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Frank H. Netter

1906 - 1991

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Frank Henry Netter (25 April 1906 – 17 September 1991) was an American surgeon and medical illustrator. The first edition of his Atlas of Human Anatomy — his "personal Sistine Chapel" — was published in 1989; he was a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine where he was first published in 1957. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank H. Netter is the 530th most popular physician (down from 505th in 2019), the 5,993rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,282nd in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Frank H. Netter ranks 530 out of 726. Before him are Anthony Carlisle, John Crawfurd, Jill Stein, Burrill Bernard Crohn, Florence R. Sabin, and Giulio Bizzozero. After him are Ancel Keys, Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, Zofia Zamenhof, Rufus of Ephesus, Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch, and Nadezhda Suslova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Frank H. Netter ranks 239. Before him are Roman Karmen, Olga Taussky-Todd, Albert Charles Smith, Aileen Riggin, Alexandre Trauner, and Bart Bok. After him are Joseph Höffner, Óscar Domínguez, Lou Costello, Alexander Rou, Boris Kaufman, and Steve Anderson. Among people deceased in 1991, Frank H. Netter ranks 139. Before him are Wilhelm Hahnemann, Anita Traversi, Pierre Brunet, Franz Brunner, Ed Heinemann, and Sanmao. After him are Domingo Tarasconi, Luis Miró, Yusuf Idris, Vasco Pratolini, Johnny Thunders, and Richard Speck.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank H. Netter ranks 5,993 out of 20,380. Before him are Julie Adams (1926), Francis Hunter (1894), Finneas O'Connell (1997), Johnny Appleseed (1774), Kristanna Loken (1979), and Robert Z'Dar (1950). After him are Laura Bridgman (1829), Marc Jacobs (1963), Selma Blair (1972), Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (1973), Mark Frost (1953), and Jason Patric (1966).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Frank H. Netter ranks 62. Before him are William Stewart Halsted (1852), Alfred Blalock (1899), George Huntington (1850), Jill Stein (1950), Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884), and Florence R. Sabin (1871). After him are Ancel Keys (1904), John Ostrom (1928), Vivien Thomas (1910), William Beaumont (1785), Jeffrey Ullman (1942), and Kenneth H. Cooper (1931).

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