# Gaëtan Dugas

> Gaëtan Dugas was a Canadian flight attendant widely claimed to be "patient zero" for the North American AIDS epidemic, as popularized notably by Randy Shilts's 1987 book And the Band Played On. The claim has been refuted through subsequent scientific scrutiny. Genetic analysis later determined that several thousand gay men already had HIV in the United States prior to Dugas' own infection.

*Canadian flight attendant, long misidentified as the index case of the North American AIDS Crisis (1953-1984)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/gaetan-dugas

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Actor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Actors
- **Country:** Canada
- **Born:** 1953-02-20
- **Died:** 1984-03-30
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 21.6 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/ch0146540/ (@ch0146540)

## Sources
- [基坦·杜加](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%BA%E5%9D%A6%C2%B7%E6%9D%9C%E5%8A%A0)
- [Гаетан Дюга](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%94%D1%8E%D0%B3%D0%B0)
- [Gaëtan Dugas](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABtan_Dugas)
- [غيتان دوغا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%BA%D8%A7)
- [جيتان دوجا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%A7)
- [Gaëtan Dugas](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABtan_Dugas)
- [Gaëtan Dugas](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABtan_Dugas)
- [Gaëtan Dugas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABtan_Dugas)
- [Gaëtan Dugas](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABtan_Dugas)
- [Gaëtan Dugas](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABtan_Dugas)
- [گاتان دوگاس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [Gaëtan Dugas](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABtan_Dugas)
- [Gaëtan Dugas](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABtan_Dugas)
- [גאטאן דוגה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%90%D7%98%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%93%D7%95%D7%92%D7%94)
- [Գաետան Դյուգա](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%A1%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%B4%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A3%D5%A1)
- [Gaëtan Dugas](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABtan_Dugas)
- [Gaëtan Dugas](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABtan_Dugas)
- [Gaëtan Dugas](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABtan_Dugas)
- [Gaëtan Dugas](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABtan_Dugas)
- [Gaëtan Dugas](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABtan_Dugas)
- [Дюга, Гаэтан](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8E%D0%B3%D0%B0%2C_%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD)
- [Gaëtan Dugas](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABtan_Dugas)
- [กาเอต็อง ดูว์กา](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87_%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1381697)
- [Gaétan Dugas](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2539654)

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