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Harvey Cushing

1869 - 1939

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Harvey Williams Cushing (April 8, 1869 – October 7, 1939) was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman. A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harvey Cushing has received more than 591,440 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Harvey Cushing is the 291st most popular physician (down from 281st in 2019), the 2,682nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,530th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Physician.

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  • 32

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  • 4.74

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Harvey Cushing ranks 291 out of 502. Before him are Rembert Dodoens, Claus Schilling, Vincenz Priessnitz, William Osler, Jean-Baptiste Denys, and Eugene Botkin. After him are Michael DeBakey, Christian Bohr, Leon Pinsker, May-Britt Moser, Sun Simiao, and Hakaru Hashimoto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Harvey Cushing ranks 69. Before him are Algernon Blackwood, Julius Dorpmüller, Hans Poelzig, Stanisław Wojciechowski, Otto Nordenskjöld, and Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din. After him are Richard Abegg, Prince Baudouin of Belgium, Michael von Faulhaber, Nicolae Paulescu, Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, and Arthur Rostron. Among people deceased in 1939, Harvey Cushing ranks 54. Before him are Armand Călinescu, Carl Laemmle, Edvard Westermarck, Masabumi Hosono, Louis Trousselier, and Isaak Brodsky. After him are Oscar Milosz, Havelock Ellis, Archibald Leitch, Johann Strauss III, Yevgeny Miller, and Evald Aav.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harvey Cushing ranks 2,682 out of 18,182. Before him are Frank Miller (1957), Julie Newmar (1933), Cicely Tyson (1924), Mangas Coloradas (1792), Carolyn Jones (1930), and Christian Slater (1969). After him are William Atherton (1947), Drew Barrymore (1975), Joan Jett (1958), Lionel Hampton (1908), Gertrude Ederle (1905), and Amber Heard (1986).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Harvey Cushing ranks 31. Before him are Dickinson W. Richards (1895), Jack Kevorkian (1928), John O'Keefe (1939), Robert Lefkowitz (1943), Peter Agre (1949), and John Harvey Kellogg (1852). After him are Michael DeBakey (1908), Andrew Taylor Still (1828), Helen B. Taussig (1898), Charles Best (1899), Randy Schekman (1948), and George Huntington (1850).

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