INVENTOR

Patricia Bath

1942 - 2019

Photo of Patricia Bath

Icon of person Patricia Bath

Patricia Era Bath (November 4, 1942 – May 30, 2019) was an American ophthalmologist and humanitarian. She became the first female member of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, the first woman to lead a post-graduate training program in ophthalmology, and the first woman elected to the honorary staff of the UCLA Medical Center. Bath was the first African-American to serve as a resident in ophthalmology at New York University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patricia Bath has received more than 697,503 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Patricia Bath is the 322nd most popular inventor (up from 341st in 2019), the 6,388th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,559th in 2019) and the 81st most popular American Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Patricia Bath ranks 322 out of 426. Before her are Walter Bruch, Heinrich Gerber, Thomas Wedgwood, Victor Hasselblad, Kálmán Kandó, and Tabitha Babbitt. After her are Jay Miner, Harry Ferguson, John Wilkinson, Edward Lawry Norton, Ivan Polzunov, and Bernard Lown.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Patricia Bath ranks 442. Before her are Pedro Solbes, Gillian Rubinstein, Charmian Carr, Paco Peña, Michael Mann, and Dith Pran. After her are Rutanya Alda, Mamoni Raisom Goswami, Jim Keltner, Deirdre McCloskey, Driss Bamous, and Lutz D. Schmadel. Among people deceased in 2019, Patricia Bath ranks 308. Before her are Carolee Schneemann, Fred Bongusto, Ivan Dimitrov, George Fernandes, Robert Ryman, and Jerrie Cobb. After her are Ismail Petra of Kelantan, Egon Zimmermann, Med Hondo, Larry Cohen, Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, and Billy McNeill.

Others Born in 1942

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2019

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Patricia Bath ranks 6,388 out of 20,380. Before her are Thelma Todd (1906), Steven Culp (1955), Bernadette Peters (1948), Joseph Sweeney (1884), Jerrie Cobb (1931), and Theodore Robinson (1852). After her are Shafi Goldwasser (1958), Victor J. Stenger (1935), Peter Facinelli (1973), Henry Carr (1941), Maurice Costello (1877), and John Ratzenberger (1947).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Patricia Bath ranks 81. Before her are Dan Bricklin (1951), Ken Olsen (1926), Jack Northrop (1895), Wilson Greatbatch (1919), Joseph Engelberger (1925), and Tabitha Babbitt (1779). After her are Jay Miner (1932), Edward Lawry Norton (1898), Orville Gibson (1856), Hannibal Goodwin (1822), Beulah Louise Henry (1888), and George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859).

American born Inventors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous