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Vivek Murthy

1977 - Today

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Vivek Hallegere Murthy (born July 10, 1977) is a British-American physician and a vice admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who served as the 19th and 21st surgeon general of the United States under Presidents Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden. Murthy is the first surgeon general of Indian descent, and during his first term as surgeon general was the youngest active duty flag officer in federal uniformed service. Murthy co-chaired President-elect Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board from November 2020 to January 2021, alongside former Food and Drug Administration commissioner David A. Kessler and Yale public health professor Marcella Nunez-Smith. On December 7, Biden announced Murthy would return to the role of U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vivek Murthy has received more than 3,188,297 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Vivek Murthy is the 722nd most popular physician, the 8,088th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 71st most popular British Physician.

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  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Vivek Murthy ranks 722 out of 726. Before him are Hinrich Romeike, Suniti Solomon, Deborah Birx, Jonny Kim, Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, and Yvonne Cagle. After him are Alaa Murabit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Vivek Murthy ranks 1,164. Before him are Mario Garba, Taketo Shiokawa, Mark Boswell, Morris Peterson, Paul Goodison, and Daiju Matsumoto. After him are Tadaaki Matsubara, Tetsuya Nishiwaki, Masayuki Onishi, Go Kaburaki, Makoto Takeya, and Naoki Mori.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Vivek Murthy ranks 8,088 out of 8,785. Before him are Kimberley Nixon (1985), Josh Maja (1998), Hazel Keech (1987), Alma Deutscher (2005), Dwight McNeil (1999), and Marcus Walz (1994). After him are Josh McEachran (1993), Michael McGovern (1984), Becky Hill (1994), Keith Curle (1963), John Rooney (1990), and Stuart Dallas (1991).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Vivek Murthy ranks 71. Before him are Richard Doll (1912), Flora Murray (1869), Louisa Garrett Anderson (1873), Patrick Steptoe (1913), Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850), and William Hewson (1739).

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