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Oswaldo Cruz

1872 - 1917

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Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz (Portuguese pronunciation: [ozˈvawdu ˈkɾus]; August 5, 1872 – February 11, 1917), was a Brazilian physician, pioneer bacteriologist, epidemiologist and public health officer and the founder of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. He occupied the fifth chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1912 until his death in 1917. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oswaldo Cruz has received more than 96,823 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Oswaldo Cruz is the 511th most popular physician (down from 422nd in 2019), the 466th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 365th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Brazilian Physician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Oswaldo Cruz ranks 511 out of 502. Before him are Wilhelm Kühne, Gregorio Marañón, Richard Leach Maddox, Gustav Hartlaub, Frederick Twort, and Hélène Sparrow. After him are Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, Wim Eijk, Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, Nadezhda Suslova, and Napoleon Cybulski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Oswaldo Cruz ranks 135. Before him are Forest Ray Moulton, Julia Morgan, Charles Gmelin, Paul-Émile Janson, Georg Schnéevoigt, and Walter Wild. After him are Kristine Bonnevie, John McCrae, Kote Marjanishvili, Anna von Mildenburg, Jan Szczepanik, and Nikola Mushanov. Among people deceased in 1917, Oswaldo Cruz ranks 82. Before him are William Knox D'Arcy, Aurel Popovici, José Enrique Rodó, Gaston Alibert, Bob Fitzsimmons, and Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia. After him are Eduardo Pondal, Teoberto Maler, Yevgeni Bauer, Sergei Zubatov, Stéphane Javelle, and Tom Thomson.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Oswaldo Cruz ranks 466 out of 2,067. Before him are Gregório de Matos (1636), Josué de Castro (1908), Renata Sorrah (1947), Rafinha (1985), Carlinhos Júnior (8), and Luiz Bueno (1937). After him are Eike Batista (1956), Alex Ribeiro (1948), Márcio Santos (1969), Jurandir de Freitas (1940), Alfredo Brilhante da Costa (1904), and Hermógenes Fonseca (1908).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Brazil

Among physicians born in Brazil, Oswaldo Cruz ranks 3. Before him are Carlos Chagas (1879) and Zilda Arns (1934).

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