RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Gaëtan Dugas

1952 - 1984

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Gaëtan Dugas (French: [ɡaetɑ̃ dyɡa]; February 20, 1953 – March 30, 1984) was a Canadian flight attendant incorrectly identified as "patient zero" during the AIDS epidemic. This narrative, popularized notably by Randy Shilts' 1987 book And the Band Played On, has been refuted through subsequent scientific scrutiny. Genetic analysis later determined that several thousand gay men already had HIV in the United States prior to Dugas' own infection. Dugas worked as a flight attendant for Air Canada and died in Quebec City in March 1984 as a result of kidney failure caused by AIDS-related infections. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaëtan Dugas is the 2,634th most popular religious figure (down from 2,194th in 2019), the 342nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 235th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 2,634 out of 3,187. Before him are Rosalio José Castillo Lara, George Abbot, Hsing Yun, Adalbero of Reims, Philothei of Athens, and Sekhemre Shedwast. After him are Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer, Pedro Casaldáliga, Ángel Suquía Goicoechea, Herman of Alaska, Mauro Gambetti, and Shlomo ibn Aderet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 338. Before him are Christopher Loeak, Erick Avari, Eliane Giardini, C. George Boeree, Raisa Smetanina, and Gregg Henry. After him are Peter Haber, Liu He, Geoff Downes, Gregory David Roberts, Randy Crawford, and Garry Chalk. Among people deceased in 1984, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 160. Before him are Víctor Avendaño, Peter Walker, Sven Jonasson, Flora Robson, Carl Joachim Friedrich, and Claude Chevalley. After him are Jackie Wilson, Pierre Emmanuel, Tommy Cooper, Martín Marculeta, Fedir Bohatyrchuk, and Kurt Martti Wallenius.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 342 out of 1,622. Before him are Gérald Lacroix (1957), Percy Faith (1908), Sunny Leone (1981), Gordon R. Dickson (1923), Susan Clark (1943), and Louise Penny (1958). After him are Pom Klementieff (1986), Julie Payette (1963), Georges St-Pierre (1981), James LaBrie (1963), Michael Ignatieff (1947), and Arthur Meighen (1874).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Canada

Among religious figures born in Canada, Gaëtan Dugas ranks 6. Before him are Marc Ouellet (1944), Thomas Christopher Collins (1947), André Bessette (1845), Jean-Claude Turcotte (1936), and Gérald Lacroix (1957). After him are Paul Grégoire (1911), Charles Scicluna (1959), Aimee Semple McPherson (1890), Petar Rajič (1959), Charles Coughlin (1891), and Hilarion Kapral (1948).

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