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Mary Mallon

1869 - 1938

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Mary Mallon (September 23, 1869 – November 11, 1938), commonly known as Typhoid Mary, was an Irish-born American cook who is believed to have infected between 51 and 122 people with typhoid fever. The infections caused three confirmed deaths, with unconfirmed estimates of as many as 50. She was the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogenic bacterium Salmonella typhi. She was forcibly quarantined twice by authorities, the second time for the remainder of her life because she persisted in working as a cook and thereby exposed others to the disease. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Mallon is the 9th most popular celebrity (up from 43rd in 2019), the 266th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,027th in 2019) and the most popular British Celebrity.

Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary, was a cook who was the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogen responsible for typhoid fever.

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Among celebrities, Mary Mallon ranks 9 out of 265. Before her are Caitlyn Jenner, Jeanne Calment, Margaret Brown, Phineas Gage, Kaspar Hauser, and Lina Medina. After her are Simonetta Vespucci, Robert Wadlow, Millvina Dean, Buffalo Bill, Jon Brower Minnoch, and Blanche Monnier.

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Among people born in 1869, Mary Mallon ranks 13. Before her are Maud of Wales, Neville Chamberlain, Gustaf Dalén, Frederick Trump, Nadezhda Krupskaya, and Fritz Pregl. After her are Emma Goldman, Bogd Khan, Karl Haushofer, Christian Lous Lange, Harvey Cushing, and Hans Spemann. Among people deceased in 1938, Mary Mallon ranks 10. Before her are Maud of Wales, Charles Édouard Guillaume, Karel Čapek, Konstantin Stanislavski, Marie of Romania, and Georges Méliès. After her are Faustina Kowalska, Nikolai Bukharin, Kanō Jigorō, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Béla Kun, and Gabriele D'Annunzio.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Mallon ranks 266 out of 8,785. Before her are Randal Cremer (1828), George Boole (1815), Leslie Howard (1893), John Boyd Orr (1880), Phil Collins (1951), and Elizabeth of York (1466). After her are Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843), Helen Mirren (1945), Æthelberht, King of Wessex (836), Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912), William Henry Bragg (1862), and Jane Birkin (1946).

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Among CELEBRITIES In United Kingdom

Among celebrities born in United Kingdom, Mary Mallon ranks 1. After her are Millvina Dean (1912), Joseph Merrick (1862), Albert Pierrepoint (1905), Mary Ann Bevan (1874), Alice Keppel (1868), Daisy, Princess of Pless (1873), Christine Keeler (1942), Jane Morris (1839), Louise Brown (1978), Rosemarie Frankland (1943), and Brooklyn Beckham (1999).

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