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Thomas Starzl

1926 - 2017

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Thomas Earl Starzl (March 11, 1926 – March 4, 2017) was an American physician, researcher, and expert on organ transplants. He performed the first human liver transplants, and has often been referred to as "the father of modern transplantation". A documentary, entitled "Burden of Genius," covering the medical and scientific advances spearheaded by Starzl himself, was released to the public in 2017 in a series of screenings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Starzl has received more than 315,369 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Thomas Starzl is the 662nd most popular physician (down from 591st in 2019), the 9,828th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,210th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Physician.

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  • 43.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Thomas Starzl ranks 662 out of 726. Before him are Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, Mary Putnam Jacobi, William Stokes, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, Harald Natvig, and Yoshioka Yayoi. After him are Abraham Jacobi, Thomas C. Jerdon, Priscilla Chan, Leila Denmark, Kei Okami, and Alaa Najjar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Thomas Starzl ranks 461. Before him are Joan Lorring, Franco Faggi, József Kovács, Roberto Lippi, Peter G. Peterson, and Zakaria Chihab. After him are Piero Drogo, Jimmy Heath, Anatoly Logunov, Maria Janion, Clive Donner, and Stig Sollander. Among people deceased in 2017, Thomas Starzl ranks 497. Before him are Norman Johnson, Peter Sallis, Marc Baecke, Paul Falk, David Storey, and Nils Nilsson. After him are Bernie Casey, Miriam Rodríguez Martínez, Marino Perani, Václav Machek, Henri Emmanuelli, and Buchi Emecheta.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Starzl ranks 9,828 out of 20,380. Before him are Angie Harmon (1972), Robert Lockwood Jr. (1915), Sherry Stringfield (1967), Bruce Ames (1928), Spark Matsunaga (1916), and Charles Stanton Ogle (1865). After him are Paul Craig Roberts (1939), Laz Alonso (1974), Ian Wolfe (1896), Frankie Genaro (1901), Patty Smyth (1957), and Michael Trevino (1985).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Thomas Starzl ranks 83. Before him are Robert Atkins (1930), Edward Angle (1855), Denton Cooley (1920), Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878), John Heysham Gibbon (1903), and James Ewing (1866). After him are Priscilla Chan (1985), Leila Denmark (1898), Robert Spitzer (1932), Samuel Gridley Howe (1801), Samuel George Morton (1799), and Rachel Levine (1957).

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