PHYSICIAN

Leila Denmark

1898 - 2012

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Leila Alice Denmark (née Daughtry; February 1, 1898 – April 1, 2012) was an American pediatrician in Atlanta, Georgia. She was the world's oldest practicing pediatrician until her retirement in May 2001 at the age of 103, after 73 years. She was a supercentenarian, living to the age of 114 years, 60 days. A co-developer of the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine, Denmark was one of the few supercentenarians in history to gain prominence in life for reasons other than longevity. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leila Denmark is the 641st most popular physician (up from 666th in 2019), the 8,902nd most popular biography from United States (up from 10,281st in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Leila Denmark ranks 641 out of 726. Before her are Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet, Bernard Nathanson, Sophia Jex-Blake, Fernando Quiroga Palacios, Richard Doll, and Astley Cooper. After her are Giovanni Saldarini, Fidel Pagés, Zhong Nanshan, William H. Welch, Kei Okami, and Harry Benjamin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Leila Denmark ranks 253. Before her are Miguel Murillo, Henry Louis Hudson, Leonard Howell, Loren Murchison, Erik Abrahamsson, and Mario Mattoli. After her are Édouard Candeveau, Carl Johnson, Eugène Dabit, Vincent Youmans, Gregor Wentzel, and Konstantinos Dovas. Among people deceased in 2012, Leila Denmark ranks 362. Before her are Antonio Cubillo, Hal David, Ivan Calin, Bob Welch, Frank Pierson, and Corrie Sanders. After her are Jaime Graça, Susan Tyrrell, Rufina Gasheva, José Guardiola, Aldo Maldera, and Rosy Varte.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leila Denmark ranks 8,904 out of 20,380. Before her are Shawn Wayans (1971), Warren Farrell (1943), Sara Jean Underwood (1984), Leslie Bibb (1974), Story Musgrave (1935), and Chris Dickerson (1939). After her are Ashley Tisdale (1985), Wayne Newton (1942), Bob Ehrlich (1957), Joshua Chamberlain (1828), James Fifer (1930), and Kat Dennings (1986).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Leila Denmark ranks 75. Before her are Kenneth H. Cooper (1931), Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901), John Jeffries (1745), Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779), Stuart Kauffman (1939), and Bernard Nathanson (1926). After her are William H. Welch (1850), William C. Gorgas (1854), Walter Reed (1851), Edward Angle (1855), Harry Klinefelter (1912), and Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878).

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