1909 - 1974
Virginia Apgar (June 7, 1909 – August 7, 1974) was an American physician, obstetrical anesthesiologist and medical researcher, best known as the inventor of the Apgar Score, a way to quickly assess the health of a newborn child immediately after birth in order to combat infant mortality. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Virginia Apgar has received more than 1,538,948 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Virginia Apgar is the 147th most popular physician (up from 159th in 2019), the 1,222nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,191st in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Physician.
Virginia Apgar was a doctor who developed the Apgar score, a scale for measuring the health of newborns. The Apgar score is used to assess the baby's health in the first few minutes after birth.
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Among physicians, Virginia Apgar ranks 147 out of 509. Before her are Baruj Benacerraf, Robin Warren, Joseph Murray, André Frédéric Cournand, Edgar Adrian, and Albert of Riga. After her are Ctesias, Louis Ignarro, Herta Oberheuser, Frederick Chapman Robbins, Ernst Gräfenberg, and Magnus Hirschfeld.
1920 - 2011
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 141
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 142
1919 - 2012
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 143
1895 - 1988
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 144
1889 - 1977
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 145
1165 - 1229
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 146
1909 - 1974
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 147
440 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 148
1941 - Present
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 149
1911 - 1978
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 150
1916 - 2003
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 151
1881 - 1957
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 152
1868 - 1935
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 153
Among people born in 1909, Virginia Apgar ranks 39. Before her are Hélder Câmara, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Oldřich Nejedlý, Vicente Feola, Matt Busby, and Yiannis Ritsos. After her are Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Norberto Bobbio, Edward Tatum, Hideo Sakai, James Mason, and Ernst vom Rath. Among people deceased in 1974, Virginia Apgar ranks 33. Before her are Walter Lippmann, Zalman Shazar, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Marcel Pagnol, Nikolai Kuznetsov, and Patrick Blackett. After her are Walter Brennan, James J. Braddock, Hilda Gadea, Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, René Spitz, and Frank Martin.
1909 - 1999
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 33
1909 - 1993
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 34
1909 - 1990
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 35
1909 - 1975
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 36
1909 - 1994
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 37
1909 - 1990
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 38
1909 - 1974
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 39
1909 - 1966
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 40
1909 - 2004
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 41
1909 - 1975
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 42
1909 - 1996
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 43
1909 - 1984
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 44
1909 - 1938
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 45
1889 - 1974
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 27
1889 - 1974
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 28
1896 - 1974
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 29
1895 - 1974
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 30
1904 - 1974
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 31
1897 - 1974
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 32
1909 - 1974
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 33
1894 - 1974
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 34
1905 - 1974
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 35
1925 - 1974
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 36
1904 - 1974
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 37
1887 - 1974
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 38
1890 - 1974
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 39
Among people born in United States, Virginia Apgar ranks 1,222 out of 15,968. Before her are Pat Nixon (1912), Britney Spears (1981), Mary Todd Lincoln (1818), Cesar Romero (1907), Alyson Hannigan (1974), and Condoleezza Rice (1954). After her are Sam Cooke (1931), Ken Kesey (1935), Ken Thompson (1943), Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), Larry Flynt (1942), and Barry Nelson (1917).
1912 - 1993
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 1,216
1981 - Present
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 1,217
1818 - 1882
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 1,218
1907 - 1994
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 1,219
1974 - Present
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 1,220
1954 - Present
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 1,221
1909 - 1974
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 1,222
1931 - 1964
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 1,223
1935 - 2001
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 1,224
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 1,225
1941 - Present
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 1,226
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 1,227
1917 - 2007
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 1,228
Among physicians born in United States, Virginia Apgar ranks 11. Before her are William P. Murphy (1892), Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), Robin Cook (1940), Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), Joseph Erlanger (1874), and Joseph Murray (1919). After her are Louis Ignarro (1941), Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916), Francis Peyton Rous (1879), George Minot (1885), Michael Stuart Brown (1941), and E. Donnall Thomas (1920).
1892 - 1987
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 5
1925 - 2011
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 6
1940 - Present
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 7
1888 - 1963
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 8
1874 - 1965
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 9
1919 - 2012
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 10
1909 - 1974
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 11
1941 - Present
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 12
1916 - 2003
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 13
1879 - 1970
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 14
1885 - 1950
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 15
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 16
1920 - 2012
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 17