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Robert Sapolsky

1957 - Today

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Robert Morris Sapolsky (born April 6, 1957) is an American academic, neuroscientist, and primatologist. He is the John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor at Stanford University, and is a professor of biology, neurology, and neurosurgery. His research has focused on neuroendocrinology, particularly relating to stress. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Sapolsky has received more than 1,968,679 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Robert Sapolsky is the 464th most popular biologist (up from 531st in 2019), the 4,186th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,083rd in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 58.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Robert Sapolsky ranks 464 out of 1,097. Before him are Wilhelm Roux, Carl Meissner, June Almeida, Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper, André Marie Constant Duméril, and Johann Bauhin. After him are Joseph Gaertner, Carl Ludwig Koch, Camille Guérin, W. D. Hamilton, Aldo Leopold, and Eduard Friedrich Eversmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Robert Sapolsky ranks 143. Before him are Christian Berkel, William Kaelin Jr., Fabrizio Meoni, Zhao Leji, Mario Salieri, and Juan Luis Guerra. After him are Isa Gambar, Tignous, Peter North, Seve Ballesteros, Éder Aleixo de Assis, and Tan Dun.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Sapolsky ranks 4,186 out of 20,380. Before him are Stanley Clarke (1951), Don Adams (1923), Joe Walsh (1947), Jackie Earle Haley (1961), Alice Coltrane (1937), and Black Elk (1863). After him are Friz Freleng (1906), Adrienne Barbeau (1945), Jennifer Warnes (1947), Ona Zee (1951), Harrison Ford (1884), and Son House (1902).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Robert Sapolsky ranks 69. Before him are Joel Asaph Allen (1838), Robert Gallo (1937), Brian Kobilka (1955), Martha Chase (1927), Luther Burbank (1849), and Eugene Odum (1913). After him are Aldo Leopold (1887), Elmer Drew Merrill (1876), Francis Collins (1950), Theodore Gill (1837), Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835), and Arthur Cronquist (1919).

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