# Paul Kalanithi

> Paul Sudhir Arul Kalanithi was an American neurosurgeon, neuroscientist, and writer. His book When Breath Becomes Air is a memoir about his life and illness with stage IV metastatic lung cancer. It was posthumously published by Random House in January 2016. It was on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list for multiple weeks.

*Indian-American neurosurgeon and writer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/paul-kalanithi

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1977-04-01
- **Died:** 2015-03-09
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 6.5 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 9.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 33.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C)
- [بول كالانيثي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%8A)
- [পল কালানিথি](https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BF)
- [Пол Каланити](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8)
- [Paul Kalanithi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kalanithi)
- [പോൾ കലാനിധി](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BE_%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%BF)
- [Пол Каланити](https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8)
- [Каланити, Пол](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB)
- [پال کلانیتھی](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C)
- [Paul Kalanithi](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kalanithi)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Kalanithi)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22087287)

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