# |
|
Name |
Discovery |
# of Lives Saved |
28 |
 |
Piero Sensi |
TB Curing Drug Rifampicin |
75,000,000 |
29 |
 |
David Nalin |
ORT for Cholera and Diarrhea |
57,500,000 |
30 |
 |
Richard Cash |
ORT for Cholera and Diarrhea |
57,500,000 |
31 |
 |
Norbert Hirschhorn |
ORT for Cholera and Diarrhea |
57,500,000 |
32 |
 |
David Sachar |
ORT for Cholera and Diarrhea |
57,500,000 |
33 |
 |
Robert Phillips |
ORT for Cholera and Diarrhea |
57,500,000 |
34 |
 |
James Black |
Blood Pressure Lowering Beta Blocker Drug |
55,000,000 |
35 |
 |
David Cushman |
Blood Pressure Lowering ACE Inhibitor Drug |
55,000,000 |
36 |
 |
Miguel Ondetti |
Blood Pressure Lowering ACE Inhibitor Drug |
55,000,000 |
37 |
 |
Andreas Gruentzig |
Balloon Angioplasty to Widen Arteries |
52,000,000 |
38 |
 |
Karel Styblo |
TB Curing DOTS Protocol |
50,000,000 |
39 |
 |
Gaston Ramon |
Diphtheria and Tetanus Vaccines |
42,000,000 |
40 |
 |
Paul Müller |
DDT Insecticide to Prevent Malaria |
37,000,000 |
41 |
 |
Akira Endo |
Statins Averting Heart Attacks & Strokes |
26,000,000 |
42 |
 |
Ancel Keys |
Linked Cholesterol to Heart Attacks |
26,000,000 |
43 |
 |
James Jude |
CPR |
25,000,000 |
44 |
 |
James Elam |
CPR |
25,000,000 |
45 |
 |
Guy Knickerbocker |
CPR |
25,000,000 |
46 |
 |
William Kouwenhoven |
CPR |
25,000,000 |
47 |
 |
Peter Safar |
CPR |
25,000,000 |
48 |
 |
Al Sommers |
Vitamin A Cuts Child Mortality |
23,000,000 |
49 |
 |
Wilson Greatbatch |
Implantable Pacemaker with Lithium Battery |
22,500,000 |
50 |
 |
Luc Montagnier |
Discovered HIV Retrovirus Causes AIDS |
22,000,000 |
51 |
 |
Francoise Barre-Sinoussi |
Discovered HIV Retrovirus Causes AIDS |
22,000,000 |
52 |
 |
Bernard Belleau |
HIV Curing Drug 3TC |
22,000,000 |
53 |
 |
Jerome Horwitz |
HIV Curing Drug AZT |
22,000,000 |
54 |
 |
Wolfram Ostertag |
HIV Curing Drug AZT |
22,000,000 |
55 |
 |
Belding Scribner |
Scribner Shunt Making Kidney Dialysis Routine |
17,500,000 |
56 |
 |
Willem Kolff |
Kidney Dialysis Machine |
17,500,000 |
57 |
 |
Baruch Blumberg |
Hepatitis B Vaccine |
15,000,000 |
58 |
 |
Irving Millman |
Hepatitis B Vaccine |
15,000,000 |
59 |
 |
Kenneth Murray |
Recombinant Hepatitis B Vaccine |
15,000,000 |
60 |
 |
Pearl Kendrick |
Whooping Cough Vaccine |
13,000,000 |
61 |
 |
Grace Eldering |
Whooping Cough Vaccine |
13,000,000 |
62 |
 |
Andre Briend |
Plumpy'Nut for Childhood Malnutrition |
12,000,000 |
63 |
 |
Nils Bohlin |
3-Point Seat Belt |
12,000,000 |
64 |
 |
Georgios Papanikolaou |
Pap Smear to Cure Cervical Cancer |
12,000,000 |
65 |
 |
Aurel Babes |
Pap Smear to Cure Cervical Cancer |
12,000,000 |
66 |
 |
Herbert Traut |
Pap Smear to Cure Cervical Cancer |
12,000,000 |
67 |
 |
Stafford Warren |
Mammography Curing Breast Cancer |
12,000,000 |
68 |
 |
Raul Leborgne |
Mammography Curing Breast Cancer |
12,000,000 |
69 |
 |
Robert Egan |
Mammography Curing Breast Cancer |
12,000,000 |
70 |
 |
Thomas Francis, Jr. |
Influenza Vaccine |
10,000,000 |
71 |
 |
F. Mason Sones |
Coronary Angiograms for Heart Bypass Surgery |
10,000,000 |
72 |
 |
Robert Goetz |
Heart Bypass Surgery |
10,000,000 |
73 |
 |
Gertrude Elion |
Leukemia and Gout Curing Drugs |
7,000,000 |
74 |
 |
George Hitchings |
Leukemia and Gout Curing Drugs |
7,000,000 |
75 |
 |
Christian Zoeller |
Tetanus Vaccine |
7,000,000 |
76 |
 |
Lawrence Craven |
Aspirin for Preventing Heart Attacks |
7,000,000 |
77 |
 |
Paul Gibson |
Aspirin for Preventing Heart Attacks |
7,000,000 |
78 |
 |
Charles Hennekens |
Aspirin for Preventing Heart Attacks |
7,000,000 |
79 |
 |
Porter Anderson |
Hib Influenzae Vaccine |
5,000,000 |
80 |
 |
David Smith |
Hib Influenzae Vaccine |
5,000,000 |
81 |
 |
John Robbins |
Hib Influenzae Vaccine |
5,000,000 |
82 |
 |
Rachel Schneerson |
Hib Influenzae Vaccine |
5,000,000 |
83 |
 |
Mary Ellen Avery |
Surfactant for Infants' Lungs |
4,000,000 |
84 |
 |
John Clements |
Surfactant for Infants' Lungs |
4,000,000 |
85 |
 |
Tetsuro Fujiwara |
Surfactant for Infants' Lungs |
4,000,000 |
86 |
 |
Max Theiler |
Yellow Fever Vaccine |
1,600,000 |
87 |
 |
Alexander Wiener |
Rh Incompatible Blood in Infants and Mothers |
1,500,000 |
88 |
 |
Ronald Finn |
Rh Incompatible Blood in Infants and Mothers |
1,500,000 |
89 |
 |
Katalin Kariko |
mRNA Vaccine for COVID |
1,000,000 |
90 |
 |
Drew Weismann |
mRNA Vaccine for COVID |
1,000,000 |
91 |
 |
Helen Taussig |
Blue Baby Syndrome Surgery |
1,000,000 |
92 |
 |
Vivien Thomas |
Blue Baby Syndrome Surgery |
1,000,000 |
93 |
 |
Alfred Blalock |
Blue Baby Syndrome Surgery |
1,000,000 |
94 |
 |
Jonas Salk |
Polio Vaccine |
1,000,000 |
95 |
 |
Albert Sabin |
Polio Vaccine |
1,000,000 |
96 |
 |
Frederick Robbins |
Polio Vaccine |
1,000,000 |
97 |
 |
Thomas Weller |
Polio Vaccine |
1,000,000 |
98 |
 |
Thomas Starlz |
Kidney Transplants |
1,000,000 |
99 |
 |
Henry Heimlich |
Heimlich Maneuver for Choking |
600,000 |
100 |
 |
Brian Druker |
Leukemia Curing Drug (CML) |
500,000 |
101 |
 |
Nicholas Lydon |
Leukemia Curing Drug (CML) |
500,000 |
102 |
 |
Charles Sawyer |
Leukemia Curing Drug (CML) |
500,000 |