The Most Influential People Across History
Find the most influential people in 24 academic disciplines and numerous subdisciplines
Find famous and important people related to your research. This is an excellent tool for research papers, topic papers, and building a bibliography. Using our influence-based algorithm, our rankings synthesize data from Wikipedia, Wikidata, Semantic Scholar, and CrossRef.
Students and researchers now have a fast and reliable way to find influential thinkers from 24 disciplines and 300 sub-disciplines (and growing). If you want to find history’s most influential philsosophers, or the world’s most influential mathematicians currently, now you can.
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List of the most influential people in Medical,
#2001
Antoine Gessain
#125638
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1957 - Present (68 years)
#2002
Ritam Chowdhury
#82675
Overall Influence
1983 - Present (42 years)
Ritam Chowdhury is an Indian writer, physician, epidemiologist and biostatistician scientist of Bengali descent. His work in the fields of applied epidemiology, health economics, and outcomes research has contributed towards evidence-based medicine guidelines for oncology, heart disease, diabetes and trauma care. He is the Research Director of Medical Associates for Research and Communication . He also holds appointments as Visiting Instructor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Global Health Department of Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta and Statistical Consultant for the Instruc...
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Richard A. Ehrenkranz
#125707
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#2004
Marie T. Ruel
#125786
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#2005
Heidi E. Hamm
#125787
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#2006
George A. Zarb
#125790
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#2007
Wendy Hoy
#124020
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Professor Wendy Elizabeth Hoy AO is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science , the Director of the Centre for Chronic Disease at the University of Queensland, Australia, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2010 and elected as a member of the Australian Academy of Science in 2015. Hoy's research has involved developing new types of kidney imaging and improving health and lives for indigenous populations, in Australia, Sri Lanka and the USA.
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Philippe Rougier
#125884
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#2009
Alec Bangham
#56859
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1921 - 2010 (89 years)
Alec Douglas Bangham FRS was a British biophysicist who first studied blood clotting mechanisms but became well known for his research on liposomes and his invention of clinically useful artificial lung surfactants.
Go to Profile#2010
Fu‐chan Wei
#125985
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#2011
Craig Newschaffer
#102919
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Craig J. Newschaffer is the founding director of Drexel University's AJ Drexel Autism Institute, as well as a professor of epidemiology at the Drexel University School of Public Health and a professor of psychology at Drexel University College of Medicine.
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E. Stephen Jr Amis
#126066
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#2013
Hans‐arne Hansson
#126075
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#2014
Stefan N. Willich
#126159
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#2015
James Varani
#126223
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#2016
David S. Ettinger
#126234
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#2017
Michel Bouvier
#80448
Overall Influence
1958 - Present (67 years)
Michel Bouvier is a Canadian biochemist and molecular pharmacologist. He is a professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine at Université de Montréal; a principal investigator and the chief executive officer at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer; and an associate vice-president in Research, Scientific Discovery, Creation, and Innovation at Université de Montréal. His work focuses on the study of cell signaling towards the discovery of new pharmaceutical drugs.
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Eric Randolph Bates
#126303
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#2019
Pramod R.s. Saxena
#126339
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#2020
Caroline M. Tanner
#126390
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#2021
Jerome J. Schentag
#126396
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#2022
Regina M. Santella
#126621
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#2023
Sander J. H. Van Deventer
#126641
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#2024
Floyd D. Loop
#126653
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#2025
Victor Parsonnet
#126670
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#2026
Carol Jagger
#126697
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1951 - Present (74 years)
Carol Jagger is professor of the epidemiology of ageing at Newcastle University. Her research relates to the impact of an ageing population on society. External links
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Robert Maloney
#120820
Overall Influence
1958 - Present (67 years)
Robert K. Maloney, MD, MA , is an American ophthalmologist. A former Rhodes Scholar and summa cum laude graduate of Harvard University, he completed his education at Oxford University, obtained his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Maloney was the first surgeon in western North America to perform LASIK surgery as part of the original FDA clinical trials.
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James W. Vardiman
#126712
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#2029
Walter Klepetko
#126717
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1955 - Present (70 years)
#2030
Donald D. Trunkey
#126725
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#2031
Luc A. Piẽrard
#126742
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#2032
Adriaan p. Ijzerman
#126808
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#2033
Philips S. Schein
#126828
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#2034
Stefan D. Anker
#114391
Overall Influence
1965 - Present (60 years)
Stefan D. Anker is Head of Field “Tissue Homeostasis and Cachexia" at Charité University, Berlin, Germany. Previously, he was Professor of Innovative Clinical Trials at University Medical Center Göttingen in Germany. The main focus of the Innovative Clinical Trials department was research in the field of chronic heart failure, including the development and clinical testing of new therapies.
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David J. Moliterno,
#126852
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#2036
Charles E. Inturrisi
#126864
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#2037
Patrick Webb
#72253
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1959 - Present (66 years)
Patrick Webb is the Alexander McFarlane Professor of Nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. He was Dean for Academic Affairs from 2005 to 2014. Biography Patrick Webb holds an endowed chair at the Friedman School, the only self-governing graduate school of nutrition in the United States. He also holds appointments at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, at the Patan Academy of Health Sciences in Kathmandu, Nepal, and at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. He has served since 2014 as Technical Adviser to the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition.
Go to Profile#2038
Simon Langley-Evans
#114496
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Simon Langley-Evans is a British scientist who is Emeritus Professor of Human Nutrition at the University of Nottingham. Education He obtained his BSc in Biochemistry and Microbiology from Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London in 1986. His PhD was from the University of Southampton .
Go to Profile#2039
Darrell R. Schroeder
#126964
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#2040
James David Richardson
#127076
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#2041
D. Max Parkin
#127083
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#2042
Stephen Porter
#122132
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Stephen Porter is Director of UCL Eastman Dental Institute where he has been Professor of Oral Medicine since 1997. He is a consultant in Oral Medicine at University College Hospital, London and a member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons. Porter has published more than 450 scholarly works, including the scientific journals The BMJ, The British Dental Journal and The Journal of the American Dental Association.
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Mervyn j. Eadie
#127116
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#2044
Professor P. I. Korner
#127118
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#2045
Finn Brudevold
#94685
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1910 - 2006 (96 years)
Finn Brudevold was a Norwegian-American odontologist and educator. He was most known for his research on the application of fluorine for tooth protection. Biography Finn Brudevold was born at Gjøvik in Oppland, Norway. He was the son of Peder Amalius Brudevold and Ingrid Haugom Brudevold . Brudevold was educated at the Norwegian Dental School . After his dental examination in Oslo in 1932, he began working as a dentist in private practice. He continued his education at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, and took his dental exam in 1940. Brudevold received a Carnegie Fellowshi...
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Eric. J. Simon
#127133
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#2047
Claire Hopkins
#116777
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Claire Hopkins is a British Ear, Nose & Throat surgeon at Guy's Hospital and Professor of Rhinology at King's College London. She is the President of the British Rhinological Society. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hopkins successfully campaigned to have anosmia recognised as a symptom of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom.
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Celestia (tia) S. Higano
#127212
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#2049
Rune Blomhoff
#127257
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1955 - Present (70 years)
#2050
E. Miles Vaughan Williams
#127281
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