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Liang Wudong

1959 - 2020

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Liang Wudong (Chinese: 梁武东; pinyin: Liáng Wǔdōng; 14 March 1959 – 25 January 2020) was a physician at Xinhua Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei, notable for being the first doctor to die from COVID-19 due to a nosocomial infection. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Liang Wudong is the 690th most popular physician (up from 702nd in 2019), the 1,055th most popular biography from China (up from 1,106th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Chinese Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Liang Wudong ranks 690 out of 726. Before him are Samuel George Morton, Samuel Gridley Howe, Abraham Jacobi, Bert Vogelstein, Fe del Mundo, and Anders Nordström. After him are Ben Klassen, Louisa Garrett Anderson, William Hewson, Susan La Flesche Picotte, Elizabeth Kenny, and Samia al-Amoudi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Liang Wudong ranks 557. Before him are Richard LaGravenese, Bernardine Evaristo, Vicky Ntetema, Todd Solondz, Peter Pacult, and Catherine Mouchet. After him are Mircea Fulger, Lee Daniels, Kapil Dev, Joachim Kunz, Magdi Abdelghani, and Michelle Lujan Grisham. Among people deceased in 2020, Liang Wudong ranks 754. Before him are Sergey Belyayev, Grant Imahara, Alan Merrill, Azimzhan Askarov, Angelika Amon, and Eugene Wright. After him are Alan Minter, Bucky Pizzarelli, Bernard Bailyn, Arnold Wolfendale, Aleksandr Kabanov, and Nimmi.

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In China

Among people born in China, Liang Wudong ranks 1,055 out of 1,610. Before him are Zhang Yining (1981), Dylan Wang (1998), Zhang Jike (1988), Qu Yunxia (1972), Sun-Yung Alice Chang (1948), and Pauline Chan Bo-Lin (1973). After him are Zhai Zhigang (1966), Wei Wei (1963), Raymond Lam (1979), Shan Sa (1972), Huang Zhihong (1965), and Zhang Jingchu (1980).

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Among PHYSICIANS In China

Among physicians born in China, Liang Wudong ranks 9. Before him are Zhang Zhongjing (150), Li Shizhen (1517), Sun Simiao (581), Bian Que (-401), Andrew Yao (1946), and Zhong Nanshan (1936).

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