PHILOSOPHER

Ryan White

1971 - 1990

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Ryan Wayne White (December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990) was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after his school barred him from attending classes following a diagnosis of AIDS. As a haemophiliac, he became infected with HIV from a contaminated factor VIII blood treatment and, when diagnosed in December 1984, was given six months to live. Doctors said he posed no risk to other students, as AIDS is not an airborne disease and spreads solely through bodily fluids, but AIDS was poorly understood by the general public at the time. When White tried to return to school, many parents and teachers in Howard County rallied against his attendance due to unwarranted concerns of the disease spreading to other students and staff. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ryan White has received more than 4,433,396 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Ryan White is the 1,225th most popular philosopher (down from 1,114th in 2019), the 9,987th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,157th in 2019) and the 81st most popular American Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ryan Whites by language

Over the past year Ryan White has had the most page views in the with 550,427 views, followed by Italian (34,852), and French (24,934). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Armenian (94.35%), Azerbaijani (56.05%), and Hebrew (43.74%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ryan White ranks 1,225 out of 1,267. Before him are Mary Midgley, Nick Land, Catherine Malabou, Charles Hartshorne, Roderick Chisholm, and Michael Novak. After him are Peter Geach, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Richard David Precht, C. I. Lewis, Alice von Hildebrand, and Ruth Barcan Marcus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Ryan White ranks 286. Before him are Patty Jenkins, Susi Susanti, Hélène Ségara, Danijela Martinović, Alejandro Fernández, and Penny Hardaway. After him are Athena Chu, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Mackenzie Crook, Anthony Rapp, Kirk Acevedo, and Midori. Among people deceased in 1990, Ryan White ranks 279. Before him are Clara González, David Hampshire, Bob Gerard, Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnnie Ray, and Spark Matsunaga. After him are Susan Oliver, Pearl Bailey, Mike Mazurki, David Rose, Jadwiga Wajs, and Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ryan White ranks 9,987 out of 20,380. Before him are Vicki Peterson (1958), Crane Wilbur (1886), Armistead Maupin (1944), Penny Hardaway (1971), Rufus King (1755), and Erin Gray (1950). After him are Bruce Broughton (1945), Lauren Shuler Donner (1949), Nick de Firmian (1957), Clarence Clark (1859), Danny Ongais (1942), and Maurice Stokes (1933).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Ryan White ranks 81. Before him are Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787), David Ray Griffin (1939), Ralph Barton Perry (1876), Charles Hartshorne (1897), Roderick Chisholm (1916), and Michael Novak (1933). After him are Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825), C. I. Lewis (1883), Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921), Norman Malcolm (1911), Christine Korsgaard (1952), and Stephen Walt (1955).

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