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John Ostrom

1928 - 2005

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John Harold Ostrom (February 18, 1928 – July 16, 2005) was an American paleontologist who revolutionized the modern understanding of dinosaurs. Ostrom's work inspired what his pupil Robert T. Bakker has termed a "dinosaur renaissance". Beginning with the discovery of Deinonychus in 1964, Ostrom challenged the widespread belief that dinosaurs were slow-moving lizards (or "saurians"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Ostrom has received more than 130,603 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). John Ostrom is the 599th most popular physician (down from 568th in 2019), the 7,444th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,179th in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Physician.

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  • 130k

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  • 46.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, John Ostrom ranks 599 out of 726. Before him are Ludwig Traube, Edith Farkas, Edzard Ernst, John Jeffries, Julieta Lanteri, and Greene Vardiman Black. After him are Didier Raoult, Harry Klinefelter, Gabriele Possanner, Yevgeniy Chazov, Tomisaku Kawasaki, and Astley Cooper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, John Ostrom ranks 429. Before him are Martin Turnovský, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Michelle Perrot, Earl Holliman, Martin Davis, and Joe Morello. After him are Tom Lantos, Emilio Caprile, Jean Dotto, Kiyonori Kikutake, Kenny Drew, and Ruth Brown. Among people deceased in 2005, John Ostrom ranks 261. Before him are Lucien Carr, Jean Parker, Givi Nodia, Jocelyn Brando, Otar Korkia, and Stéphane Bruey. After him are Jim Capaldi, Jack Colvin, Danas Pozniakas, Sverre Stenersen, Horacio Casarín, and Mustafa Ertan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Ostrom ranks 7,444 out of 20,380. Before him are Van McCoy (1940), Beth Broderick (1959), Jay Gould (1836), Israel Putnam (1718), Ronnie Bucknum (1936), and Bruce Kirby (1925). After him are Marshmello (1992), Robert Harron (1893), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), Lawrence Summers (1954), Richard Armitage (1945), and John Marin (1870).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, John Ostrom ranks 69. Before him are Russell M. Nelson (1924), Florence R. Sabin (1871), William Beaumont (1785), Ellen S. Baker (1953), Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779), and John Jeffries (1745). After him are Harry Klinefelter (1912), Stuart Kauffman (1939), Walter Reed (1851), Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901), Jill Stein (1950), and William C. Gorgas (1854).

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