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Donald Henderson

1928 - 2016

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Donald Ainslie Henderson (September 7, 1928 – August 19, 2016) was an American physician, educator, and epidemiologist who directed a 10-year international effort (1967–1977) that eradicated smallpox throughout the world and launched international childhood vaccination programs. From 1977 to 1990, he was Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Later, he played a leading role in instigating national programs for public health preparedness and response following biological attacks and national disasters. At the time of his death, he was Professor and Dean Emeritus of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Professor of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh, as well as Distinguished Scholar at the UPMC Center for Health Security. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Henderson is the 711th most popular physician (down from 699th in 2019), the 14,986th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,295th in 2019) and the 99th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Donald Henderson ranks 711 out of 726. Before him are Teresa Forcades, Sergio Canavero, Hayat Sindi, Mathilde Krim, David Shulkin, and Fernando Simón. After him are Bill Frist, Anna Bågenholm, Hinrich Romeike, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Suniti Solomon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Donald Henderson ranks 593. Before him are Conrad Janis, Albert Brewer, Bruce Forsyth, Robert Bergland, Arthur Dion Hanna, and Salvador Laurel. After him are Dolphy, J. Hillis Miller, Jimmy Hill, Diane Foster, John Ingle, and Chris Brasher. Among people deceased in 2016, Donald Henderson ranks 595. Before him are Tera Wray, Amber Rayne, David Cañada, Kay Starr, Marcos Danilo Padilha, and Dalian Atkinson. After him are Balram Jakhar, Ali Hussein Shihab, Deborah S. Jin, Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, David Hahn, and Ralph Stanley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald Henderson ranks 14,991 out of 20,380. Before him are Nancy Lynch (1948), Mary Beth Hughes (1919), Cheri Oteri (1962), Claudia McNeil (1917), John Cooper (1975), and Billy Ray (2000). After him are Polly Draper (1955), Stephen Gaghan (1965), Sara Shepard (1977), Dave Meltzer (1959), Tuc Watkins (1966), and Henry M. Morris (1918).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Donald Henderson ranks 99. Before him are Joycelyn Elders (1933), Rachel Levine (1957), Steven M. Greer (1955), Charles R. Drew (1904), Caldwell Esselstyn (1933), and David Shulkin (1959). After him are Bill Frist (1952), Jonny Kim (1984), Atul Gawande (1965), and Yvonne Cagle (1959).

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