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BIOLOGIST

Timothy Ray Brown

1966 - 2020

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Timothy Ray Brown (March 11, 1966 – September 29, 2020) was an American considered to be the first person cured of HIV/AIDS. Brown was called "The Berlin Patient" at the 2008 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, where his cure was first announced, in order to preserve his anonymity. He chose to come forward in 2010. "I didn't want to be the only person cured," he said. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Timothy Ray Brown has received more than 1,066,787 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Timothy Ray Brown is the 923rd most popular biologist, the 10,741st most popular biography from United States and the 144th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Timothy Ray Brown ranks 923 out of 841Before him are Alice Catherine Evans, William Murrill, Frederic Moore, Jon E. Ahlquist, John Bartram, and Jessica Meir. After him are Wim Crusio, Anthony R. Hunter, Norman I. Platnick, Peter Piot, Stanislas Dehaene, and Francis Maitland Balfour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Timothy Ray Brown ranks 386Before him are Zoran Savić, Mike Starr, Louis Mandylor, Emese Hunyady, Juan Soler, and Michelle Gomez. After him are Olaf Marschall, Greg Wise, Larisa Neiland, Frank Ferrer, Peter Tschentscher, and Magnus Andersson. Among people deceased in 2020, Timothy Ray Brown ranks 641Before him are Jan Kowalczyk, Jan Morris, Jon E. Ahlquist, Dave Greenfield, James Dunn, and Ben Jipcho. After him are James Lipton, Rupert Hine, Charles Wuorinen, James Flynn, Norman I. Platnick, and Ann Reinking.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Timothy Ray Brown ranks 10,741 out of 18,182Before him are Glenda Farrell (1904), Poppy (1995), Louie Bellson (1924), Paul Klebnikov (1963), Richard Carlson (1912), and Lillian Russell (1860). After him are Richard A. Knaak (1961), David Souter (1939), Fandango (1981), Anthony W. Gardiner (1820), Richard Moll (1943), and R. L. Burnside (1926).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Timothy Ray Brown ranks 144Before him are Outram Bangs (1863), Maxine Singer (1931), Alice Catherine Evans (1881), William Murrill (1869), John Bartram (1699), and Jessica Meir (1977). After him are Norman I. Platnick (1951), Eugenie Clark (1922), Paul Sereno (1957), Elliott Coues (1842), Ben Barres (1954), and Amos Eaton (1776).