# Patch Adams

> The doctor who prescribes laughter. Patch Adams built a practice around the idea that humor heals as surely as medicine does, and spent decades dressing as a clown to prove it.

*American physician, activist, diplomat and author*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/patch-adams

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1945-05-28
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Hunter Doherty Adams was born May 28, 1945, and grew into a physician who couldn't separate care from comedy. In 1989 he founded the Gesundheit! Institute, a not-for-profit that operates outside the insurance system and treats healing as something bigger than a pill or a chart. Each year he organizes volunteers from around the world to travel to orphanages and hospitals in clown costume, carrying humor where it's needed most. He's currently based in Urbana, Illinois, still promoting a model of health care that puts the person before the policy.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 75.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 20.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.3 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 30.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 75.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 85.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #13
- **Total followers across platforms:** 17,400

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0011254/ (@nm0011254)
- **WEBSITE**: https://www.patchadams.org/
- **YOUTUBE**: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClSq0XvKO8xSFOwnVevnneQ (@@realpatchadams, 17,400 followers)

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patch_Adams)
- [باتش آدمز](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%B2)
- [باتش آدمز](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%B2)
- [Patç Adams](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat%C3%A7_Adams)
- [Пач Адамс](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%87_%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81)
- [Patch Adams](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams)
- [Patch Adams](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams)
- [Patch Adams](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams)
- [Patch Adams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams)
- [Patch Adams](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams)
- [Patch Adams](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams)
- [Patch Adams](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams)
- [Patch Adams](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams)
- [פאץ' אדמס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%A5'_%D7%90%D7%93%D7%9E%D7%A1)
- [Patch Adams](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams)
- [Պատչ Ադամս](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%B9_%D4%B1%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%BD)
- [Patch Adams](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams)
- [パッチ・アダムス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9)
- [Patch Adams](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams)
- [Patch Adams](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams)
- [Patch Adams](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams)
- [Адамс, Патч](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%87)
- [Patch Adams](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Adams)
- [派奇·亞當斯](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B4%BE%E5%A5%87%C2%B7%E4%BA%9E%E7%95%B6%E6%96%AF)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patch_Adams)
- [Wikiquote](https://hi.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9A_%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q721885)
- [Patch Adams](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64810)

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