1928 - 2005
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 120,766 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). John Ostrom is the 569th most popular physician (down from 467th in 2019), the 8,197th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,938th in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Physician.
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Among physicians, John Ostrom ranks 569 out of 502. Before him are Abraham Jacobi, Narendra Dabholkar, John Jeffries, Fidel Pagés, Eugène Olivier, and Cecilia Grierson. After him are James Ewing, Priscilla Chan, Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Sophia Jex-Blake, William C. Gorgas, and Denton Cooley.
1830 - 1919
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 563
1945 - 2013
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 564
1745 - 1819
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 565
1886 - 1923
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 566
1881 - 1964
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 567
1859 - 1934
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 568
1928 - 2005
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 569
1866 - 1943
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 570
1985 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 571
1929 - 1996
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 572
1840 - 1912
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 573
1854 - 1920
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 574
1920 - 2016
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 575
Among people born in 1928, John Ostrom ranks 417. Before him are Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Jeanne Cooper, Boris Kuznetsov, Ardico Magnini, Aleksandr Ivanov, and William Alexander Morgan. After him are Joaquín Capilla, Stig Sjölin, Antonio Ozores, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Sheila Jordan, and Cheikh Hamidou Kane. Among people deceased in 2005, John Ostrom ranks 265. Before him are Jean Parker, Sergio Cervato, Sergei Starostin, Raoul Bott, Robin Cook, and Carl Amery. After him are Ismail Merchant, Aulis Kallakorpi, Derek Bailey, David Lange, Dahlia Ravikovitch, and Ihor Rybak.
1928 - 2012
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 411
1928 - 2013
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 412
1928 - 1999
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 413
1928 - 2020
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 414
1928 - 1997
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 415
1928 - 1961
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 416
1928 - 2005
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 417
1928 - 2010
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 418
1928 - 1995
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 419
1928 - 2010
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 420
1928 - 2023
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 421
1928 - Present
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 422
1928 - Present
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 423
1915 - 2005
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 259
1929 - 2005
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 260
1953 - 2005
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 261
1923 - 2005
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 262
1946 - 2005
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 263
1922 - 2005
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 264
1928 - 2005
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 265
1936 - 2005
HPI: 43.96
Rank: 266
1929 - 2005
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 267
1930 - 2005
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 268
1942 - 2005
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 269
1936 - 2005
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 270
1934 - 2005
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 271
Among people born in United States, John Ostrom ranks 8,197 out of 18,182. Before him are Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815), William Alexander Morgan (1928), Joseph Keller (1923), Beth Grant (1949), John Paul Stevens (1920), and James C. Adamson (1946). After him are Christine Ebersole (1953), Budge Patty (1924), Fred Alexander (1880), Damien Chazelle (1985), Elaine Hendrix (1970), and John Sedgwick (1813).
1815 - 1857
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 8,191
1928 - 1961
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 8,192
1923 - 2016
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 8,193
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 8,194
1920 - 2019
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 8,195
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 8,196
1928 - 2005
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 8,197
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 8,198
1924 - 2021
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 8,199
1880 - 1969
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 8,200
1985 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 8,201
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 8,202
1813 - 1864
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 8,203
Among physicians born in United States, John Ostrom ranks 67. Before him are Leila Denmark (1898), Robert Atkins (1930), Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901), Thomas Horsfield (1773), Bernard Nathanson (1926), and John Jeffries (1745). After him are James Ewing (1866), Priscilla Chan (1985), William C. Gorgas (1854), Denton Cooley (1920), Jill Stein (1950), and Robert Spitzer (1932).
1898 - 2012
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 61
1930 - 2003
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 62
1901 - 1963
HPI: 45.23
Rank: 63
1773 - 1859
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 64
1926 - 2011
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 65
1745 - 1819
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 66
1928 - 2005
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 67
1866 - 1943
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 68
1985 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 69
1854 - 1920
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 70
1920 - 2016
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 71
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 72
1932 - 2015
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 73