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Ferid Murad

1936 - 2023

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Ferid Murad (September 14, 1936 – September 4, 2023) was an American physician and pharmacologist, and a co-winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferid Murad has received more than 341,949 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. Ferid Murad is the 66th most popular physician (up from 115th in 2019), the 535th most popular biography from United States (up from 881st in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Physician.

Ferid Murad is most famous for his work in the field of pharmacology. His research led to the discovery of a new class of drugs for treating hypertension and angina.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ferid Murads by language

Over the past year Ferid Murad has had the most page views in the with 56,004 views, followed by Arabic (20,180), and German (17,273). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Polish (328.51%), Hebrew (124.90%), and Portuguese (92.73%)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ferid Murad ranks 66 out of 726. Before him are Karl Brandt, Hans Asperger, William P. Murphy, Johannes Fibiger, Francesco Redi, and Shirō Ishii. After him are Otto Loewi, Christiaan Barnard, Herophilos, Elias Lönnrot, Niels Ryberg Finsen, and Frederick Banting.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Ferid Murad ranks 29. Before him are Harald zur Hausen, Uwe Seeler, Zubin Mehta, Virna Lisi, David Carradine, and Michael Landon. After him are Richard Bach, Georges Perec, Roy Orbison, Aga Khan IV, Glen Campbell, and Tariq Aziz. Among people deceased in 2023, Ferid Murad ranks 30. Before him are Ryan O'Neal, Jacques Delors, K. Alex Müller, Harald zur Hausen, Luis Suárez, and Li Keqiang. After him are Raquel Welch, Helmut Berger, Burt Young, Carlos Saura, Harry Belafonte, and Robert Solow.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ferid Murad ranks 535 out of 20,380. Before him are Anna Politkovskaya (1958), Nelson Rockefeller (1908), Tom Clancy (1947), Alvin Toffler (1928), Lawrence Kohlberg (1927), and Tennessee Williams (1911). After him are Anthony Perkins (1932), Gilbert N. Lewis (1875), Martin Cooper (1928), Jeff Bridges (1949), Tobin Bell (1942), and Janet Leigh (1927).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Ferid Murad ranks 4. Before him are Virginia Apgar (1909), Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), and William P. Murphy (1892). After him are Stanley Cohen (1922), George Minot (1885), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), William T. G. Morton (1819), Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916), Jonas Salk (1914), Francis Peyton Rous (1879), and Dickinson W. Richards (1895).

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