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Ancel Keys

1904 - 2004

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Ancel Benjamin Keys (January 26, 1904 – November 20, 2004) was an American physiologist who studied the influence of diet on health. In particular, he hypothesized that replacing dietary saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat reduced cardiovascular diseases. Modern dietary recommendations by health organizations, and national health agencies corroborate this. Keys studied starvation in men and published The Biology of Human Starvation (1950), which remains the only source of its kind. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ancel Keys is the 532nd most popular physician (up from 561st in 2019), the 6,007th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,270th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Physician.

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Among physicians, Ancel Keys ranks 532 out of 726. Before him are John Crawfurd, Jill Stein, Burrill Bernard Crohn, Florence R. Sabin, Giulio Bizzozero, and Frank H. Netter. After him are Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, Zofia Zamenhof, Rufus of Ephesus, Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch, Nadezhda Suslova, and Henri Dutrochet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Ancel Keys ranks 205. Before him are Esmat Dowlatshahi, Rudolf Burkert, Clarence Nash, Edgar G. Ulmer, Yulii Khariton, and Pinhas Lavon. After him are José Ruiz, Dick Powell, Jānis Daliņš, Kenneth Bainbridge, Ladislav Ženíšek, and Nnamdi Azikiwe. Among people deceased in 2004, Ancel Keys ranks 180. Before him are Albert Brülls, John Randolph, Evelyn Mase, Angus Ogilvy, Mildred McDaniel, and Alexander Ragulin. After him are Bror Mellberg, Delfín Benítez Cáceres, Ehrenfried Patzel, Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria, John Peel, and John Drew Barrymore.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ancel Keys ranks 6,007 out of 20,380. Before him are Pat Martino (1944), Robert Zoellick (1953), Henry Halleck (1815), Carol Kane (1952), Althea Gibson (1927), and Dakota Fanning (1994). After him are Britt Robertson (1990), Gustave Gilbert (1911), Christopher Guest (1948), Stand Watie (1806), Henry Knox (1750), and Stanley Clarke (1951).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Ancel Keys ranks 64. Before him are Alfred Blalock (1899), George Huntington (1850), Jill Stein (1950), Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884), Florence R. Sabin (1871), and Frank H. Netter (1906). After him are John Ostrom (1928), Vivien Thomas (1910), William Beaumont (1785), Jeffrey Ullman (1942), Kenneth H. Cooper (1931), and Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901).

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