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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 3,297,534 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ron Woodroof is the 394th most popular businessperson (down from 355th in 2019), the 5,183rd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,454th in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 2.66

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ron Woodroof ranks 394 out of 601. Before him are Meng Wanzhou, Gene Haas, Choi Soon-sil, Jim Walton, Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and William Henry Conley. After him are Kim Dotcom, Biz Stone, Eugène Lanti, Alan Lomax, William Knox D'Arcy, and Michael Eisner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Ron Woodroof ranks 252. Before him are Jerry Zucker, James Redfield, Rajinikanth, Momčilo Vukotić, Dann Florek, and Terry Bozzio. After him are Luis Alberto Spinetta, Mikhail Myasnikovich, Dino Meneghin, Vladimir Megre, Harriet Walter, and Keizo Imai. Among people deceased in 1992, Ron Woodroof ranks 148. Before him are Arthur Cronquist, Freddie Bartholomew, Mihailo Lalić, Juanito, Harald Sæverud, and Irakli Abashidze. After him are Earle Meadows, Irmã Dulce, Buddy Rogers, Michael Gothard, Amjad Khan, and Vincent Gardenia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ron Woodroof ranks 5,183 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert W. Floyd (1936), Rusty Schweickart (1935), Linda Cardellini (1975), William D. Coolidge (1873), Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911), and Willard Scott (1934). After him are Rita Coolidge (1945), George Murdock (1897), Scott Columbus (1956), Antoine Fuqua (1966), Charles Kittel (1916), and Jack Northrop (1895).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Ron Woodroof ranks 127. Before him are Chris Hughes (1983), Jamie Hyneman (1956), Brendan Eich (1961), Gene Haas (1952), Jim Walton (1948), and William Henry Conley (1840). After him are Biz Stone (1974), Alan Lomax (1915), Michael Eisner (1942), S. Robson Walton (1944), Carl Icahn (1936), and Samuel Brannan (1819).

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