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Ron Woodroof

1950 - 1992

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Ronald Dickson Woodroof (February 3, 1950 – September 12, 1992) was an American man who created what would become known as the Dallas Buyers Club in March 1988, one of several such AIDS buyers clubs that sprang up at the time. After learning he had contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 1985 and being diagnosed with AIDS, he created the group as part of his efforts to find and distribute drugs to treat AIDS at a time when the disease was poorly understood. He sued the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over a ban on peptide T, a drug he was using. Woodroof's final years became the basis of the 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club, in which he was portrayed by Matthew McConaughey. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ron Woodroof is the 575th most popular businessperson (down from 410th in 2019), the 8,533rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,899th in 2019) and the 195th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Ron Woodroof ranks 575 out of 847. Before him are Adam Silver, Anita Roddick, Svend Foyn, Anil Ambani, Shahid Khan, and Alexei Mordashov. After him are Nathaniel Philip Rothschild, Erick Thohir, Sam Panopoulos, Eben Moglen, William McGregor, and Marc Randolph.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Ron Woodroof ranks 463. Before him are Marc Aaronson, Karmenu Vella, Ilinka Mitreva, Shahid Khan, Martin McGuinness, and Siegbert Horn. After him are Fran Lebowitz, Erich Kühnhackl, Debra Hill, Jhala Nath Khanal, Gianfranco Brancatelli, and Loyola de Palacio. Among people deceased in 1992, Ron Woodroof ranks 226. Before him are Jan Flinterman, László Szabados, Zellig Harris, Andor Földes, Per Olof Sundman, and Neville Brand. After him are Luis Rosales, Sven Delblanc, Klaes Karppinen, Bertalan Papp, William Fields, and Kurt Wires.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ron Woodroof ranks 8,535 out of 20,380. Before him are Sofia Carson (1993), Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1829), Betsy Brandt (1976), Anthony Anderson (1970), Laurance Rockefeller (1910), and Analeigh Tipton (1988). After him are John Holt (1923), Vanessa Blue (1974), Kayden Kross (1985), Mickey Kuhn (1932), Alice Catherine Evans (1881), and Anne Sewell Young (1871).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Ron Woodroof ranks 195. Before him are Chuck Feeney (1931), Jamie Hyneman (1956), Susan Kare (1954), Marcus Loew (1870), Mary Barra (1961), and Adam Silver (1962). After him are Eben Moglen (1959), Marc Randolph (1958), Ginni Rometty (1957), Robert Ripley (1890), Laurene Powell Jobs (1963), and Samuel P. Bush (1863).

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