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Bennet Omalu

1968 - Today

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Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu (; born September 30, 1968) is a Nigerian and American physician, forensic pathologist, and neuropathologist who was the first to discover and publish findings on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in American football players while working at the Allegheny County coroner's office in Pittsburgh. He later became the chief medical examiner for San Joaquin County, California, and is a professor at the University of California, Davis, department of medical pathology and laboratory medicine. He is currently the president and medical director of Bennet Omalu Pathology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Bennet Omalu is the 682nd most popular physician (down from 652nd in 2024), the 80th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 52nd in 2019) and the most popular Nigerian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Bennet Omalu ranks 682 out of 726. Before him are Angeliki Panagiotatou, Thomas C. Jerdon, Jenő Kamuti, Jean Alexandre Barré, Thomas Starzl, and Fred Ramsdell. After him are Sara Josephine Baker, Samuel George Morton, Samuel Gridley Howe, Abraham Jacobi, Bert Vogelstein, and Fe del Mundo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Bennet Omalu ranks 424. Before him are Arvind Kejriwal, Yelena Vyalbe, Svetlana Kapanina, Marco Pezzaiuoli, Chad Lowe, and Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni. After him are Vlado Šola, Anky van Grunsven, Svetlana Masterkova, Hernán Medford, Mathilde Seigner, and Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Bennet Omalu ranks 80 out of 309. Before him are Momodu Mutairu (1976), Adebayo Adedeji (1930), Hauwa Ibrahim (1968), Michael Obiku (1968), Fortunatus Nwachukwu (1960), and Mohammed Yusuf (1970). After him are Taye Taiwo (1985), Fiona Fullerton (1956), Uche Okafor (1967), Emmanuel Olisadebe (1978), Arnaut Danjuma (1997), and Obafemi Awolowo (1909).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Nigeria

Among physicians born in Nigeria, Bennet Omalu ranks 1. 

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