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BIOLOGIST

Robert Sapolsky

1957 - Today

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Robert Morris Sapolsky (born April 6, 1957) is an American neuroendocrinology researcher and author. He is a professor of biology, neurology, neurological sciences, and neurosurgery at Stanford University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Sapolsky has received more than 1,755,512 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Robert Sapolsky is the 532nd most popular biologist (up from 655th in 2019), the 5,095th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,046th in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.59

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  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Robert Sapolsky ranks 532 out of 841. Before him are Arthur Cronquist, Nils Johan Andersson, George C. Williams, Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur, Euclides da Cunha, and Tsuneko Okazaki. After him are Mary Agnes Chase, Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, Johannes Thiele, Philip Henry Gosse, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, and Eugène Simon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Robert Sapolsky ranks 163. Before him are Timothy Treadwell, Tony Martin, Roberto Rojas, Adri van Tiggelen, Hervé Le Tellier, and Eric S. Raymond. After him are Christian Berkel, Tony Abbott, Steve Davis, Mona Simpson, Bryan Robson, and Achille Mbembe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Sapolsky ranks 5,095 out of 18,182. Before him are Newt Gingrich (1943), Kim Stanley Robinson (1952), Jack Albertson (1907), Bella Thorne (1997), Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837), and Leila Hyams (1905). After him are Richard Marcinko (1940), James Redfield (1950), Melville J. Herskovits (1895), Buddy Bolden (1877), Pamela Tiffin (1942), and Mark Pellegrino (1965).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Robert Sapolsky ranks 77. Before him are Garrett Hardin (1915), Aldo Leopold (1887), Charles David Keeling (1928), David Starr Jordan (1851), Arthur Cronquist (1919), and George C. Williams (1926). After him are Mary Agnes Chase (1869), Paul R. Ehrlich (1932), Richard Lewontin (1929), Joseph Banks Rhine (1895), Frederic Clements (1874), and Francis Collins (1950).

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