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Timothy Ray Brown

1966 - 2020

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Timothy Ray Brown (March 11, 1966 – September 29, 2020) was an American considered to be the first person cured of HIV/AIDS. Brown was called "The Berlin Patient" at the 2008 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, where his cure was first announced, in order to preserve his anonymity. He chose to come forward in 2010. "I didn't want to be the only person cured," he said. "I wanted to do what I could to make [a cure] possible. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Timothy Ray Brown is the 1,043rd most popular biologist (down from 1,011th in 2019), the 11,825th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,235th in 2019) and the 165th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Timothy Ray Brown ranks 1,043 out of 1,097. Before him are E. B. Ford, Peter Duesberg, Lucy Shapiro, Asuman Baytop, Francis Walker, and Bryan Sykes. After him are Peter Watts, Margaret Morse Nice, Ronald M. Evans, William Forsell Kirby, Paul Sereno, and Henry Weed Fowler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Timothy Ray Brown ranks 423. Before him are Rok Petrovič, Mohammed Chaouch, Shigemitsu Egawa, Jing Haipeng, Randy Barnes, and Peter Tschentscher. After him are Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, Erling Jevne, Leilani Sarelle, Jes Høgh, Andrea Temesvári, and Alessio Boni. Among people deceased in 2020, Timothy Ray Brown ranks 726. Before him are Bob Kulick, Ann Reinking, Pau Donés, Aurlus Mabélé, Bryan Sykes, and Ahmed Radhi. After him are Diana Serra Cary, Enrique Múgica, Haruma Miura, Karel Neffe, Danny Hodge, and Michael McClure.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Timothy Ray Brown ranks 11,827 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeff Teague (1988), Don Stark (1954), Lucy Burns (1879), Ivan Moody (1980), Betty Thomas (1948), and Wilbur Thompson (1921). After him are Mike Gravel (1930), Fabiano Caruana (1992), William Gibbs McAdoo (1863), Margaret Livingston (1895), Summer Phoenix (1978), and Lucas Black (1982).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Timothy Ray Brown ranks 165. Before him are John Bartram (1699), Ruth Patrick (1907), John Lawrence LeConte (1825), George R. Price (1922), Elmer McCollum (1879), and Lucy Shapiro (1940). After him are Margaret Morse Nice (1883), Ronald M. Evans (1949), Paul Sereno (1957), Henry Weed Fowler (1878), Christof Koch (1956), and Patricia Goldman-Rakic (1937).

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