Religious Figure

Gaëtan Dugas

Canadian flight attendant, long misidentified as the index case of the North American AIDS Crisis

1952 - 1984

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His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Gaëtan Dugas is the 2,651st most popular religious figure (down from 2,187th in 2024), the 343rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 234th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Religious Figure.

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Among Religious Figures

Among religious figures, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 2,651 out of 3,187. Before him are George Abbot, Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, Hsing Yun, Adalbero of Reims, Philothei of Athens, and Sekhemre Shedwast. After him are Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer, Pedro Casaldáliga, Ángel Suquía Goicoechea, Herman of Alaska, Mauro Gambetti, and Shlomo ibn Aderet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 346. Before him are Christopher Loeak, Erick Avari, Eliane Giardini, C. George Boeree, Raisa Smetanina, and Gregg Henry. After him are Peter Haber, Liu He, Geoff Downes, Gregory David Roberts, Randy Crawford, and Garry Chalk. Among people deceased in 1984, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 160. Before him are Víctor Avendaño, Peter Walker, Sven Jonasson, Flora Robson, Carl Joachim Friedrich, and Claude Chevalley. After him are Jackie Wilson, Pierre Emmanuel, Tommy Cooper, Martín Marculeta, Fedir Bohatyrchuk, and Kurt Martti Wallenius.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 343 out of NaN. Before him are Gérald Lacroix (1957), Percy Faith (1908), Sunny Leone (1981), Gordon R. Dickson (1923), Susan Clark (1943), and Louise Penny (1958). After him are Pom Klementieff (1986), Julie Payette (1963), Georges St-Pierre (1981), James LaBrie (1963), Michael Ignatieff (1947), and Arthur Meighen (1874).

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Among Religious Figures In Canada

Among religious figures born in Canada, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 6. Before him are Marc Ouellet (1944), Thomas Christopher Collins (1947), André Bessette (1845), Jean-Claude Turcotte (1936), and Gérald Lacroix (1957). After him are Paul Grégoire (1911), Charles Scicluna (1959), Aimee Semple McPherson (1890), Petar Rajič (1959), Charles Coughlin (1891), and Hilarion Kapral (1948).

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