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Patch Adams

1945 - Today

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Hunter Doherty "Patch" Adams (born May 28, 1945) is an American physician, comedian, social activist, clown, and author. He founded the Gesundheit! Institute as a not-for-profit in 1989. Each year he also organizes volunteers from around the world to travel to various countries where they dress as clowns to bring humor to orphans, patients, and other people. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patch Adams is the 208th most popular physician (up from 226th in 2019), the 1,903rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,833rd in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Patch Adams ranks 208 out of 726. Before him are Leander of Seville, Duchenne de Boulogne, Leonid Rogozov, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, Marcel Petiot, and Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi. After him are Louis Ignarro, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Thomas Willis, Frederick Griffith, Guy de Chauliac, and Waldemar Hoven.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Patch Adams ranks 116. Before him are Stanisław Ryłko, Bubba Smith, Catherine Spaak, Bill Weld, Elis Regina, and Bob Klose. After him are John McAfee, Kim Carnes, Anatoly Fomenko, Birendra of Nepal, Antonio Cañizares Llovera, and Jeffrey C. Hall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patch Adams ranks 1,903 out of 20,380. Before him are Elliott Gould (1938), Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929), John Foster Dulles (1888), Robert Loggia (1930), Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), and Scott Glenn (1939). After him are Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925), Kim Carnes (1945), Benjamin Bloom (1913), Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821), Samuel R. Delany (1942), and Carroll Baker (1931).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Patch Adams ranks 31. Before him are Virginia Apgar (1909), E. Donnall Thomas (1920), Michael Stuart Brown (1941), Richard Axel (1946), Randy Schekman (1948), and Robert Lefkowitz (1943). After him are Louis Ignarro (1941), Robin Cook (1940), Robert Atkins (1930), John O'Keefe (1939), Joseph Erlanger (1874), and John Harvey Kellogg (1852).

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