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Jack Kevorkian

1928 - 2011

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Murad Jacob Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, "Dying is not a crime". Kevorkian said that he assisted at least 130 patients to that end. He was convicted of murder in 1999 and was often portrayed in the media with the name of "Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Kevorkian is the 372nd most popular physician (down from 333rd in 2019), the 3,764th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,051st in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Jack Kevorkian ranks 372 out of 726. Before him are Gustav Hartlaub, Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, Jean Pierre Flourens, Ron Wyatt, Philip Showalter Hench, and Johann Christian Reil. After him are Johann Peter Frank, Christian Bohr, Paul Janssen, Paul Julius Möbius, Charles Estienne, and Johann Kremer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Jack Kevorkian ranks 209. Before him are Mohammad Beheshti, Frank Wolff, Cécile Aubry, Jörg Demus, William Peter Blatty, and Sisavath Keobounphanh. After him are Willy Mairesse, Luigi Colani, Cy Twombly, Gerard Damiano, Nicolas Roeg, and Anatoly Filipchenko. Among people deceased in 2011, Jack Kevorkian ranks 133. Before him are Josefa Iloilo, Charles Napier, Abdul Fatah Younis, Anatole Abragam, Varkey Vithayathil, and Eliyahu M. Goldratt. After him are Cy Twombly, Lazar Mojsov, Frederick Chiluba, María Elena Walsh, Ali Saibou, and Édouard Glissant.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Kevorkian ranks 3,764 out of 20,380. Before him are Bruce McGill (1950), Charles Tilly (1929), Tico Torres (1953), David Ausubel (1918), Dove Cameron (1996), and Brenda Vaccaro (1939). After him are James Henry Breasted (1865), The Miz (1980), Vito Acconci (1940), John Hillerman (1932), Tom Fogerty (1941), and Betsy Blair (1923).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Jack Kevorkian ranks 47. Before him are Fernando J. Corbató (1926), Horace Wells (1815), James Curtis Hepburn (1815), Thomas Horsfield (1773), Priscilla Chan (1985), and Philip Showalter Hench (1896). After him are Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895), William Bates (1860), Andrew Taylor Still (1828), Crawford Long (1815), Deborah Birx (1956), and Benjamin Rush (1745).

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