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Robert Atkins

1930 - 2003

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Robert Coleman Atkins (October 17, 1930 – April 17, 2003) was an American physician and cardiologist, best known for the Atkins Diet, which requires close control of carbohydrate consumption and emphasizes protein and fat as the primary sources of dietary calories in addition to a controlled number of carbohydrates from vegetables. The commercial success of Atkins' diet plan led Time to name the doctor a person of the year in 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Atkins has received more than 27,440 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Robert Atkins is the 636th most popular physician (down from 551st in 2019), the 8,695th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,307th in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 27k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Robert Atkins ranks 636 out of 726. Before her are Andrea Andreen, Harry Benjamin, Fidel Pagés, Archie Cochrane, Jean Alexandre Barré, and George E. P. Box. After her are Thomas Lewis, Edward Angle, Maria Vorontsova, Bernhard Zondek, Denton Cooley, and Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Robert Atkins ranks 496. Before her are Jean Brankart, Innes Ireland, Romano Bonagura, Herberto Hélder, Heinz Schiller, and Peter Hall. After her are G. Gordon Liddy, Anthony Soter Fernandez, Paul-Émile de Souza, Michel Deguy, Regīna Ezera, and Heather Harper. Among people deceased in 2003, Robert Atkins ranks 296. Before her are Dave DeBusschere, Willem Slijkhuis, Mamie Till, Robert John Braidwood, Halima Nosirova, and Donald Regan. After her are Anne Gwynne, German Apukhtin, Conrad Hall, Jan-Just Bos, Curt Hennig, and Valentin Gavrilov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Atkins ranks 8,695 out of 20,380. Before her are John Holt (1923), Penny Pritzker (1959), Proof (1973), Zach Grenier (1954), Rian Johnson (1973), and Joe Jonas (1989). After her are Jenni Rivera (1969), Babyface (1958), Tully Marshall (1864), Evan Handler (1961), Armin Shimerman (1949), and Tony Dalton (1975).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Robert Atkins ranks 77. Before her are Stuart Kauffman (1939), Walter Reed (1851), Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901), Jill Stein (1950), William C. Gorgas (1854), and William H. Welch (1850). After her are Edward Angle (1855), Denton Cooley (1920), Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878), John Heysham Gibbon (1903), James Ewing (1866), and Thomas Starzl (1926).

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