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Donald Henderson

1928 - 2016

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Donald Ainslie Henderson (September 7, 1928 – August 19, 2016) was an American medical doctor, educator, and epidemiologist who directed a 10-year international effort (1967–1977) that eradicated smallpox throughout the world and launched international childhood vaccination programs. From 1977 to 1990, he was Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Later, he played a leading role in instigating national programs for public health preparedness and response following biological attacks and national disasters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald Henderson has received more than 422,991 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Donald Henderson is the 591st most popular physician (up from 809th in 2019), the 10,231st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,084th in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Physician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Donald Henderson ranks 591 out of 502. Before him are Mary Putnam Jacobi, Samuel George Morton, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, Joshua Pim, and Mustafa Barghouti. After him are Thomas Starzl, Kamal Ranadive, Ben Klassen, Marie Senghor Basse, Liang Wudong, and Fe del Mundo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Donald Henderson ranks 474. Before him are Vern Mikkelsen, Fred Ebb, Peter Taylor, Stig Claesson, Sheila Lerwill, and Bernard Cribbins. After him are Keely Smith, Ferenc Juhász, Serge Blusson, Cynthia Ozick, Jimmy Dean, and Andrew Sarris. Among people deceased in 2016, Donald Henderson ranks 459. Before him are Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Tammy Grimes, Joseph Mascolo, François Dupeyron, Nancy Mackay, and Medea Jugeli. After him are Sharon Jones, Sándor Csoóri, Velimir Sombolac, Donald E. Williams, Gardnar Mulloy, and Gloria DeHaven.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald Henderson ranks 10,231 out of 18,182. Before him are Eric Szmanda (1975), Rob Schroeder (1926), Irving Pichel (1891), Martha Plimpton (1970), John M. Fabian (1939), and Dale Robertson (1923). After him are Faith Hill (1967), Thomas Starzl (1926), Walker Percy (1916), Tris Speaker (1888), Bob Clark (1939), and Jen Psaki (1978).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Donald Henderson ranks 76. Before him are William C. Gorgas (1854), Denton Cooley (1920), Jill Stein (1950), Robert Spitzer (1932), Ellen S. Baker (1953), and Samuel George Morton (1799). After him are Thomas Starzl (1926), Rachel Levine (1957), Bill Frist (1952), Atul Gawande (1965), and Deborah Birx (1956).

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