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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 3,714,090 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Piot is the 927th most popular biologist, the 744th most popular biography from Belgium and the 9th most popular Belgian Biologist.

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  • 3.7M

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  • 39.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Peter Piot ranks 927 out of 841. Before him are John Bartram, Jessica Meir, Timothy Ray Brown, Wim Crusio, Anthony R. Hunter, and Norman I. Platnick. After him are Stanislas Dehaene, Francis Maitland Balfour, Eugenie Clark, Paul Sereno, Gaetano Savi, and Karl Shuker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Peter Piot ranks 621. Before him are Maggie Gobran, Rauno Miettinen, Sean Chen, Poul Ruders, Giuseppe Sabadini, and Pat Rice. After him are Ludwig Schick, Chicão, Isabelle Mir, Dorothy Allison, Leslie Valiant, and Natalya Lebedeva.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Peter Piot ranks 744 out of 1,019. Before him are Wesley Sonck (1978), Etienne De Wilde (1958), Andreas Pereira (1996), David Goffin (1990), Bernard de Dryver (1952), and Nicolas Lombaerts (1985). After him are Bart Goor (1973), Johan Walem (1972), Thierry Rey (1959), Youri Tielemans (1997), Constant Joacim (1908), and Bradley Wiggins (1980).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Belgium

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

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