1924 - 2010
Sir James Whyte Black (14 June 1924 – 22 March 2010) was a Scottish physician and pharmacologist. Black established a Veterinary Physiology department at the University of Glasgow, where he became interested in the effects of adrenaline on the human heart. He went to work for ICI Pharmaceuticals in 1958 and, while there, developed propranolol, a beta blocker used for the treatment of heart disease. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Black has received more than 40,749 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. James Black is the 243rd most popular physician (down from 176th in 2019), the 1,298th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 870th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Physician.
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Among physicians, James Black ranks 243 out of 509. Before him are Duchenne de Boulogne, Carl Værnet, Bernardo Houssay, José Bonaparte, Emil du Bois-Reymond, and Daniel Carleton Gajdusek. After him are James Barry, Lorna Wing, Carl Ludwig, Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Zhang Zhongjing, and Caspar Friedrich Wolff.
1806 - 1875
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 237
1893 - 1965
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 238
1887 - 1971
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 239
1928 - 2020
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 240
1818 - 1896
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 241
1923 - 2008
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 242
1924 - 2010
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 243
1795 - 1865
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 244
1928 - 2014
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 245
1816 - 1895
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 246
1875 - 1951
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 247
150 - 219
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 248
1735 - 1794
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 249
Among people born in 1924, James Black ranks 95. Before him are Dorothy Malone, Moktar Ould Daddah, Israel Tal, E. P. Thompson, Noboru Takeshita, and Chet Atkins. After him are George Mikan, Kenneth Kaunda, Marina Berti, Ottmar Walter, Bud Powell, and Neville Marriner. Among people deceased in 2010, James Black ranks 70. Before him are Alexander McQueen, Israel Tal, Maurice Wilkes, Johan Ferrier, Antony Flew, and Solomon Burke. After him are Charlie Wilson, Cécile Aubry, Andor Lilienthal, Irvin Kershner, Satoshi Kon, and Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann.
1924 - 2018
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 89
1924 - 2003
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 90
1924 - 2010
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 91
1924 - 1993
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 92
1924 - 2000
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 93
1924 - 2001
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 94
1924 - 2010
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 95
1924 - 2005
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 96
1924 - Present
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 97
1924 - 2002
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 98
1924 - 2013
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 99
1924 - 1966
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 100
1924 - 2016
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 101
1969 - 2010
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 64
1924 - 2010
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 65
1913 - 2010
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 66
1910 - 2010
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 67
1923 - 2010
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 68
1936 - 2010
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 69
1924 - 2010
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 70
1933 - 2010
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 71
1928 - 2010
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 72
1911 - 2010
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 73
1923 - 2010
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 74
1963 - 2010
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 75
1916 - 2010
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 76
Among people born in United Kingdom, James Black ranks 1,298 out of 6,924. Before him are Gordon Ramsay (1966), Jon Anderson (1944), Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837), Colin Dexter (1930), David Warner (1941), and Ian Anderson (1947). After him are Stephen Fry (1957), Richard Adams (1920), Rosemary Harris (1927), James Mirrlees (1936), Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), and Marc Bolan (1947).
1966 - Present
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 1,292
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 1,293
1837 - 1909
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,294
1930 - 2017
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,295
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 1,296
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1,297
1924 - 2010
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1,298
1957 - Present
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1,299
1920 - 2016
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 1,300
1927 - Present
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 1,301
1936 - 2018
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 1,302
1884 - 1966
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 1,303
1947 - 1977
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 1,304
Among physicians born in United Kingdom, James Black ranks 22. Before him are John Hunter (1728), Henry Gray (1827), Hans Sloane (1660), Thomas Hodgkin (1798), Edward Bach (1886), and Thomas Addison (1793). After him are Lorna Wing (1928), Thomas Sydenham (1624), Robert Darwin (1766), William Cullen (1710), Clarke Abel (1780), and James Braid (1795).
1728 - 1793
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 16
1827 - 1861
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 17
1660 - 1753
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 18
1798 - 1866
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 19
1886 - 1936
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 20
1793 - 1860
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 21
1924 - 2010
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 22
1928 - 2014
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 23
1624 - 1689
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 24
1766 - 1848
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 25
1710 - 1790
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 26
1780 - 1826
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 27
1795 - 1860
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 28