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Norman Bethune

1890 - 1939

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Henry Norman Bethune (; March 4, 1890 – November 12, 1939; Chinese: 白求恩) was a Canadian thoracic surgeon, early advocate of socialized medicine, and member of the Communist Party of Canada. Bethune came to international prominence first for his service as a frontline trauma surgeon supporting the Republican government during the Spanish Civil War, and later supporting the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Bethune helped bring modern medicine to rural China, treating both sick villagers and wounded soldiers. Bethune was responsible for developing a mobile blood-transfusion service for frontline operations in the Spanish Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Bethune is the 285th most popular physician (down from 238th in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Canada (down from 94th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Norman Bethune ranks 285 out of 726. Before him are Regnier de Graaf, Thomas Hodgkin, Hiraga Gennai, Guillaume Dupuytren, Neferkare Neby, and Irmfried Eberl. After him are Ali ibn Ridwan, Sun Simiao, Gregg L. Semenza, William Gull, James Barry, and Pierre Fauchard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Norman Bethune ranks 76. Before him are Andriy Melnyk, Grigory Kulik, Max Immelmann, Sarah Aaronsohn, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern. After him are Robert Stroud, Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov, Victoria Ocampo, Jacobus Oud, László Bárdossy, and Yoshio Nishina. Among people deceased in 1939, Norman Bethune ranks 47. Before him are Vladimir Shukhov, Hans Langsdorff, Havelock Ellis, Hedwiga Rosenbaumová, Wu Peifu, and Armand Călinescu. After him are Louis Trousselier, Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, Carl Laemmle, Johann Strauss III, Edvard Westermarck, and Oscar Milosz.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Norman Bethune ranks 130 out of 1,622. Before him are Margot Kidder (1948), Raymond Burr (1917), Martin Short (1950), Joshua Jackson (1978), Linda Evangelista (1965), and Avril Lavigne (1984). After him are Bonar Law (1858), Ian Stevenson (1918), Walter Huston (1883), David Morrell (1943), Bruce Greenwood (1956), and Rocky Johnson (1944).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Canada

Among physicians born in Canada, Norman Bethune ranks 5. Before him are Frederick Banting (1891), Oswald Avery (1877), David H. Hubel (1926), and Charles Brenton Huggins (1901). After him are William Osler (1849), Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914), Édouard Gagnon (1918), Lucille Teasdale-Corti (1929), Maude Abbott (1868), James Heilman (1979), and Alaa Murabit (1989).

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