Paul Kalanithi

Indian-American neurosurgeon and writer

Person human Q22087287

Facts

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[17]
Date of birth: April 1, 1977
Date of death: March 9, 2015
Place of birth: Bronxville
Country of citizenship: India, United States^[8]^[9]
Occupation: neurosurgeon, non-fiction writer, physician, writer
Field of work: medicine, literature^[10]^[11]
Educated at: Stanford University, Yale School of Medicine, Darwin College, Kingman High School^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]
Notable work: When Breath Becomes Air^[16]
Cause of death: lung cancer^[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[21]
Given name: Paul^[19]
Manner of death: natural causes^[20]
Name in native language: Paul Kalanithi^[22]
Number of children: +1^[23]

🏷️ Also known as

en Paul Kalanithi en Paul Sudhir Arul Kalanithi ar بول كالانيثي fa پال کالانیتی ru Каланити, Пол ru Пол Каланити vi Paul Sudhir Arul Kalanithi

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ISNI: 000000046357188X
VIAF cluster ID: 65145424152986790554
Library of Congress authority ID: n2015062735
GND ID: 1081771763
BIBSYS ID: 1470399609759
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 17157493z
CANTIC ID: 981058602783606706
CBDB.cz author ID: 86967
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11918539
DBC author ID: 87097969980759
DDB person (GND) ID: 1081771763
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 99279

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Dimitri and Aliki Perrotis Central Library ID: 23935
Goodreads author ID: 14031444
Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/11c6zxstt_
IdRef ID: 199111677
NDL Authority ID: 001248728
NL CR AUT ID: xx0207924
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000682645
NSK ID: 981005659380309366
NUKAT ID: n2016179573
National Library of Brazil ID: 001471482
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007585305805171
National Library of Korea ID: KAC201618332
National Library of Latvia ID: 000320017
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:CpgD;=Bu
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810639090805606
National Library of Portugal ID: 1649675
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX5639157
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 401462498
Open Library ID: OL7290154A
RERO ID (legacy): A026443308
SBN author ID: TO1V001785
SVKKL authority ID: 0365729-Kalanithi-Paul-19772015
Wellcome Collection concept ID: ycp39qb7
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJgd7xTPDY4RTrkJHpYHG3
Yale LUX ID: person/33eeb644-a90f-40cd-9f61-a7fd7c831612

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Occupation 4

physician, writer, neurosurgeon, non-fiction writer

Educated at 3

Stanford University, Darwin College, Yale School of Medicine

Country of citizenship 2

United States, India

Field of work 2

literature, medicine

Cause of death 1

lung cancer

Given name 1

Paul

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Place of birth 1

Bronxville

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Paul Kalanithi was born on April 1, 1977^[1], in Bronxville^[2]. He died on March 9, 2015^[3]. He worked as a neurosurgeon^[4], non-fiction writer^[5], physician^[6], and writer^[7].

FAQs

Where was Paul Kalanithi born?

Paul Kalanithi was born in Bronxville^[2].

What did Paul Kalanithi do for work?

Paul Kalanithi worked as a neurosurgeon^[4], non-fiction writer^[5], physician^[6], and writer^[7].

Where did Paul Kalanithi go to school?

Paul Kalanithi was educated at Stanford University^[12], Yale School of Medicine^[13], Darwin College^[14], and Kingman High School^[15].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — place of birth (P19): Bronxville. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — sex or gender (P21): male. IdRef. Retrieved 2025-05-04. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — country of citizenship (P27): India. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — educated at (P69): Stanford University. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — educated at (P69): Yale School of Medicine. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — educated at (P69): Darwin College. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — educated at (P69): Kingman High School. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — field of work (P101): medicine. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — field of work (P101): literature. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — occupation (P106): neurosurgeon. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — occupation (P106): non-fiction writer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — occupation (P106): physician. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-17. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — occupation (P106): writer. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-17. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — cause of death (P509): lung cancer. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — date of birth (P569): April 1, 1977. Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 2025-05-04. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — date of death (P570): March 9, 2015. Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 2025-05-04. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — given name (P735): Paul. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — notable work (P800): When Breath Becomes Air. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-03-01. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — name in native language (P1559): Paul Kalanithi. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Paul Kalanithi — number of children (P1971): 1. wikidata.org.

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21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SVKKL authority ID → 0365729-Kalanithi-Paul-19772015

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Place of birth → Bronxville

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Educated at → Stanford University, Yale School of Medicine, Darwin College +1

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