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Ron Woodroof

1950 - 1992

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Ronald Dickson Woodroof (February 3, 1950 – September 12, 1992) was an American man who created what would become known as the Dallas Buyer's Club in March 1988, one of several such AIDS buyers clubs that sprang up at the time. After learning he had contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 1985 and being diagnosed with having AIDS, he created the group as part of his efforts to find and distribute drugs to treat AIDS at a time when the disease was poorly understood. He sued the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over a ban on peptide T, a drug he was using. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ron Woodroof has received more than 3,411,299 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ron Woodroof is the 410th most popular businessperson (down from 394th in 2019), the 4,899th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,171st in 2019) and the 123rd most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 16

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  • 3.60

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  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ron Woodroof ranks 410 out of 847. Before him are Paul Rusesabagina, Ken Aston, William Knox D'Arcy, Edward Colston, Lawrence Stroll, and Roy Raymond. After him are David Sarnoff, Steve Chen, Charles Yerkes, Stephen A. Schwarzman, Victor Pinchuk, and Andrea Agnelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Ron Woodroof ranks 259. Before him are Abdurrahim El-Keib, Carlos Caszely, Keizo Imai, Philippe Barbarin, Harriet Walter, and Nelinho. After him are John Terry, David Brin, Donald Ramotar, Antony Gormley, Mathieu Carrière, and Jurica Jerković. Among people deceased in 1992, Ron Woodroof ranks 147. Before him are Arthur Cronquist, Richard Yates, Mihailo Lalić, Viktor Grishin, Andrew Marton, and Yevgeny Yevstigneyev. After him are Ferdinand Adams, Walter Andreas Schwarz, Irakli Abashidze, Tony Accardo, Irmã Dulce, and Mary Norton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ron Woodroof ranks 4,899 out of 20,380. Before him are John Neumeier (1939), Frederick Law Olmsted (1822), Bill Richardson (1947), Eric Heiden (1958), Joseph Brant (1742), and Barbara Hutton (1912). After him are Butterfly McQueen (1911), Joan Blondell (1906), John Terry (1950), Michael Giacchino (1967), Albert Tyler (1872), and Louis Wolheim (1880).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Ron Woodroof ranks 123. Before him are Armand Hammer (1898), Malcom McLean (1913), David Geffen (1943), Katharine Graham (1917), Robert Monroe (1915), and Roy Raymond (1947). After him are Charles Yerkes (1837), Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947), Sylvia Beach (1887), John Templeton (1912), John Elkann (1976), and Jim Walton (1948).

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