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John Heysham Gibbon

1903 - 1973

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John Heysham Gibbon (September 29, 1903 – February 5, 1973) was an American surgeon best known for inventing the heart–lung machine and performing subsequent open-heart surgeries which revolutionized heart surgery in the twentieth century. He was the son of Dr. John Heysham Gibbon Sr., and Marjorie Young Gibbon (daughter of General Samuel Young), and came from a long line of medical doctors including his father, grandfather Robert, great-grandfather John and great-great grandfather. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Heysham Gibbon is the 666th most popular physician (down from 652nd in 2019), the 10,343rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,126th in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, John Heysham Gibbon ranks 666 out of 726. Before him are Almroth Wright, Ellen S. Baker, Maria Vorontsova, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, Thomas Lewis, and Ran Laurie. After him are Marie Senghor Basse, Harald Natvig, James Ewing, Daniel Mojon, Aarne Pohjonen, and Archie Cochrane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, John Heysham Gibbon ranks 333. Before him are Grethe Weiser, Daphne Akhurst, Malcolm Muggeridge, Bob Skelton, Willi Multhaup, and Una Merkel. After him are Erik Svensson, DeHart Hubbard, Eric A. Havelock, Jaipal Singh Munda, Mikhail Svetlov, and George E. Stone. Among people deceased in 1973, John Heysham Gibbon ranks 264. Before him are Folke Rogard, Aleksandr Ponomarev, Yulia Ryabchinskaya, Balraj Sahni, Steven Geray, and C. H. Dodd. After him are Alfred Schmitt, Manuel Rojas, Eddie Condon, Clarence White, Michael Dunn, and William Inge.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Heysham Gibbon ranks 10,345 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Verdeur (1926), C. R. Hagen (1937), Cornel West (1953), Thomas Bopp (1949), Esther Phillips (1935), and Charles F. Hockett (1916). After him are Red Mitchell (1927), Amy Tan (1952), Tommy Kono (1930), Carmine Caridi (1934), Norman Alden (1924), and Chris Hillman (1944).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, John Heysham Gibbon ranks 84. Before him are Walter Reed (1851), Edward Angle (1855), Harry Klinefelter (1912), Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878), Denton Cooley (1920), and Ellen S. Baker (1953). After him are James Ewing (1866), Robert Spitzer (1932), Thomas Starzl (1926), Sara Josephine Baker (1873), Samuel George Morton (1799), and Samuel Gridley Howe (1801).

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