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BIOLOGIST

Judah Folkman

1933 - 2008

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Moses Judah Folkman (February 24, 1933 – January 14, 2008) was an American biologist and pediatric surgeon best known for his research on tumor angiogenesis, the process by which a tumor attracts blood vessels to nourish itself and sustain its existence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Judah Folkman has received more than 175,342 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Judah Folkman is the 785th most popular biologist (down from 709th in 2019), the 7,621st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,784th in 2019) and the 108th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 44.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Judah Folkman ranks 785 out of 841. Before him are Grigore Antipa, Richard Spruce, Yang Zhongjian, Sereno Watson, Félix de Avelar Brotero, and Charles Conrad Abbott. After him are Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky, Herbert Giles, Alexander Wilson, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers, and Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Judah Folkman ranks 361. Before him are Stan Brakhage, Masae Kasai, Françoise Héritier, Marlene Ahrens, Robert Goulet, and Tim Conway. After him are Pedro Cubilla, Severino Poletto, Johnny Unitas, Michael Frayn, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, and Valentina Rastvorova. Among people deceased in 2008, Judah Folkman ranks 255. Before him are Marilyn Ferguson, Cecilia Colledge, Eugenio Montejo, Sandy Allen, Halszka Osmólska, and Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada. After him are Omar Caetano, Pauline Baynes, Derog Gioura, Tony Hillerman, Yegor Letov, and František Čapek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Judah Folkman ranks 7,621 out of 18,182. Before him are Charles Conrad Abbott (1843), Stormy Daniels (1979), Gwendolyn Brooks (1917), Jon-Erik Hexum (1957), Kitty Winn (1944), and Eliza Dushku (1980). After him are Samantha Fox (1950), Michael J. Adams (1930), Katherine Neville (1945), A Martinez (1948), Jaye Davidson (1968), and Sumner Paine (1868).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Judah Folkman ranks 108. Before him are Albert Charles Smith (1906), Mary-Claire King (1946), Stanley Norman Cohen (1935), Sam Harris (1967), Sereno Watson (1826), and Charles Conrad Abbott (1843). After him are Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823), John Lawrence LeConte (1825), Robert Weinberg (1942), John Jacob Abel (1857), Jane Colden (1724), and Clinton Hart Merriam (1855).

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