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Willem Johan Kolff

1911 - 2009

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Willem Johan "Pim" Kolff (February 14, 1911 – February 11, 2009) was a pioneer of hemodialysis, artificial heart, as well as in the entire field of artificial organs. Willem was a member of the Kolff family, an old Dutch patrician family. He made his major discoveries in the field of dialysis for kidney failure during the Second World War. He emigrated in 1950 to the United States, where he obtained US citizenship in 1955, and received a number of awards and widespread recognition for his work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willem Johan Kolff is the 556th most popular physician (down from 489th in 2019), the 662nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 611th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Dutch Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Willem Johan Kolff ranks 556 out of 726. Before him are Ugo Cerletti, Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Antonius Musa, Arkady Vorobyov, Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, and Sergey Botkin. After him are William Beaumont, John Arbuthnot, Julius Friedrich Cohnheim, Devi Shetty, Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, and María Teresa Ferrari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Willem Johan Kolff ranks 222. Before him are Shoichi Sakata, Gavriil Kachalin, Álvaro Cunqueiro, Giuseppe Olmo, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, and Maurice Schumann. After him are Annibale Frossi, István Bibó, Szilárd Bogdánffy, Reidar Andersen, José Augusto Brandão, and Nagarjun. Among people deceased in 2009, Willem Johan Kolff ranks 205. Before him are Janet Jagan, Riccardo Cassin, Kim Manners, Ron Silver, Yukio Endo, and Clodovil Hernandes. After him are Lei Clijsters, Juvenal Amarijo, Adolf Merckle, Henri Pousseur, Reinhard Mohn, and Torsten Lindberg.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem Johan Kolff ranks 662 out of 1,646. Before him are Willem Roelofs (1822), Gerrie Knetemann (1951), Dirck Barendsz (1534), Peter Post (1933), Ramon Dekkers (1969), and Frans van der Lugt (1938). After him are Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau (1770), Gérard Blitz (1901), Heintje Simons (1955), Willeke van Ammelrooy (1944), Simeon ten Holt (1923), and Jan van de Cappelle (1624).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Netherlands

Among physicians born in Netherlands, Willem Johan Kolff ranks 17. Before him are Titus Brandsma (1881), Gerard van Swieten (1700), Aletta Jacobs (1854), Petrus Camper (1722), Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873), and Willem Piso (1611). After him are Joep Lange (1954).

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