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Henry Heimlich

1920 - 2016

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Henry Judah Heimlich (February 3, 1920 – December 17, 2016) was an American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher. He is widely credited for the discovery of the Heimlich maneuver, a technique of abdominal thrusts for stopping choking, first described in 1974. He also invented the Micro Trach portable oxygen system for ambulatory patients and the Heimlich Chest Drain Valve, or "flutter valve", which drains blood and air out of the chest cavity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Heimlich is the 296th most popular physician (down from 247th in 2019), the 2,833rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,077th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Henry Heimlich ranks 296 out of 726. Before him are James Barry, Pierre Fauchard, Dean Mahomed, Herman Snellen, Leonid Kulik, and Leopold Auenbrugger. After him are Kálmán Kalocsay, Jan Jesenius, Eva Klein, Caesarius of Nazianzus, Ennio Antonelli, and Saint Fabiola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Henry Heimlich ranks 122. Before him are Marcial Maciel, Václav Neumann, Meliton Kantaria, Tonino Guerra, Emilio Colombo, and Jean Starobinski. After him are Ray Harryhausen, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Zhou Xuan, Renato Carosone, Pierre Plantard, and Marcel Reich-Ranicki. Among people deceased in 2016, Henry Heimlich ranks 136. Before him are Alexandre Astruc, André Courrèges, Rudolf E. Kálmán, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Nimr al-Nimr, and Tom Kibble. After him are Bob Bennett, Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, Laura Mancinelli, Goran Hadžić, Tony Burton, and Greg Lake.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Heimlich ranks 2,833 out of 20,380. Before him are Ron DeSantis (1978), Emma Stone (1988), Lily Tomlin (1939), Cathy Moriarty (1960), Julia Grant (1826), and Tim Keller (1950). After him are Tom Price (1954), Warner Baxter (1889), John F. MacArthur (1939), Joe Perry (1950), Nelson Algren (1909), and Chuck Palahniuk (1962).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Henry Heimlich ranks 39. Before him are Robin Cook (1940), Robert Atkins (1930), John O'Keefe (1939), Joseph Erlanger (1874), John Harvey Kellogg (1852), and Gregg L. Semenza (1956). After him are Mehmet Oz (1960), Fernando J. Corbató (1926), Horace Wells (1815), James Curtis Hepburn (1815), Thomas Horsfield (1773), and Priscilla Chan (1985).

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