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René Favaloro

1923 - 2000

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René Gerónimo Favaloro (July 12, 1923 – July 29, 2000) was an Argentine cardiac surgeon and educator best known for his pioneering work on coronary artery bypass surgery using the great saphenous vein. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Favaloro has received more than 1,139,165 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. René Favaloro is the 380th most popular physician (down from 368th in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 172nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Argentinean Physician.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, René Favaloro ranks 380 out of 502. Before her are Peseshet, Crawford Long, Adrien Proust, Johann von Staupitz, Ali ibn Ridwan, and Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel. After her are Marcus Elieser Bloch, Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen, Anders Chydenius, James Barry, and Alfonso López Trujillo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, René Favaloro ranks 173. Before her are Gerard Reve, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Jozef Lenárt, José Giovanni, Ann Miller, and Václav Ježek. After her are Linda Darnell, Constantin Dăscălescu, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Jesús Rafael Soto, D. N. Aidit, and Valentin Varennikov. Among people deceased in 2000, René Favaloro ranks 116. Before her are Elek Schwartz, L. Sprague de Camp, Ian Dury, Kalle Svensson, Abdul Haris Nasution, and Gérard Blain. After her are Aristidis Konstantinidis, Son Sann, Alfred Schwarzmann, Jean Carzou, Poul Hartling, and Wojciech Has.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, René Favaloro ranks 175 out of 1,019. Before her are Manuel Blanco Encalada (1790), Antonio Rattín (1937), Mauro Icardi (1993), Mauro Camoranesi (1976), Roberto Cherro (1907), and Emilio Eduardo Massera (1925). After her are Raúl Alberto Lastiri (1915), Humberto Maschio (1933), Daniel Bertoni (1955), Ramón Castillo (1873), Nicolás Avellaneda (1837), and Eduardo Lonardi (1896).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Argentina

Among physicians born in Argentina, René Favaloro ranks 2. Before her are Bernardo Houssay (1887). After her are Cecilia Grierson (1859).

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