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 1,105,986 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Timothy Ray Brown is the 1,011th most popular biologist (down from 922nd in 2019), the 11,239th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,718th in 2019) and the 155th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 49.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Timothy Ray Brown ranks 1,011 out of 1,097. Before him are Maxine Singer, Amos Eaton, Carl H. Eigenmann, Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim, Jessica Meir, and George R. Price. After him are Alice Wilson, John Bartram, Arthur Gardiner Butler, Alexander Wilson, Elliott Coues, and Christian Friedrich Ecklon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Timothy Ray Brown ranks 411. Before him are Jean-François Richet, Wade Dominguez, Frank Ferrer, Chai Ling, Chokri El Ouaer, and Kristin Bauer van Straten. After him are Anne Brochet, Gail Devers, Alastair Reynolds, Karyn Parsons, Kenny Bräck, and Vincenzo Sospiri. Among people deceased in 2020, Timothy Ray Brown ranks 693. Before him are Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet, Jan Morris, Aleksandr Kabanov, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Saufatu Sopoanga, and Ellis Marsalis Jr.. After him are Dimitar Largov, Maxim Martsinkevich, Soumaïla Cissé, Herman Cain, Kamala, and Alexander Gusev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Timothy Ray Brown ranks 11,239 out of 20,380. Before him are Ellis Marsalis Jr. (1934), Kristin Bauer van Straten (1966), Colleen Hoover (1979), Alan Hale Jr. (1921), Jack Johnson (1975), and Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900). After him are Devendra Banhart (1981), Angus MacLise (1938), Rachel Levine (1957), Dustin Farnum (1874), Sam Balter (1909), and Lea DeLaria (1958).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Timothy Ray Brown ranks 155. Before him are William Healey Dall (1845), Fanny Hesse (1850), Maxine Singer (1931), Amos Eaton (1776), Jessica Meir (1977), and George R. Price (1922). After him are John Bartram (1699), Elliott Coues (1842), Rosa Smith Eigenmann (1858), Edward William Nelson (1855), Roger Revelle (1909), and Norman I. Platnick (1951).

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