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William P. Murphy

1892 - 1987

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William P. Murphy has received more than 78,485 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). William P. Murphy is the 62nd most popular physician (up from 71st in 2019), the 514th most popular biography from United States (up from 569th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Physician.

William P. Murphy is most famous for his work in the field of forensic medicine. He has been involved in many high-profile cases, including the death of JonBenet Ramsey.

Memorability Metrics

  • 78k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 23.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William P. Murphy ranks 62 out of 726. Before him are Philippe Pinel, Gerhard Domagk, Emil Theodor Kocher, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Karl Brandt, and Hans Asperger. After him are Johannes Fibiger, Francesco Redi, Shirō Ishii, Ferid Murad, Otto Loewi, and Christiaan Barnard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, William P. Murphy ranks 28. Before him are J. Paul Getty, Mátyás Rákosi, Stefan Banach, Gregor Strasser, George Paget Thomson, and Ernst Lubitsch. After him are Shirō Ishii, Erwin Panofsky, Amanullah Khan, Erhard Milch, Arthur Compton, and Marina Tsvetaeva. Among people deceased in 1987, William P. Murphy ranks 16. Before him are Marguerite Yourcenar, Fred Astaire, Thomas Sankara, Walter Houser Brattain, Andrey Kolmogorov, and Maria von Trapp. After him are Pola Negri, Lawrence Kohlberg, James Baldwin, Fahri Korutürk, Jascha Heifetz, and Lino Ventura.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William P. Murphy ranks 514 out of 20,380. Before him are Kathy Bates (1948), Michael Landon (1936), Glenn Close (1947), Demi Moore (1962), Liza Minnelli (1946), and Katherine Johnson (1918). After him are Kurt Russell (1951), Robert A. Heinlein (1907), Irving Langmuir (1881), William Holden (1918), Paul Simon (1941), and Christopher Reeve (1952).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, William P. Murphy ranks 3. Before him are Virginia Apgar (1909), and Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888). After him are Ferid Murad (1936), Stanley Cohen (1922), George Minot (1885), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), William T. G. Morton (1819), Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916), Jonas Salk (1914), Francis Peyton Rous (1879), and Dickinson W. Richards (1895).

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