RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Gaëtan Dugas

1952 - 1984

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Gaëtan Dugas (French: [ɡaetɑ̃ dyɡa]; February 20, 1953 – March 30, 1984) was a Québécois Canadian flight attendant whose role in the early years of the AIDS epidemic attracted considerable attention. Initially identified as a central figure labeled "Patient Zero", Dugas faced allegations of being a primary source of HIV transmission to the United States. This narrative, popularized notably by Randy Shilts' 1987 book And the Band Played On, has been refuted through subsequent scientific scrutiny and historical re-evaluation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaëtan Dugas has received more than 2,424,616 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Gaëtan Dugas is the 2,193rd most popular religious figure (down from 2,018th in 2019), the 234th most popular biography from Canada (down from 228th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Religious Figure.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 2,193 out of 3,187. Before him are Yitzhak Kaduri, Mariana de Jesús de Paredes, Lugalanda, Giuseppe Versaldi, Zenon Grocholewski, and Michel Garicoïts. After him are Pacian, Elisheba, Polycrates of Ephesus, Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, Navvab Safavi, and Patrick D'Rozario.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 247. Before him are Steve James, Patrick Strzoda, Zoltán Kocsis, Mahmoud Jibril, Dominique Mamberti, and Carol Kane. After him are Avi Dichter, Moya Brennan, Luka Peruzović, Kees Kist, Joey Dunlop, and Julio Velasco. Among people deceased in 1984, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 132. Before him are Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Valery Voronin, Giuseppe Tucci, K. D. Jadhav, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, and Flora Robson. After him are Lillian Hellman, Arvīds Jansons, Lola Anglada, Roberto Porta, Janaki Ammal, and Sam Jaffe.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 234 out of 1,622. Before him are August Schellenberg (1936), John Murray (1841), William H. McNeill (1917), Mazo de la Roche (1879), Marie Dressler (1868), and Colleen Dewhurst (1924). After him are Michael Ontkean (1946), R. Murray Schafer (1933), Kim Campbell (1947), David H. Levy (1948), Louise Penny (1958), and David Shore (1959).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Canada

Among religious figures born in Canada, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 2. Before him are Marc Ouellet (1944). After him are André Bessette (1845), Jacques Plante (1929), Jean-Claude Turcotte (1936), Aimee Semple McPherson (1890), Gérald Lacroix (1957), Thomas Christopher Collins (1947), Paul Grégoire (1911), Charles Scicluna (1959), Hilarion Kapral (1948), and Charles Coughlin (1891).

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