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Peter Piot

1949 - Today

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Sir Peter Karel, Baron Piot (born 17 February 1949) is a Belgian-British microbiologist known for his research into Ebola and AIDS. After helping discover the Ebola virus in 1976 and leading efforts to contain the first-ever recorded Ebola epidemic that same year, Piot became a pioneering researcher into AIDS. He has held key positions in the United Nations and World Health Organization involving AIDS research and management. He has also served as a professor at several universities worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Piot has received more than 5,805,981 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Peter Piot is the 1,086th most popular biologist (down from 926th in 2019), the 951st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 743rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Belgian Biologist.

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  • 44.64

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  • 19

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  • 1.04

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  • 4.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Peter Piot ranks 1,086 out of 1,097. Before him are Jill Bolte Taylor, Angelika Amon, Matt Ridley, Pamela C. Rasmussen, David Bellamy, and Christian Drosten. After him are Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, Ben Barres, Gita Ramjee, Peter Dodson, PZ Myers, and Feng Zhang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Peter Piot ranks 790. Before him are Ivan Stoyanov, Amama Mbabazi, Terrence W. Wilcutt, Ann Romney, Brenda Russell, and Martin Buchan. After him are Steve King, Dutch Mantel, Manik Sarkar, Sue Hendrickson, Wayne Collett, and Stan Rogers.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Peter Piot ranks 951 out of 1,190. Before him are Jonas Bloquet (1992), Timothy Castagne (1995), Philippe Clement (1974), Zuhal Demir (1980), Steed Malbranque (1980), and Elise Mertens (1995). After him are Princess Eléonore of Belgium (2008), Omar El Kaddouri (1990), Ingeborg (1966), Peter Van der Heyden (1976), Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (1986), and Sammy Bossut (1985).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Belgium

Among biologists born in Belgium, Peter Piot ranks 9. Before him are Henri Milne-Edwards (1800), Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (1797), Edouard Van Beneden (1846), George Albert Boulenger (1858), Marie-Anne Libert (1782), and Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman (1866).

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