1911 - 2009
Willem Johan "Pim" Kolff (February 14, 1911 – February 11, 2009) was a pioneer of hemodialysis, artificial heart, as well as in the entire field of artificial organs. Willem was a member of the Kolff family, an old Dutch patrician family. He made his major discoveries in the field of dialysis for kidney failure during the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willem Johan Kolff has received more than 203,703 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Willem Johan Kolff is the 454th most popular physician (down from 440th in 2019), the 544th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 566th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Dutch Physician.
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Among physicians, Willem Johan Kolff ranks 454 out of 502. Before him are James Young Simpson, John Crawfurd, Aleksandr Bogomolets, Kazimierz Bein, Hulusi Behçet, and Erik Adolf von Willebrand. After him are James Paget, Ennio Antonelli, Giovanni Battista Grassi, Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, Louis-Antoine Ranvier, and Henri Dutrochet.
1811 - 1870
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 448
1783 - 1868
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 449
1881 - 1946
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 450
1872 - 1959
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 451
1889 - 1948
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 452
1870 - 1949
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 453
1911 - 2009
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 454
1814 - 1899
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 455
1936 - Present
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 456
1854 - 1925
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 457
1777 - 1861
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 458
1835 - 1922
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 459
1776 - 1847
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 460
Among people born in 1911, Willem Johan Kolff ranks 175. Before him are Rafael Arnaiz Barón, Broderick Crawford, Robert Marchand, Big Joe Turner, Lee Falk, and Viktor Nekrasov. After him are Amir Hamzah, Roy Rogers, Floyd Council, Nagarjun, Xiao Hong, and Mutara III Rudahigwa. Among people deceased in 2009, Willem Johan Kolff ranks 171. Before him are Otto Graf Lambsdorff, Natalya Estemirova, Peter Shirayanagi, Venetia Burney, Janet Jagan, and Zequinha. After him are Edward Woodward, Jack Kramer, Lis Hartel, Henri Pousseur, Horst Szymaniak, and Clodovil Hernandes.
1911 - 1938
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 169
1911 - 1986
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 170
1911 - 2021
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 171
1911 - 1985
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 172
1911 - 1999
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 173
1911 - 1987
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 174
1911 - 2009
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 175
1911 - 1946
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 176
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 177
1911 - 1976
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 178
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 179
1911 - 1942
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 180
1911 - 1959
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 181
1926 - 2009
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 165
1958 - 2009
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 166
1928 - 2009
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 167
1918 - 2009
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 168
1920 - 2009
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 169
1934 - 2009
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 170
1911 - 2009
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 171
1930 - 2009
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 172
1921 - 2009
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 173
1921 - 2009
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 174
1929 - 2009
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 175
1934 - 2009
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 176
1937 - 2009
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 177
Among people born in Netherlands, Willem Johan Kolff ranks 544 out of 1,427. Before him are Theo de Jong (1947), Jan Wolkers (1925), Peter Aerts (1970), Björn Kuipers (1973), Bertus Aafjes (1914), and Richard Witschge (1969). After him are George Knobel (1922), Hakim Ziyech (1993), Derek de Lint (1950), Michael van Langren (1598), Claes Jansz. Visscher (1587), and Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885).
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 538
1925 - 2007
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 539
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 540
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 541
1914 - 1993
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 542
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 543
1911 - 2009
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 544
1922 - 2012
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 545
1993 - Present
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 546
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 547
1598 - 1675
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 548
1587 - 1652
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 549
1885 - 1961
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 550
Among physicians born in Netherlands, Willem Johan Kolff ranks 15. Before him are Franciscus Donders (1818), Aletta Jacobs (1854), Titus Brandsma (1881), Petrus Camper (1722), Herman Snellen (1834), and Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873). After him are Joep Lange (1954) and Wim Eijk (1953).
1818 - 1889
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 9
1854 - 1929
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 10
1881 - 1942
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 11
1722 - 1789
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 12
1834 - 1908
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 13
1873 - 1937
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 14
1911 - 2009
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 15
1954 - 2014
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 16
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 17