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Anthony Fauci
1940 - Today

Anthony Fauci
Anthony Stephen Fauci ( FOW-chee; born December 24, 1940) is an American physician-scientist and immunologist who served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) from 1984 to 2022, and the chief medical advisor to the president from 2021 to 2022. Fauci was one of the world's most frequently cited scientists across all scientific journals from 1983 to 2002. In 2008, President George W. Bush awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, for his work on the AIDS relief program PEPFAR. Fauci received his undergraduate education at the College of the Holy Cross and his Doctor of Medicine from Cornell University. As a physician with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Fauci served the American public health sector for more than fifty years and has acted as an advisor to every U.S. president since Ronald Reagan. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Fauci is the 11th most popular physician (up from 345th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,183rd in 2019) and the most popular American Physician.
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Among PHYSICIANS
Among physicians, Anthony Fauci ranks 11 out of 726. Before him are Robert Koch, Florence Nightingale, Basil of Caesarea, L. L. Zamenhof, Joseph Lister, and Edward Jenner. After him are Albert Schweitzer, Andreas Vesalius, Edgar Adrian, Ignaz Semmelweis, William Harvey, and Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi.
Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsRobert Koch
1843 - 1910
HPI: 83.47
Rank: 5
Florence Nightingale
1820 - 1910
HPI: 83.23
Rank: 6
Basil of Caesarea
329 - 379
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 7
L. L. Zamenhof
1859 - 1917
HPI: 82.06
Rank: 8
Joseph Lister
1827 - 1912
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 9
Edward Jenner
1749 - 1823
HPI: 81.13
Rank: 10
Anthony Fauci
1940 - Present
HPI: 80.91
Rank: 11
Albert Schweitzer
1875 - 1965
HPI: 80.49
Rank: 12
Andreas Vesalius
1514 - 1564
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 13
Edgar Adrian
1889 - 1977
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 14
Ignaz Semmelweis
1818 - 1865
HPI: 79.73
Rank: 15
William Harvey
1578 - 1657
HPI: 79.40
Rank: 16
Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
865 - 925
HPI: 79.17
Rank: 17
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1940, Anthony Fauci ranks 10. Before him are Bruce Lee, John Lennon, Tom Jones, Saparmurat Niyazov, Wangari Maathai, and Bartholomew I of Constantinople. After him are Chuck Norris, Brian Josephson, Zodiac Killer, Constantine II of Greece, Annie Ernaux, and Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Others Born in 1940
Go to all RankingsBruce Lee
ACTOR
1940 - 1973
HPI: 86.28
Rank: 4
John Lennon
MUSICIAN
1940 - 1980
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 5
Tom Jones
SINGER
1940 - Present
HPI: 82.08
Rank: 6
Saparmurat Niyazov
POLITICIAN
1940 - 2006
HPI: 82.01
Rank: 7
Wangari Maathai
POLITICIAN
1940 - 2011
HPI: 81.47
Rank: 8
Bartholomew I of Constantinople
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1940 - Present
HPI: 81.27
Rank: 9
Anthony Fauci
PHYSICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 80.91
Rank: 10
Chuck Norris
ACTOR
1940 - Present
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 11
Brian Josephson
PHYSICIST
1940 - Present
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 12
Zodiac Killer
EXTREMIST
1940 - Present
HPI: 79.05
Rank: 13
Constantine II of Greece
POLITICIAN
1940 - 2023
HPI: 77.65
Rank: 14
Annie Ernaux
WRITER
1940 - Present
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 15
Nursultan Nazarbayev
POLITICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 16
In United States
Among people born in United States, Anthony Fauci ranks 101 out of 20,380. Before him are Gene Hackman (1930), Jeff Bezos (1964), Barack Obama (1961), Morgan Freeman (1937), Jack Nicholson (1937), and Abraham Maslow (1908). After him are Dustin Hoffman (1937), Theodore Roosevelt (1858), Charles H. Townes (1915), Bernie Madoff (1938), Richard Stallman (1953), and Louis Armstrong (1901).
Others born in United States
Go to all RankingsGene Hackman
ACTOR
1930 - 2025
HPI: 81.14
Rank: 95
Jeff Bezos
BUSINESSPERSON
1964 - Present
HPI: 81.13
Rank: 96
Barack Obama
POLITICIAN
1961 - Present
HPI: 81.12
Rank: 97
Morgan Freeman
ACTOR
1937 - Present
HPI: 81.12
Rank: 98
Jack Nicholson
ACTOR
1937 - Present
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 99
Abraham Maslow
PSYCHOLOGIST
1908 - 1970
HPI: 80.93
Rank: 100
Anthony Fauci
PHYSICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 80.91
Rank: 101
Dustin Hoffman
ACTOR
1937 - Present
HPI: 80.69
Rank: 102
Theodore Roosevelt
POLITICIAN
1858 - 1919
HPI: 80.67
Rank: 103
Charles H. Townes
PHYSICIST
1915 - 2015
HPI: 80.63
Rank: 104
Bernie Madoff
BUSINESSPERSON
1938 - 2021
HPI: 80.59
Rank: 105
Richard Stallman
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1953 - Present
HPI: 80.58
Rank: 106
Louis Armstrong
MUSICIAN
1901 - 1971
HPI: 80.57
Rank: 107
Among PHYSICIANS In United States
Among physicians born in United States, Anthony Fauci ranks 1. After him are Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923), Joseph Murray (1919), William P. Murphy (1892), Harvey Cushing (1869), Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916), George Minot (1885), Michael DeBakey (1908), Harvey J. Alter (1935), Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), Stanley Cohen (1922), and Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925).
Anthony Fauci
1940 - Present
HPI: 80.91
Rank: 1
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek
1923 - 2008
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 2
Joseph Murray
1919 - 2012
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 3
William P. Murphy
1892 - 1987
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 4
Harvey Cushing
1869 - 1939
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 5
Frederick Chapman Robbins
1916 - 2003
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 6
George Minot
1885 - 1950
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 7
Michael DeBakey
1908 - 2008
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 8
Harvey J. Alter
1935 - Present
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 9
Herbert Spencer Gasser
1888 - 1963
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 10
Stanley Cohen
1922 - 2020
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 11
Baruch Samuel Blumberg
1925 - 2011
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 12