Biologist

Harold E. Varmus

American scientist (born 1939)

1939 - today

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Harold E. Varmus

His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2024). Harold E. Varmus is the 403rd most popular biologist (up from 581st in 2024), the 3,508th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,215th in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Biologist.

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HPI

Historical Popularity Index

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+15k

Harold E. Varmus climbed 15,083 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #44,401 to #29,355.

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Among Biologists

Among biologists, Harold E. Varmus ranks 403 out of 1,121. Before him are Gary Ruvkun, Theodor Boveri, Georg Eberhard Rumphius, Ludwik Fleck, Karl Koch, and Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre. After him are Lev Berg, Heinrich Anton de Bary, June Almeida, Georg August Goldfuss, Auguste Chevalier, and Philibert Commerson.

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HPI: 62.06
Rank: 397
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HPI: 61.97
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Harold E. Varmus
1939 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 403
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HPI: 61.95
Rank: 404
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HPI: 61.95
Rank: 405
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HPI: 61.92
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HPI: 61.92
Rank: 407
Auguste Chevalier
1873 - 1956
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 408
Philibert Commerson
1727 - 1773
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 409

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Harold E. Varmus ranks 176. Before him are Susan Flannery, Rosanna Schiaffino, Andrew Parker Bowles, Lili Ivanova, Frank Vincent, and Brian Mulroney. After him are Heinz Holliger, Sal Mineo, Peppino di Capri, John Howard, Donald Adamson, and Ignacio Zoco.

Others Born in 1939

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Susan Flannery
ACTOR
1939 - Present
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 170
Rosanna Schiaffino
ACTOR
1939 - 2009
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 171
Andrew Parker Bowles
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1939 - Present
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 172
Lili Ivanova
SINGER
1939 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 173
Frank Vincent
ACTOR
1939 - 2017
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 174
Brian Mulroney
POLITICIAN
1939 - 2024
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 175
Harold E. Varmus
BIOLOGIST
1939 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 176
Heinz Holliger
COMPOSER
1939 - Present
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 177
Sal Mineo
ACTOR
1939 - 1976
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 178
Peppino di Capri
SINGER
1939 - 2026
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 179
John Howard
POLITICIAN
1939 - Present
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 180
Donald Adamson
WRITER
1939 - 2024
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 181
Ignacio Zoco
SOCCER PLAYER
1939 - 2015
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 182

In United States

Among people born in United States, Harold E. Varmus ranks 3,508 out of 23,232. Before him are Diana Nyad (1949), Paul Michael Glaser (1943), Barry Sullivan (1912), Scott Brown (1959), Robert Conrad (1935), and Sixto Durán Ballén (1921). After him are David Doyle (1929), Madeleine Astor (1893), Chuck Schumer (1950), William Wakefield Baum (1926), Theodore Sturgeon (1918), and Jared Kushner (1981).

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Diana Nyad
JOURNALIST
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 3,502
Paul Michael Glaser
ACTOR
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 3,503
Barry Sullivan
ACTOR
1912 - 1994
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 3,504
Scott Brown
POLITICIAN
1959 - Present
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 3,505
Robert Conrad
ACTOR
1935 - 2020
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 3,506
Sixto Durán Ballén
ARCHITECT
1921 - 2016
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 3,507
Harold E. Varmus
BIOLOGIST
1939 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 3,508
David Doyle
ACTOR
1929 - 1997
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 3,509
Madeleine Astor
CELEBRITY
1893 - 1940
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 3,510
Chuck Schumer
POLITICIAN
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 3,511
William Wakefield Baum
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1926 - 2015
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 3,512
Theodore Sturgeon
WRITER
1918 - 1985
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 3,513
Jared Kushner
BUSINESSPERSON
1981 - Present
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 3,514