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Carlos Finlay

1833 - 1915

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Carlos Juan Finlay (December 3, 1833 – August 20, 1915) was a Cuban epidemiologist recognized as a pioneer in the research of yellow fever, determining that it was transmitted through mosquitoes Aedes aegypti. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Finlay is the 332nd most popular physician (down from 328th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 47th in 2019) and the most popular Cuban Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Carlos Finlay ranks 332 out of 726. Before him are Gerard van Swieten, Shinya Yamanaka, Sigmund Rascher, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Thomas Sydenham, and Bronisława Dłuska. After him are Aletta Jacobs, Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, Dorothea Erxleben, Fernando J. Corbató, Louis de Jaucourt, and Victor Babeș.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Carlos Finlay ranks 28. Before him are Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, Marko Vovchok, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, and Prince Gong. After him are Eliza Lynch, Peter Waage, Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium, Alfred Clebsch, Manuel González Flores, and Félix Bracquemond. Among people deceased in 1915, Carlos Finlay ranks 43. Before him are I. L. Peretz, Ankō Itosu, James Murray, Sandford Fleming, Hans Gross, and Friedrich Loeffler. After him are Anatoly Stessel, Karl Lamprecht, Danilo Ilić, Akaki Tsereteli, Theodor Boveri, and Józef Brandt.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Carlos Finlay ranks 44 out of 300. Before him are Huber Matos (1918), Tomas Milian (1933), Carlos Puebla (1917), Steven Bauer (1956), Ana de Armas (1988), and Pérez Prado (1916). After him are Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (1942), Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1901), Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929), Juan García Rodríguez (1948), Ernesto Lecuona (1895), and José-Maria de Heredia (1842).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Cuba

Among physicians born in Cuba, Carlos Finlay ranks 1. 

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