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Charles Best

1899 - 1978

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Charles Herbert Best (February 27, 1899 – March 31, 1978), was an American-Canadian medical scientist and one of the co-discoverers of insulin with Frederick Banting. He served as the chair of the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research at the University of Toronto and was further involved in research concerning choline and heparin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Best is the 146th most popular physician (up from 462nd in 2019), the 1,169th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,679th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Charles Best ranks 146 out of 726. Before him are Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Dickinson W. Richards, George H. Hitchings, William Kaelin Jr., Jang-geum, and Ferid Murad. After him are Ryke Geerd Hamer, Ibn Zuhr, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Theodor Billroth, Franz Joseph Gall, and Erasistratus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Charles Best ranks 41. Before him are Cevdet Sunay, Alfred Schütz, Ferhat Abbas, Erwin Bowien, Gloria Swanson, and John Hasbrouck Van Vleck. After him are Emma Morano, Charles Laughton, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Jean Moulin, James Cagney, and Lucio Fontana. Among people deceased in 1978, Charles Best ranks 31. Before him are Ronnie Peterson, Willy Messerschmitt, Jomo Kenyatta, Houari Boumédiène, Hasso von Manteuffel, and Sisavang Vatthana. After him are Harold Lasswell, Jim Jones, Tamara Karsavina, James B. Conant, Herta Oberheuser, and Shozo Tsugitani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Best ranks 1,169 out of 20,380. Before him are Toni Braxton (1967), George O. Abell (1927), Matthew C. Perry (1794), Frank Caprio (1936), Sugar Ray Robinson (1921), and John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899). After him are John Dos Passos (1896), Thorstein Veblen (1857), Mark Zuckerberg (1984), Clifford Geertz (1926), Bill Evans (1929), and L. Ron Hubbard (1911).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Charles Best ranks 22. Before him are George Whipple (1878), Francis Peyton Rous (1879), Dickinson W. Richards (1895), George H. Hitchings (1905), William Kaelin Jr. (1957), and Ferid Murad (1936). After him are Jonas Salk (1914), Peter Agre (1949), Virginia Apgar (1909), E. Donnall Thomas (1920), Michael Stuart Brown (1941), and Richard Axel (1946).

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