1928 - 2011
Murad Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, "Dying is not a crime". Kevorkian said that he assisted at least 130 patients to that end. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Kevorkian has received more than 5,048,461 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Kevorkian is the 233rd most popular physician (down from 203rd in 2019), the 1,928th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,671st in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Physician.
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Among physicians, Jack Kevorkian ranks 233 out of 502. Before him are Dickinson W. Richards, James Lind, Edward Bach, Thomas Hodgkin, Carl Værnet, and Mehriban Aliyeva. After him are Hans Berger, Neferkare Neby, John O'Keefe, Barry Marshall, Robert Lefkowitz, and Frederik Ruysch.
1895 - 1973
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 227
1716 - 1794
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 228
1886 - 1936
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 229
1798 - 1866
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 230
1893 - 1965
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 231
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 232
1928 - 2011
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 233
1873 - 1941
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 234
2300 BC - 2260 BC
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 235
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 236
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 237
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 238
1638 - 1731
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 239
Among people born in 1928, Jack Kevorkian ranks 119. Before him are Elliott Erwitt, Roddy McDowall, Dick York, Gordie Howe, Hayden White, and Malcolm Glazer. After him are Georgy Dobrovolsky, Burt Bacharach, Bo Diddley, Vladimir Beara, Humberto Maturana, and Petr Ginz. Among people deceased in 2011, Jack Kevorkian ranks 77. Before him are Johannes Heesters, Tom Gehrels, Sergei Bagapsh, Yelena Bonner, Valentin Ivanov, and Harold Garfinkel. After him are Lyudmila Gurchenko, Andy Whitfield, Walter Bonatti, Vasily Alekseyev, Eugene Nida, and Ferenc Mádl.
1928 - 2023
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 113
1928 - 1998
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 114
1928 - 1992
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 115
1928 - 2016
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 116
1928 - 2018
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 117
1928 - 2014
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 118
1928 - 2011
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 119
1928 - 1971
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 120
1928 - 2023
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 121
1928 - 2008
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 122
1928 - 2014
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 123
1928 - 2021
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 124
1928 - 1944
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 125
1903 - 2011
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 71
1925 - 2011
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 72
1949 - 2011
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 73
1923 - 2011
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 74
1934 - 2011
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 75
1917 - 2011
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 76
1928 - 2011
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 77
1935 - 2011
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 78
1971 - 2011
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 79
1930 - 2011
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 80
1942 - 2011
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 81
1914 - 2011
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 82
1931 - 2011
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 83
Among people born in United States, Jack Kevorkian ranks 1,928 out of 18,182. Before him are Nicholas Sparks (1965), Thomas A. Steitz (1940), Billy Gibbons (1949), Darren Aronofsky (1969), Angie Dickinson (1931), and Bruce McCandless II (1937). After him are Michael Bay (1965), Alex Jones (1974), Jack Daniel (1850), Victor French (1934), Frank Wilczek (1951), and Gore Vidal (1925).
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,922
1940 - 2018
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,923
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,924
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,925
1931 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 1,926
1937 - 2017
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 1,927
1928 - 2011
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 1,928
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 1,929
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,930
1850 - 1911
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,931
1934 - 1989
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,932
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,933
1925 - 2012
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,934
Among physicians born in United States, Jack Kevorkian ranks 26. Before him are Michael Stuart Brown (1941), Anthony Fauci (1940), Patch Adams (1945), George Whipple (1878), Henry Heimlich (1920), and Dickinson W. Richards (1895). After him are John O'Keefe (1939), Robert Lefkowitz (1943), Peter Agre (1949), John Harvey Kellogg (1852), Harvey Cushing (1869), and Michael DeBakey (1908).
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
1920 - 2016
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 24
1895 - 1973
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 25
1928 - 2011
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 26
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 27
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