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François Duvalier

1907 - 1971

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François Duvalier (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa dyvalje]; 14 April 1907 – 21 April 1971), also known as Papa Doc, was a Haitian politician and voodooist who served as the president of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971. He was elected president in the 1957 general election on a populist and black nationalist platform. After thwarting a military coup d'état in 1958, his regime rapidly became more autocratic and despotic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Duvalier has received more than 3,053,425 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). François Duvalier is the 82nd most popular physician (up from 84th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Haiti (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Haitian Physician.

François Duvalier was the president of Haiti from 1957 to 1971. He is most famous for his brutal dictatorship and corrupt rule.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, François Duvalier ranks 82 out of 726. Before him are August Krogh, Theodor Morell, Louis Auguste Blanqui, Elizabeth Blackwell, Peter Canisius, and Albert Sabin. After him are Albert Szent-Györgyi, Corneille Heymans, Cornelius Jansen, Charles Nicolle, Hotepsekhemwy, and Walter Rudolf Hess.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, François Duvalier ranks 30. Before him are Bhagat Singh, Fred Zinnemann, John Bowlby, Horst Wessel, Nikolaas Tinbergen, and Sister Lúcia. After him are Daniel Bovet, Daphne du Maurier, Otto Ohlendorf, Hans Selye, Burgess Meredith, and Giovanna of Italy. Among people deceased in 1971, François Duvalier ranks 23. Before him are Harold Lloyd, Arne Jacobsen, Donald Winnicott, Wilhelm List, Franz Stangl, and Gotthard Heinrici. After him are D. B. Cooper, Igor Tamm, Lothar Rendulic, Wendell Meredith Stanley, Rudolf Abel, and Jacobo Árbenz.

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In Haiti

Among people born in Haiti, François Duvalier ranks 2 out of 94. Before him are Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758). After him are Toussaint Louverture (1743), Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (1762), Boniface Alexandre (1936), Jean-Claude Duvalier (1951), Alexandre Pétion (1770), Jean-Pierre Boyer (1776), René Préval (1943), John James Audubon (1785), Ariel Henry (1949), and Jeanne Duval (1820).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Haiti

Among physicians born in Haiti, François Duvalier ranks 1. 

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