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Jim Yong Kim

1959 - Today

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Jim Yong Kim (Korean: 김용; born December 8, 1959), also known as Kim Yong (김용/金墉), is an American physician and anthropologist who served as the 12th president of the World Bank from 2012 to 2019. A global health leader, Kim was formerly the chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a co-founder and executive director of Partners In Health before serving as the President of Dartmouth College from 2009 to 2012, becoming the first Asian American president of an Ivy League institution. Kim was named the world's 50th most powerful person by Forbes Magazine's List of The World's Most Powerful People in 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Yong Kim has received more than 1,473,155 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Jim Yong Kim is the 379th most popular physician (up from 400th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 144th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular South Korean Physician.

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  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Jim Yong Kim ranks 379 out of 726. Before him are Michael Maier, Walter Jackson Freeman II, Johann Kremer, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Prospero Alpini, and Andrew Taylor Still. After him are Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus, Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, Nicolae Paulescu, Karl Friedrich Burdach, Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet, and Scribonius Largus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Jim Yong Kim ranks 125. Before him are Pietro Vierchowod, Massimo Bonini, John C. McGinley, Thomas F. Wilson, Robert Smith, and Catherine Keener. After him are Stephen Harper, Helmuth Duckadam, Roberto Fiore, Henry Czerny, R. A. Salvatore, and Jonathan Franzen.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Jim Yong Kim ranks 140 out of 1,128. Before him are Kim Jung-sook (1954), Yi Kwang-su (1892), Ryu Gwansun (1902), Hyun Bin (1982), Jo Gwang-jo (1482), and Gong Yoo (1979). After him are Gim Hongdo (1745), Son Ye-jin (1982), Jungkook (1997), Sumi Jo (1962), Yi San-hae (1539), and Park Min-young (1986).

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Among PHYSICIANS In South Korea

Among physicians born in South Korea, Jim Yong Kim ranks 3. Before him are Jang-geum (1550), and Heo Jun (1546).

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