 336
1920 - 2014
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 337
1920 - 1996
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 338
1920 - 2016
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 339
1920 - 1998
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 340
1920 - 2016
HPI: 43.15
Rank: 341
1920 - 2007
HPI: 43.11
Rank: 342
1920 - 2012
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 343
1920 - 1978
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 344
1920 - 1999
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 345
1930 - 2016
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 412
1913 - 2016
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 413
1925 - 2016
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 414
1971 - 2016
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 415
1934 - 2016
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 416
1926 - 2016
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 417
1920 - 2016
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 418
1938 - 2016
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 419
1941 - 2016
HPI: 43.15
Rank: 420
1920 - 2016
HPI: 43.15
Rank: 421
1951 - 2016
HPI: 43.04
Rank: 422
1971 - 2016
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 423
1922 - 2016
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 424
Among people born in United States, Denton Cooley ranks 8,741 out of 18,182. Before him are Method Man (1971), Victoria Justice (1993), Norman Kerry (1894), James Cotton (1935), Herbert Boyer (1936), and Neal Schon (1954). After him are Debby Ryan (1993), Chris von Saltza (1944), George J. Mitchell (1933), Chloe Webb (1956), Eldridge Cleaver (1935), and Charles Marion Russell (1864).
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 8,735
1993 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 8,736
1894 - 1956
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 8,737
1935 - 2017
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 8,738
1936 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 8,739
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 8,740
1920 - 2016
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 8,741
1993 - Present
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 8,742
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 8,743
1933 - Present
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 8,744
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 8,745
1935 - 1998
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 8,746
1864 - 1926
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 8,747
Among physicians born in United States, Denton Cooley ranks 71. Before him are Bernard Nathanson (1926), John Jeffries (1745), John Ostrom (1928), James Ewing (1866), Priscilla Chan (1985), and William C. Gorgas (1854). After him are Jill Stein (1950), Robert Spitzer (1932), Ellen S. Baker (1953), Samuel George Morton (1799), Donald Henderson (1928), and Thomas Starzl (1926).
1926 - 2011
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 65
1745 - 1819
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 66
1928 - 2005
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 67
1866 - 1943
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 68
1985 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 69
1854 - 1920
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 70
1920 - 2016
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 71
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 72
1932 - 2015
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 73
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 74
1799 - 1851
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 75
1928 - 2016
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 76
1926 - 2017
HPI: 41.02
Rank: 77