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Norman Holter

1914 - 1983

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Norman Jefferis "Jeff" Holter (February 1, 1914 – July 21, 1983) was an American biophysicist who invented the Holter monitor, a portable device for continuously monitoring the electrical activity of the heart for 24 hours or more. Holter donated the rights to his invention to medicine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Holter is the 578th most popular physicist (down from 546th in 2019), the 5,804th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,646th in 2019) and the 121st most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Norman Holter ranks 578 out of 851. Before him are Marietta Blau, Claude Pouillet, Marcel Brillouin, Eric Allin Cornell, Étienne-Gaspard Robert, and Wallace Clement Sabine. After him are Mark Oliphant, Yakov Frenkel, Yulii Khariton, Antonio Pacinotti, Sergey Kapitsa, and Georg Adolf Erman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Norman Holter ranks 235. Before him are Jacques Dufilho, Dorothy Lamour, Ray Walston, Jersey Joe Walcott, Paul Rand, and Terence O'Neill. After him are Jo Cals, Wilhelm Hahnemann, Jack Cardiff, Jan Kott, Ralph Ellison, and Igor M. Diakonoff. Among people deceased in 1983, Norman Holter ranks 147. Before him are Erich Juskowiak, Mykola Bazhan, Zhang Daqian, Arvīds Pelše, Nichita Stănescu, and Vince Gallagher. After him are Alan Cunningham, Mary Renault, Burrill Bernard Crohn, José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, Bart Bok, and Earl Hines.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Holter ranks 5,804 out of 20,380. Before him are Marsha Mason (1942), Richard C. Sarafian (1930), Vince Gallagher (1899), Alan Ritchson (1982), Betty Gilpin (1986), and James Gunn (1938). After him are Emile Ardolino (1943), Huey P. Newton (1942), Gina Raimondo (1971), Tammi Terrell (1945), Adam Levine (1979), and Emily Donelson (1807).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Norman Holter ranks 121. Before him are Gene Amdahl (1922), Robert H. Dicke (1916), Philip Morrison (1915), Samuel T. Cohen (1921), Eric Allin Cornell (1961), and Wallace Clement Sabine (1868). After him are Kenneth Bainbridge (1904), John Henry Schwarz (1941), Frank J. Tipler (1947), Evelyn Fox Keller (1936), Henry Augustus Rowland (1848), and Robert Mills (1927).

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