1905 - 1998
George Herbert Hitchings (April 18, 1905 – February 27, 1998) was an American medical doctor who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir James Black and Gertrude Elion "for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment", Hitchings specifically for his work on chemotherapy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George H. Hitchings has received more than 85,939 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). George H. Hitchings is the 149th most popular physician (up from 235th in 2019), the 1,153rd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,022nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Physician.
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Among physicians, George H. Hitchings ranks 149 out of 502. Before him are Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, Heo Jun, Louis Ignarro, Baruj Benacerraf, André Frédéric Cournand, and Baruch Samuel Blumberg. After him are John Langdon Down, Alan Hodgkin, Ludwig Guttmann, E. Donnall Thomas, George Emil Palade, and Fritz Klein.
1774 - 1838
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 143
1546 - 1615
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 144
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 145
1920 - 2011
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 146
1895 - 1988
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 147
1925 - 2011
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 148
1905 - 1998
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 149
1828 - 1896
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 150
1914 - 1998
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 151
1899 - 1980
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 152
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 153
1912 - 2008
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 154
1888 - 1945
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 155
Among people born in 1905, George H. Hitchings ranks 36. Before him are Nikolai Tikhonov, Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, Gerard Kuiper, Jean Vigo, Nevill Francis Mott, and Ulf von Euler. After him are Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Ivan Serov, Fred Trump, Prince John of the United Kingdom, Harry Harlow, and Otto Preminger. Among people deceased in 1998, George H. Hitchings ranks 25. Before him are Otto Kretschmer, Vasily Arkhipov, Alfred Schnittke, Allan MacLeod Cormack, Falco, and Bob Kane. After him are Galina Ulanova, Martha Gellhorn, Alan Hodgkin, Conrad Schumann, Julien Green, and Lúcio Costa.
1905 - 1997
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 30
1905 - 1944
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 31
1905 - 1973
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 32
1905 - 1934
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 33
1905 - 1996
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 34
1905 - 1983
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 35
1905 - 1998
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 36
1905 - 1981
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 37
1905 - 1990
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 38
1905 - 1999
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 39
1905 - 1919
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 40
1905 - 1981
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 41
1905 - 1986
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 42
1912 - 1998
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 19
1926 - 1998
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 20
1934 - 1998
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 21
1924 - 1998
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 22
1957 - 1998
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 23
1915 - 1998
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 24
1905 - 1998
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 25
1910 - 1998
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 26
1908 - 1998
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 27
1914 - 1998
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 28
1942 - 1998
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 29
1900 - 1998
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 30
1902 - 1998
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 31
Among people born in United States, George H. Hitchings ranks 1,153 out of 18,182. Before him are James Brolin (1940), Sonny Liston (1932), Adam West (1928), Daniel Keyes (1927), Loie Fuller (1862), and Don Siegel (1912). After him are William Gibson (1948), Andre Agassi (1970), Robert Taylor (1911), Julian Schwinger (1918), Russell Alan Hulse (1950), and Martha Gellhorn (1908).
1940 - Present
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 1,147
1932 - 1970
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 1,148
1928 - 2017
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 1,149
1927 - 2014
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 1,150
1862 - 1928
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 1,151
1912 - 1991
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 1,152
1905 - 1998
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 1,153
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 1,154
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 1,155
1911 - 1969
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 1,156
1918 - 1994
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 1,157
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 1,158
1908 - 1998
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 1,159
Among physicians born in United States, George H. Hitchings ranks 17. Before him are Virginia Apgar (1909), Joseph Murray (1919), Robin Cook (1940), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), Louis Ignarro (1941), and Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925). After him are E. Donnall Thomas (1920), Joseph Erlanger (1874), Michael Stuart Brown (1941), Anthony Fauci (1940), Patch Adams (1945), and George Whipple (1878).
1909 - 1974
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 11
1919 - 2012
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 12
1940 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 13
1903 - 1983
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 14
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 15
1925 - 2011
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 16
1905 - 1998
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 17
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 18
1874 - 1965
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 19
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 20
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 21
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 22
1878 - 1976
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 23