1952 - 1984
Gaëtan Dugas (French: [ɡaetɑ̃ dyɡa]; February 19, 1952 – March 30, 1984) was a Québécois Canadian flight attendant and a relatively early patient with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), who once was widely described as "Patient Zero", accusing him of introducing HIV to the United States. This claim has since been proven incorrect.In March 1984, a study tracked Dugas, along with other gay and bisexual men, to indicate his role in a particular cluster of 40 AIDS cases in the United States. He was named "Patient O", with "O" standing for "Out-of-California". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaëtan Dugas has received more than 2,343,178 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Gaëtan Dugas is the 2,033rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,268th in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from Canada (down from 117th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 2,033 out of 2,238. Before him are Peter Shirayanagi, Karaindash, Frei Galvão, Theodore of Tarsus, Antonio Riberi, and Luigi Carlo Borromeo. After him are Thomas Kingo, Philippe Barbarin, Angelo Felici, Juan José Omella, Yeshe Tsogyal, and Juan Carlos Aramburu.
1928 - 2009
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 2,027
1500 BC - 1500 BC
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 2,028
1739 - 1822
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 2,029
602 - 690
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 2,030
1897 - 1967
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 2,031
1893 - 1975
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 2,032
1952 - 1984
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 2,033
1634 - 1703
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 2,034
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 2,035
1919 - 2007
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 2,036
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 2,037
757 - 817
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 2,038
1912 - 2004
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 2,039
Among people born in 1952, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 215. Before him are Yasuhiko Okudera, Francesco Graziani, Don Miguel Ruiz, Bernard Lacombe, Simon MacCorkindale, and Pat Cox. After him are Paul Reubens, Valeriy Pidluzhnyy, Frank Schwalba-Hoth, Gregg Henry, Udo Voigt, and Jorge Olguín. Among people deceased in 1984, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 124. Before him are Fazıl Küçük, Valery Voronin, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Blagoje Marjanović, Alice Neel, and Hovhannes Shiraz. After him are John Marley, Niyazi, Louis Réard, Lola Anglada, Arkhip Lyulka, and Giuseppe Tucci.
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 209
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 210
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 211
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 212
1952 - 2010
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 213
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 214
1952 - 1984
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 215
1952 - 2023
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 216
1952 - 2021
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 217
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 218
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 219
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 220
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 221
1906 - 1984
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 118
1939 - 1984
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 119
1911 - 1984
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 120
1907 - 1984
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 121
1900 - 1984
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 122
1914 - 1984
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 123
1952 - 1984
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 124
1907 - 1984
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 125
1912 - 1984
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 126
1897 - 1984
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 127
1892 - 1984
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 128
1908 - 1984
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 129
1894 - 1984
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 130
Among people born in Canada, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 228 out of 1,350. Before him are Henry Clinton (1730), Agnes Martin (1912), Deborah Kara Unger (1966), Guy Laliberté (1959), Norm Macdonald (1959), and David Baszucki (1963). After him are Percy Faith (1908), Diana Krall (1964), Harry Crerar (1888), Mario Lemieux (1965), David Card (1956), and Kim Campbell (1947).
1730 - 1795
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 222
1912 - 2004
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 223
1966 - Present
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 224
1959 - Present
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 225
1959 - 2021
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 226
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 227
1952 - 1984
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 228
1908 - 1976
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 229
1964 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 230
1888 - 1965
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 231
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 232
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 233
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 234
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), Gérald Lacroix (1957), Paul Grégoire (1911), Charles Scicluna (1959), Mike Bossy (1957), Charles Coughlin (1891), Thomas Christopher Collins (1947), and Gerald Emmett Carter (1912).
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 1
1952 - 1984
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 2
1845 - 1937
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 3
1929 - 1986
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 4
1936 - 2015
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 5
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 6
1911 - 1993
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 7
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 8
1957 - 2022
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 9
1891 - 1979
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 10
1947 - Present
HPI: 40.15
Rank: 11
1912 - 2003
HPI: 38.34
Rank: 12