1919 - 2012
Joseph Edward Murray (April 1, 1919 – November 26, 2012) was an American plastic surgeon who performed the first successful human kidney transplant on identical twins Richard and Ronald Herrick on December 23, 1954.Murray shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 with E. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Murray has received more than 208,157 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Joseph Murray is the 128th most popular physician (up from 143rd in 2019), the 1,062nd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,193rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Physician.
Joseph Murray is most famous for being the first person to successfully perform a human organ transplant.
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Among physicians, Joseph Murray ranks 128 out of 502. Before him are Albert Sabin, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Johannes Peter Müller, Niels Kaj Jerne, Santorio Santorio, and Albrecht von Haller. After him are Carl Wernicke, Francysk Skaryna, Frederick Griffith, Charles Brenton Huggins, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, and Jens Christian Skou.
1906 - 1993
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 122
1608 - 1679
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 123
1801 - 1858
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 124
1911 - 1994
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 125
1561 - 1636
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 126
1708 - 1777
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 127
1919 - 2012
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 128
1848 - 1905
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 129
1486 - 1541
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 130
1879 - 1941
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 131
1901 - 1997
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 132
1723 - 1788
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 133
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 134
Among people born in 1919, Joseph Murray ranks 36. Before him are Andreas Papandreou, Moïse Tshombe, Siad Barre, Matilde Camus, Godfrey Hounsfield, and Mordechai Anielewicz. After him are Daniel Bell, Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, Jackie Robinson, Hermine Braunsteiner, Pete Seeger, and Oleg Penkovsky. Among people deceased in 2012, Joseph Murray ranks 41. Before him are Matilde Camus, Antonio Tabucchi, Dave Brubeck, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Andrew Huxley, and Eduard Khil. After him are Sun Myung Moon, Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Etta James, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, E. Donnall Thomas, and Rodney King.
1919 - 1996
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 30
1919 - 1969
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 31
1919 - 1995
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 32
1919 - 2012
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 33
1919 - 2004
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 34
1919 - 1943
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 35
1919 - 2012
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 36
1919 - 2011
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 37
1919 - 1983
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 38
1919 - 1972
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 39
1919 - 1999
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 40
1919 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 41
1919 - 1963
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 42
1919 - 2012
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 35
1943 - 2012
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 36
1920 - 2012
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 37
1925 - 2012
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 38
1917 - 2012
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 39
1934 - 2012
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 40
1919 - 2012
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 41
1920 - 2012
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 42
1933 - 2012
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 43
1938 - 2012
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 44
1918 - 2012
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 45
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 46
1965 - 2012
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 47
Among people born in United States, Joseph Murray ranks 1,062 out of 18,182. Before him are Powers Boothe (1948), John Grisham (1955), Daniel Goleman (1946), Noah Gordon (1926), Paul Lauterbur (1929), and Stanley Miller (1930). After him are Paul Flory (1910), Dean Stockwell (1936), Courteney Cox (1964), Butch Cassidy (1866), Vincent Price (1911), and Jane Russell (1921).
1948 - 2017
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 1,056
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 1,057
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 1,058
1926 - 2021
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 1,059
1929 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 1,060
1930 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 1,061
1919 - 2012
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 1,062
1910 - 1985
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 1,063
1936 - 2021
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 1,064
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 1,065
1866 - 1908
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 1,066
1911 - 1993
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 1,067
1921 - 2011
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 1,068
Among physicians born in United States, Joseph Murray ranks 12. Before him are Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916), George Minot (1885), Ferid Murad (1936), Francis Peyton Rous (1879), Harvey J. Alter (1935), and Virginia Apgar (1909). After him are Robin Cook (1940), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), Louis Ignarro (1941), Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), George H. Hitchings (1905), and E. Donnall Thomas (1920).
1916 - 2003
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 6
1885 - 1950
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 7
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 8
1879 - 1970
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 9
1935 - Present
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 10
1909 - 1974
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 11
1919 - 2012
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 12
1940 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 13
1903 - 1983
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 14
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 15
1925 - 2011
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 16
1905 - 1998
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 17
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 18