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John Heysham Gibbon

1903 - 1973

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John Heysham Gibbon (September 29, 1903 – February 5, 1973) was an American surgeon best known for inventing the heart–lung machine and performing subsequent open-heart surgeries which revolutionized heart surgery in the twentieth century. He was the son of Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Heysham Gibbon has received more than 105,006 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Heysham Gibbon is the 652nd most popular physician, the 9,127th most popular biography from United States and the 81st most popular American Physician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, John Heysham Gibbon ranks 652 out of 726. Before him are Angeliki Panagiotatou, Dean Mahomed, Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Sophia Jex-Blake, Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet, and Divna Veković. After him are Bennet Omalu, James Ewing, Narendra Dabholkar, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, Mary Putnam Jacobi, and William Stokes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, John Heysham Gibbon ranks 320. Before him are Norman Foster, Niní Marshall, George Padmore, Franciska Gaal, Grethe Weiser, and Kathryn McGuire. After him are Guy Simonds, Alfredo Copello, Roy Acuff, Fernand Jourdant, Raymond Flacher, and Una Merkel. Among people deceased in 1973, John Heysham Gibbon ranks 245. Before him are Andrei Abrikosov, Alberto Denegri, Ernst Klodwig, Robert Défossé, Clarence White, and Konstantinos Dovas. After him are Mário de Noronha, Eddie Rickenbacker, Folke Rogard, Arthur Fadden, William Haines, and Tim Holt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Heysham Gibbon ranks 9,127 out of 20,380. Before him are Caroline Smith (1906), Wovoka (1856), Mitzi Gaynor (1931), Stephen Colbert (1964), John Abizaid (1951), and Frank Benford (1883). After him are Jorge Garcia (1973), Dennis Boutsikaris (1952), Steve Jablonsky (1970), M. Scott Peck (1936), Lukas Haas (1976), and Philander C. Knox (1853).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, John Heysham Gibbon ranks 81. Before him are William C. Gorgas (1854), William H. Welch (1850), Robert Atkins (1930), Edward Angle (1855), Denton Cooley (1920), and Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878). After him are James Ewing (1866), Thomas Starzl (1926), Priscilla Chan (1985), Leila Denmark (1898), Robert Spitzer (1932), and Samuel Gridley Howe (1801).

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