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PZ Myers

1957 - Today

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Paul Zachary Myers (born March 9, 1957) is an American biologist who founded and writes the Pharyngula science blog. He is associate professor of biology at the University of Minnesota Morris (UMM) where he works in the field of developmental biology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of PZ Myers has received more than 395,918 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. PZ Myers is the 1,091st most popular biologist (down from 960th in 2019), the 16,471st most popular biography from United States (down from 14,910th in 2019) and the 189th most popular American Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, PZ Myers ranks 1,091 out of 1,097. Before him are Christian Drosten, Peter Piot, Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, Ben Barres, Gita Ramjee, and Peter Dodson. After him are Feng Zhang, Maria Van Kerkhove, Lubna Tahtamouni, Sean B. Carroll, Sunetra Gupta, and Cordelia Fine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, PZ Myers ranks 750. Before him are Chris Lewis, Terry McAuliffe, Jan Hooks, Alan Curbishley, Richard M. Linnehan, and Arthur Albiston. After him are Sunil Mittal, David Fairclough, Elizabeth Hand, Faith Prince, Martin Cross, and Antonio López.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, PZ Myers ranks 16,471 out of 20,380. Before him are Joey Castillo (1966), Errol Spence Jr. (1990), Jade Pettyjohn (2000), Katie Hobbs (1969), Lewis Tewanima (1888), and Beto O'Rourke (1972). After him are MC Jin (1982), Alexi Grewal (1960), Mark Udall (1950), Levy Rozman (1995), Kristoffer Polaha (1977), and Ben Askren (1984).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, PZ Myers ranks 189. Before him are Jerry Coyne (1949), Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913), Margaret Morse Nice (1883), Jill Bolte Taylor (1959), Ben Barres (1954), and Peter Dodson (1946). After him are Maria Van Kerkhove (1977), and Sean B. Carroll (1960).

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