Who Saved the Most Lives in History?!
Over 1 Billion
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Scientist |
Lives Saved
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1 |
Fritz Haber (Synthetic Fertilizer) |
2,720,000,000 |
2 |
Carl Bosch (Synthetic Fertilizer) |
2,720,000,000 |
3 |
Karl Landsteiner (Blood Groups) |
1,094,000,000 |
4 |
Richard Lewisohn (Blood Transfusions) |
1,094,000,000 |
Over 100 Million
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|
Scientist |
Lives Saved
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5 |
Edward Jenner (Vaccination - Smallpox) |
530,000,000 |
6 |
Norman Borlaug (Green Revolution - Wheat) |
259,000,000 |
7 |
Linn Enslow (Chlorination of Water) |
177,000,000 |
8 |
Abel Wolman (Chlorination of Water) |
177,000,000 |
9 |
William Foege (Vaccination Method - Smallpox Eradication) |
131,000,000 |
10 |
Leslie Collier (Freeze-dried Vaccine - Smallpox Eradication) |
131,000,000 |
11 |
Benjamin Rubin (Bifurcated Needle - Smallpox Eradication) |
131,000,000 |
12 |
Aaron Ismach (Jet Injector Gun - Smallpox Eradication) |
131,000,000 |
13 |
John Enders (Polio & Measles Vaccine) |
120,000,000 |
14 |
Maurice Hilleman (Measles Vaccine) |
118,000,000 |
15 |
Ann Holloway (Measles Vaccine) |
118,000,000 |
16 |
Samuel Katz (Measles Vaccine) |
118,000,000 |
17 |
Kevin McCarthy (Measles Vaccine) |
118,000,000 |
18 |
Milan Milovanovic (Measles Vaccine) |
118,000,000 |
19 |
Anna Mitus (Measles Vaccine) |
118,000,000 |
20 |
Thomas Peebles (Measles Vaccine) |
118,000,000 |
Over 50 Million
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|
Scientist |
Lives Saved
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21 |
Howard Florey (Penicillin Drug) |
82,000,000 |
22 |
Ernst Chain (Penicillin Drug) |
82,000,000 |
23 |
Norman Heatley (Penicillin Drug) |
82,000,000 |
24 |
Alexander Fleming (Penicillin Mold) |
82,000,000 |
25 |
Gaston Ramon (Diphtheria and Tetanus Vaccine) |
60,000,000 |
26 |
David Nalin (Oral Rehydration Therapy) |
54,000,000 |
27 |
Richard Cash (Oral Rehydration Therapy) |
54,000,000 |
28 |
Norbert Hirschhorn (Oral Rehydration Therapy) |
54,000,000 |
29 |
Robert Phillips (Oral Rehydration Therapy) |
54,000,000 |
30 |
David Sachar (Oral Rehydration Therapy) |
54,000,000 |
31 |
Christian Zoeller (Tetanus Vaccine) |
52,000,000 |
Over 15 Million
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|
Scientist |
Lives Saved
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32 |
Paul Ehrlich (Diphtheria and Tetanus Antitoxin) |
42,000,000 |
33 |
Shibasaburo Kitasato (Diphtheria and Tetanus Antitoxin) |
42,000,000 |
34 |
Emil von Behring (Diphtheria and Tetanus Antitoxin) |
42,000,000 |
35 |
Paul Muller (DDT) |
21,200,000 |
36 |
Frederick Banting (Insulin) |
16,400,000 |
37 |
Charles Best (Insulin) |
16,400,000 |
38 |
John Macleod (Insulin) |
16,400,000 |
39 |
James "Bert" Collip (Insulin) |
16,400,000 |
Over 5 Million
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|
Scientist |
Lives Saved
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40 |
Andreas Gruentzig (Angioplasty) |
15,400,000 |
41 |
Pearl Kendrick (Whooping Cough Vaccine) |
13,700,000 |
42 |
Grace Eldering (Whooping Cough Vaccine) |
13,700,000 |
43 |
Belding Scribner (Scribner Shunt) |
8,595,000 |
44 |
Willem Kolff (Kidney Dialysis) |
8,595,000 |
45 |
Wilson Greatbatch (Pacemaker) |
8,305,000 |
46 |
Karel Styblo (TB & AIDS Treatment) |
7,370,000 |
47 |
Alfred Sommer (Vitamin A Therapy) |
7,124,000 |
48 |
Baruch Blumberg (Hepatitis B Vaccine) |
6,335,000 |
49 |
Irving Millman (Hepatitis B Vaccine) |
6,335,000 |
50 |
Kenneth Murray (Hepatitis B Vaccine) |
6,335,000 |
51 |
Georgios Papanikolou (Cervical Cancer Screening) |
6,307,000 |
52 |
Aurel Babes (Cervical Cancer Screening) |
6,307,000 |
53 |
Herbert Traut (Cervical Cancer Screening) |
6,307,000 |
54 |
Akira Endo (Statin Drugs) |
5,868,000 |
55 |
Gertrude Elion (Rational Drug Design) |
5,438,000 |
56 |
George Hitchings (Rational Drug Design) |
5,438,000 |
Over 1 Million
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|
Scientist |
Lives Saved
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57 |
James Elam (CPR) |
4,760,000 |
58 |
James Jude (CPR) |
4,760,000 |
59 |
G. Guy Knickerbocker (CPR) |
4,760,000 |
60 |
William Kouwenhoven (CPR) |
4,760,000 |
61 |
Peter Safar (CPR) |
4,760,000 |
62 |
James Black (Beta Blockers) |
3,650,000 |
63 |
Vasilii Kolesov (Bypass Surgery) |
2,610,000 |
64 |
Vladimir Demikhov (Bypass Surgery) |
2,610,000 |
65 |
Luc Montagnier (HIV Blood Test) |
2,370,000 |
66 |
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (Isolated AIDS Virus) |
2,370,000 |
67 |
Bernard Belleau (New AIDS Drug) |
2,370,000 |
68 |
Gervais Dionne (New AIDS Drug) |
2,370,000 |
69 |
Francesco Bellini (New AIDS Drug) |
2,370,000 |
70 |
Nghe Nguyen-Ga (New AIDS Drug) |
2,370,000 |
71 |
Andre Briend (Plumpy'nut to Fight Malnutrition) |
2,320,000 |
72 |
Stafford Warren (Mammogram) |
1,670,000 |
73 |
Jacob Gershon-Cohen (Mammogram) |
1,670,000 |
74 |
Raul Leborgne (Mammogram) |
1,670,000 |
75 |
Charles Gros (Mammogram) |
1,670,000 |
76 |
Walter Vogel (Mammogram) |
1,670,000 |
77 |
Albert Salomon (Mammogram) |
1,670,000 |
78 |
Nils Bohlin (Improved Seatbelt) |
1,330,000 |
79 |
Lawrence Craven (Aspirin Therapy for Heart Disease) |
1,060,000 |
80 |
Paul Gibson (Aspirin Therapy for Heart Disease) |
1,130,000 |
81 |
Charles Hennekens (Aspirin Therapy for Heart Disease) |
1,130,000 |
82 |
Thomas Francis, Jr. (Flu Vaccine) |
1,010,000 |
83 |
Jonas Salk (Polio Vaccine) |
1,010,000 |
84 |
Albert Sabin (Polio Vaccine) |
1,010,000 |
85 |
Frederick Robbins (Polio Vaccine) |
1,010,000 |
86 |
Thomas Weller (Polio Vaccine) |
1,010,000 |
Over 500 Thousand
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|
Scientist |
Lives Saved
|
87 |
Mary Ellen Avery (Infant Surfactant Therapy) |
840,000 |
88 |
John Clements (Infant Surfactant Therapy) |
840,000 |
89 |
Tetsuro Fujiwara (Infant Surfactant Therapy) |
840,000 |
90 |
Ancel Keys (Linked Cholesterol & Diet) |
820,000 |
91 |
Porter Anderson (Hib Vaccine) |
660,000 |
92 |
David Smith (Hib Vaccine) |
660,000 |
93 |
John Robbins (Hib Vaccine) |
660,000 |
94 |
Rachel Schneerson (Hib Vaccine) |
660,000 |
95 |
Alexander Wiener (Rh Blood Factor & Infant Exchange Transfusion) |
520,000 |
96 |
Ronald Finn (Haemolytic Disease) |
520,000 |
Over 50 Thousand
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|
Scientist |
Lives Saved |
97 |
Max Theiler (Yellow Fever Vaccine) |
300,000 |
98 |
Samuel Kountz (Kidney Transplants) |
227,000 |
99 |
Alfred Blalock (Blue Baby Syndrome Surgery) |
169,000 |
100 |
Vivien Thomas (Blue Baby Syndrome Surgery) |
169,000 |
101 |
Brian Druker (Leukemia Drug Gleevec) |
153,000 |
102 |
Nicholas Lydon (Leukemia Drug Gleevec) |
153,000 |
103 |
Henry Heimlich (Heimlich Maneuver) |
50,000 |
104 |
Patrick, Edward (Heimlich Maneuver) |
50,000 |
Over 10 Thousand
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105 |
Charles Sawyers (Leukemia Drug Sprycel) |
11,000 |
The above numbers are rounded and updated annually. See the scientists' real time counters for continuously updated totals. |
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