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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 26,457 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Robert Atkins is the 552nd most popular physician (down from 419th in 2019), the 7,322nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,890th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Physician.

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  • 45.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Robert Atkins ranks 552 out of 502. Before her are Gustav Fischer, Harry Benjamin, Edith Farkas, Arkady Vorobyov, Peter Lesgaft, and Fernando Quiroga Palacios. After her are Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet, Stuart Kauffman, Dorothy Hansine Andersen, Gabriele Possanner, Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, and Greene Vardiman Black.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Robert Atkins ranks 400. Before her are Jacques Parizeau, Monique Mercure, Burt Kwouk, Jack Taylor, Pat Robertson, and Richard Davalos. After her are Fred Saberhagen, Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, Atef Sedky, Pepper Adams, Alphonse Alley, and Sachiko Hidari. Among people deceased in 2003, Robert Atkins ranks 234. Before her are Emília Rotter, Little Eva, Tommy Seebach, Edwin Starr, Tomáš Pospíchal, and José Craveirinha. After her are Elliott Smith, Jean Lucas, Bruno Heim, Stan Brakhage, Buddy Hackett, and Buddy Ebsen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Atkins ranks 7,322 out of 18,182. Before her are Barret Oliver (1973), Oliver Macdonald (1904), Peter Mark Richman (1927), Patricia Richardson (1951), Bill Haywood (1869), and David Diamond (1915). After her are Earl Tupper (1907), Susanna Kaysen (1948), John Gardner (1933), David Hess (1936), Greg Louganis (1960), and Christopher George (1931).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Robert Atkins ranks 62. Before her are William Beaumont (1785), Russell M. Nelson (1924), Florence R. Sabin (1871), Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779), Walter Reed (1851), and Leila Denmark (1898). After her are Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901), Thomas Horsfield (1773), Bernard Nathanson (1926), John Jeffries (1745), John Ostrom (1928), and James Ewing (1866).

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