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John Ostrom

1928 - 2005

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John Harold Ostrom (February 18, 1928 – July 16, 2005) was an American paleontologist who revolutionized the modern understanding of dinosaurs. Ostrom's work inspired what his pupil Robert T. Bakker has termed a "dinosaur renaissance". Beginning with the discovery of Deinonychus in 1964, Ostrom challenged the widespread belief that dinosaurs were slow-moving lizards (or "saurians"). He argued that Deinonychus, a small two-legged carnivore, would have been fast-moving and warm-blooded. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Ostrom is the 547th most popular physician (up from 599th in 2019), the 6,255th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,443rd in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, John Ostrom ranks 547 out of 726. Before him are Frederick Twort, Wladimir Aïtoff, Jan Janský, Nicolás Monardes, Willem Piso, and Paolo Macchiarini. After him are Max Gerson, Vivien Thomas, Pierre Marie, Ugo Cerletti, Erik Adolf von Willebrand, and Antonius Musa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, John Ostrom ranks 354. Before him are Eydie Gormé, Luis Posada Carriles, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Ruth Westheimer, and Karel Mejta Sr. After him are Eno Raud, Mary Daly, Rance Howard, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Levko Lukianenko, and Serge Bourguignon. Among people deceased in 2005, John Ostrom ranks 196. Before him are Sígfrid Gràcia, Tetyana Yablonska, John Vernon, Robin Cook, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, and Dorothy Stang. After him are Mustai Karim, Sunil Dutt, Ossie Davis, Vladimir Toporov, Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi, and Jan Pieter Schotte.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Ostrom ranks 6,256 out of 20,380. Before him are Dorothy Stang (1931), Bessie Coleman (1892), Helen Merrill (1930), Gene Clark (1944), Stephen Root (1951), and Robert Ettinger (1918). After him are Marc Wright (1890), Phil Anselmo (1968), Richard Burgi (1958), Tom Noonan (1951), John Wesley Powell (1834), and Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, John Ostrom ranks 65. Before him are George Huntington (1850), Jill Stein (1950), Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884), Florence R. Sabin (1871), Frank H. Netter (1906), and Ancel Keys (1904). After him are Vivien Thomas (1910), William Beaumont (1785), Jeffrey Ullman (1942), Kenneth H. Cooper (1931), Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901), and John Jeffries (1745).

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