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Zilda Arns

1934 - 2010

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Zilda Arns Neumann (25 August 1934 – 12 January 2010) was a Brazilian pediatrician and aid worker. A sister of Cardinal Dom Paulo Evaristo Arns, the former Archbishop of São Paulo known for his efforts against the Brazilian military dictatorship, Zilda Arns became internationally known by founding a Catholic pastoral care for poor children. Her humanitarian work, which also included the poor and the elderly, spanned over three decades.Arns died on January 12, 2010, as a result of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zilda Arns has received more than 53,161 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Zilda Arns is the 430th most popular physician (down from 398th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 255th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Brazilian Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 53k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Zilda Arns by language

Over the past year Zilda Arns has had the most page views in the with 50,777 views, followed by English (5,934), and Chinese (1,373). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Haitian (137.04%), Norwegian (Nynorsk) (80.71%), and Latin (68.16%)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Zilda Arns ranks 430 out of 726Before her are Giorgio Biandrata, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, Kiyoshi Shiga, Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol, Ibn Butlan, and Ferdinand von Mueller. After her are Petrus Alphonsi, Caspar Peucer, Johann Lukas Schönlein, Oskar Vogt, Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, and Wilhelm Fliess.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Zilda Arns ranks 222Before her are Lev Polugaevsky, Gennadiy Aygi, Fayza Ahmed, Juraj Herz, Francisco J. Ayala, and Richard Swinburne. After her are Carmelo Simeone, Jimmy Fontana, John Brunner, Sven-Bertil Taube, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, and Abdullah Ibrahim. Among people deceased in 2010, Zilda Arns ranks 169Before her are David Warren, Kevin McCarthy, Bernard Giraudeau, Bruno S., Allan Sandage, and Corneille Guillaume Beverloo. After her are Alex Higgins, Magda Frank, Bobbejaan Schoepen, Juan Carlos González, Gary Coleman, and Palle Huld.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Zilda Arns ranks 307 out of 2,236Before her are Susana Vieira (1942), Adhemar da Silva (1927), Carlos Luz (1894), Marcos Valle (1943), Valdo Filho (1964), and Monteiro Lobato (1882). After her are Luís Fabiano (1980), Dorival Caymmi (1914), Renato Portaluppi (1962), Olavo de Carvalho (1947), Gilberto Silva (1976), and Casemiro (1992).

Among PHYSICIANS In Brazil

Among physicians born in Brazil, Zilda Arns ranks 2Before her are Carlos Chagas (1879). After her are Oswaldo Cruz (1872).