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Halfdan T. Mahler

1923 - 2016

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Halfdan Theodor Mahler (21 April 1923 – 14 December 2016) was a Danish physician. He served three terms as Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) from 1973 to 1988, and is widely known for his effort to combat tuberculosis and his role in having shaped the landmark Alma Ata Declaration that defined the Health for All by the Year 2000 strategy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Halfdan T. Mahler is the 624th most popular physician (down from 615th in 2019), the 546th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 533rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Danish Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Halfdan T. Mahler ranks 624 out of 726. Before him are Joep Lange, Arvo Ylppö, Alaa Najjar, Bidhan Chandra Roy, Paul Möhring, and Bernhard Zondek. After him are Anders Tegnell, Jacinto Convit, Maurice Raynaud, Joel Roberts Poinsett, Stuart Kauffman, and Didier Raoult.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Halfdan T. Mahler ranks 368. Before him are Nena, Eugenio Calabi, Břetislav Pojar, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Bülent Ulusu, and Jorge Romo. After him are Lidiya Vertinskaya, Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Paddy Chayefsky, Eugénio de Andrade, Zeffiro Furiassi, and Murray Walker. Among people deceased in 2016, Halfdan T. Mahler ranks 402. Before him are Joe Alaskey, Jean-Marie Doré, Müzahir Sille, Rita Gam, Michael Herr, and Gunnel Vallquist. After him are Heinz Ulzheimer, Laurent Pokou, Whitney Smith, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Burt Kwouk, and Tapio Mäkelä.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Halfdan T. Mahler ranks 546 out of 1,032. Before him are Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir (1990), Carl Edvard Rotwitt (1812), Aage Larsen (1923), Jonas Vingegaard (1996), Emil Hartmann (1836), and Mogens Frey (1941). After him are Andreas Christensen (1996), Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (1995), Henning Christophersen (1939), Charles Schlee (1873), Hans Aabech (1948), and Joachim Trier (1974).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Denmark

Among physicians born in Denmark, Halfdan T. Mahler ranks 9. Before him are August Krogh (1874), Carl Værnet (1893), Carl Lange (1834), Christian Bohr (1855), Emil Aarestrup (1800), and Max Heindel (1865).

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