# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philip-blaiberg
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:34:08.695Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philip-blaiberg"
name: "Philip Blaiberg"
slug: "philip-blaiberg"
description: "Philip Blaiberg was a South African dentist and the third person to receive a heart transplant. On 2 January 1968, in Cape Town, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the third heart transplant in the world on the 59 year old Blaiberg. Blaiberg survived the operation, and continued with his life for 19 months and 15 days before dying from heart complications on 17 August 1969. The success of Blaiberg's heart transplant furthered the progress made in regard to heart transplantation."
tagline: "South African dentist (1909–1969)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1909-05-24"
deathDate: "1969-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.02
  momentum:             25
  historical:           3.798385333333333
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2086058"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Blaiberg"
    title: "Philip Blaiberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Blaiberg"
    title: "Philip Blaiberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC"
    title: "فيليب بلايبيرج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Blaiberg"
    title: "Philip Blaiberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Discovered via Wikipedia top-views