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Carlo Urbani

1956 - 2003

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Carlo Urbani (Italian: [ˈkarlo urˈbaːni] ; 19 October 1956 – 29 March 2003) was an Italian physician and microbiologist and the first to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) as probably a new and dangerously contagious viral disease, and his early warning to the World Health Organization (WHO) triggered a swift and global response credited with saving numerous lives. Shortly afterwards, he himself became infected and died. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlo Urbani is the 508th most popular physician (up from 563rd in 2019), the 3,181st most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,533rd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Italian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Carlo Urbani ranks 508 out of 726. Before him are Oskar Minkowski, Wu Lien-teh, Russell M. Nelson, Madeleine Pelletier, Ibn Butlan, and Fritz Klein. After him are Ruth Pfau, Kadambini Ganguly, Ernst von Bergmann, Caspar Peucer, Thomas Francis Wade, and Jean Cruveilhier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Carlo Urbani ranks 227. Before him are Victor Pițurcă, Laura Morante, Michael Angelo Batio, Masafumi Yokoyama, Paulo Autuori, and Sharon Jones. After him are Peter Šťastný, Nathan Lane, Martin Jol, Mark Rolston, Meral Akşener, and Elizabeth Strout. Among people deceased in 2003, Carlo Urbani ranks 193. Before him are Veikko Hakulinen, Dorothee Sölle, Tony Thompson, Hans Hotter, Emil Loteanu, and Blaga Dimitrova. After him are Timothy Treadwell, Francesco Colasuonno, Fadwa Tuqan, Saifuddin Azizi, Fidel Sánchez Hernández, and Philip Stone.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Carlo Urbani ranks 3,182 out of 5,161. Before him are Renato Corti (1936), Giuseppe Rotunno (1923), Mango (1954), Gianfranco Parolini (1930), Umberto Maglioli (1928), and Nicolò Contarini (1553). After him are Marisa Allasio (1934), Nicolò Sagredo (1606), Pierluigi Martini (1961), Luigi Bianchi (1856), Tullio Lombardo (1455), and Marino Zorzi (1231).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Carlo Urbani ranks 33. Before him are Realdo Colombo (1516), Giorgio Biandrata (1515), Antonio Bertoloni (1775), Dorotea Bucca (1360), Giovanni Maria Lancisi (1654), and Antonio Scarpa (1752). After him are Giulio Bizzozero (1846), Ugo Cerletti (1877), Giuseppe Pitrè (1841), Giovanni Saldarini (1924), Sergio Canavero (1964), and Mathilde Krim (1926).

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