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. In 1952, she developed the 10-point Apgar score to assist physicians and nurses in assessing the status of newborns. Given at one minute and five minutes after birth, the Apgar test measures a child's breathing, skin color, reflexes, motion, and heart rate. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Virginia Apgar has received more than 1,659,150 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Virginia Apgar is the 121st most popular physician (up from 147th in 2019), the 972nd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,221st 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 121 out of 502. Before her are Herta Oberheuser, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Harvey J. Alter, Jean Dausset, John Eccles, and Franz Joseph Gall. After her are Albert Sabin, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Johannes Peter Müller, Niels Kaj Jerne, Santorio Santorio, and Albrecht von Haller.
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 115
1840 - 1902
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 116
1935 - Present
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 117
1916 - 2009
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 118
1903 - 1997
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 119
1758 - 1828
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 120
1909 - 1974
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 121
1906 - 1993
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 122
1608 - 1679
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 123
1801 - 1858
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 124
1911 - 1994
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 125
1561 - 1636
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 126
1708 - 1777
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 127
Among people born in 1909, Virginia Apgar ranks 30. Before her are Carmen Miranda, Miep Gies, John Fante, Marinus van der Lubbe, Magda Schneider, and Souphanouvong. After her are Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Jessica Tandy, Aleksandar Ranković, Leo Fender, Stanislaw Ulam, and Ernst vom Rath. Among people deceased in 1974, Virginia Apgar ranks 27. Before her are Jacob L. Moreno, Julius Evola, Peng Dehuai, Fritz Zwicky, Louis Kahn, and Satyendra Nath Bose. After her are Walter Lippmann, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Zalman Shazar, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Hilda Gadea, and Marcel Pagnol.
1909 - 1955
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 24
1909 - 2010
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 25
1909 - 1983
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 26
1909 - 1934
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 27
1909 - 1996
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 28
1909 - 1995
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 29
1909 - 1974
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 30
1909 - 1993
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 31
1909 - 1994
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 32
1909 - 1983
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 33
1909 - 1991
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 34
1909 - 1984
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 35
1909 - 1938
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 36
1889 - 1974
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 21
1898 - 1974
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 22
1898 - 1974
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 23
1898 - 1974
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 24
1901 - 1974
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 25
1894 - 1974
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 26
1909 - 1974
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 27
1889 - 1974
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 28
1896 - 1974
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 29
1889 - 1974
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 30
1904 - 1974
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 31
1925 - 1974
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 32
1895 - 1974
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 33
Among people born in United States, Virginia Apgar ranks 972 out of 18,182. Before her are Judith Butler (1956), Joel Schumacher (1939), Jeffrey Dahmer (1960), Richard E. Byrd (1888), Peggy Guggenheim (1898), and Susan B. Anthony (1820). After her are Thomas Pynchon (1937), Sam Shepard (1943), James Horner (1953), Gena Rowlands (1930), Barbara Bush (1925), and Paul Berg (1926).
1956 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 966
1939 - 2020
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 967
1960 - 1994
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 968
1888 - 1957
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 969
1898 - 1979
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 970
1820 - 1906
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 971
1909 - 1974
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 972
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 973
1943 - 2017
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 974
1953 - 2015
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 975
1930 - Present
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 976
1925 - 2018
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 977
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 978
Among physicians born in United States, Virginia Apgar ranks 11. Before her are Stanley Cohen (1922), Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916), George Minot (1885), Ferid Murad (1936), Francis Peyton Rous (1879), and Harvey J. Alter (1935). After her are Joseph Murray (1919), Robin Cook (1940), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), Louis Ignarro (1941), Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), and George H. Hitchings (1905).
1922 - 2020
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 5
1916 - 2003
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 6
1885 - 1950
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 7
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 8
1879 - 1970
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 9
1935 - Present
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 10
1909 - 1974
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 11
1919 - 2012
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 12
1940 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 13
1903 - 1983
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 14
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 15
1925 - 2011
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 16
1905 - 1998
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 17