1898 - 1986
Helen Brooke Taussig (May 24, 1898 – May 20, 1986) was an American cardiologist, working in Baltimore and Boston, who founded the field of pediatric cardiology. She is credited with developing the concept for a procedure that would extend the lives of children born with Tetralogy of Fallot (the most common cause of blue baby syndrome). This concept was applied in practice as a procedure known as the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen B. Taussig has received more than 281,274 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Helen B. Taussig is the 302nd most popular physician (up from 425th in 2019), the 2,849th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,021st in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Physician.
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Among physicians, Helen B. Taussig ranks 302 out of 502. Before her are Sun Simiao, Hakaru Hashimoto, Andrew Taylor Still, Leonid Kulik, Joseph Škoda, and Realdo Colombo. After her are Charles Best, Aletta Jacobs, Leopold Auenbrugger, Hinrich Lichtenstein, Randy Schekman, and George Huntington.
581 - 682
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 296
1881 - 1934
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 297
1828 - 1917
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 298
1883 - 1942
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 299
1805 - 1881
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 300
1516 - 1559
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 301
1898 - 1986
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 302
1899 - 1978
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 303
1854 - 1929
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 304
1722 - 1809
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 305
1780 - 1857
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 306
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 307
1850 - 1916
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 308
Among people born in 1898, Helen B. Taussig ranks 102. Before her are Michel de Ghelderode, Lionel Robbins, Joseph Kessel, Alfred Schmidt, Shinichi Suzuki, and Kang Sheng. After her are Ferenc Plattkó, Étienne Decroux, Jacques Doriot, Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt, Gabriel González Videla, and Eric Hoffer. Among people deceased in 1986, Helen B. Taussig ranks 96. Before her are Mart Stam, Ding Ling, Michael J. Smith, Elsa Lanchester, Princess Anne of Orléans, and Vitaly Abalakov. After her are Valentin Kataev, Judith Resnik, Scatman Crothers, Princess Yolanda of Savoy, Phil Lynott, and Dick Scobee.
1898 - 1962
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 96
1898 - 1984
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 97
1898 - 1979
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 98
1898 - 1972
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 99
1898 - 1998
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 100
1898 - 1975
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 101
1898 - 1986
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 102
1898 - 1983
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 103
1898 - 1991
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 104
1898 - 1945
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 105
1898 - 1983
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 106
1898 - 1980
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 107
1898 - 1983
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 108
1899 - 1986
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 90
1904 - 1986
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 91
1945 - 1986
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 92
1902 - 1986
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 93
1906 - 1986
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 94
1906 - 1986
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 95
1898 - 1986
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 96
1897 - 1986
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 97
1949 - 1986
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 98
1910 - 1986
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 99
1901 - 1986
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 100
1949 - 1986
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 101
1939 - 1986
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 102
Among people born in United States, Helen B. Taussig ranks 2,849 out of 18,182. Before her are Lois Chiles (1947), Sam Waterston (1940), Artie Shaw (1910), Cheech Marin (1946), Jeffrey Tambor (1944), and Linda Kozlowski (1958). After her are Stuart Whitman (1928), Michael Bolton (1953), Tyne Daly (1946), Ben Hecht (1893), Timothée Chalamet (1995), and Kamehameha III (1814).
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 2,843
1940 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 2,844
1910 - 2004
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 2,845
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 2,846
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 2,847
1958 - Present
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 2,848
1898 - 1986
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 2,849
1928 - 2020
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 2,850
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 2,851
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 2,852
1893 - 1964
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 2,853
1995 - Present
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 2,854
1814 - 1854
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 2,855
Among physicians born in United States, Helen B. Taussig ranks 34. Before her are Robert Lefkowitz (1943), Peter Agre (1949), John Harvey Kellogg (1852), Harvey Cushing (1869), Michael DeBakey (1908), and Andrew Taylor Still (1828). After her are Charles Best (1899), Randy Schekman (1948), George Huntington (1850), William Bates (1860), Horace Wells (1815), and Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923).
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 28
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 29
1852 - 1943
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 30
1869 - 1939
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 31
1908 - 2008
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 32
1828 - 1917
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 33
1898 - 1986
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 34
1899 - 1978
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 35
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 36
1850 - 1916
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 37
1860 - 1931
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 38
1815 - 1848
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 39
1923 - 2008
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 40