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Robert Weinberg

1942 - Today

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Robert Allan Weinberg (born November 11, 1942) is an American biologist, Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), director of the Ludwig Center of the MIT, and American Cancer Society Research Professor. His research is in the area of oncogenes and the genetic basis of human cancer. Robert Weinberg is also affiliated with the Broad Institute and is a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Weinberg has received more than 153,711 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Robert Weinberg is the 887th most popular biologist (down from 798th in 2019), the 8,463rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,862nd in 2019) and the 125th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 150k

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  • 45.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Robert Weinberg ranks 887 out of 1,097. Before him are Gilbert Thomas Burnett, Sam Harris, Benjamin Smith Barton, Gaetano Savi, Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw, and Theobald Smith. After him are Dukinfield Henry Scott, Richard Evans Schultes, David Goodall, Charles Frédéric Girard, Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky, and Carl Fredrik Fallén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Robert Weinberg ranks 561. Before him are Atanase Sciotnic, Fredi, José Luis González Dávila, Johnny Rivers, Jo Vonlanthen, and Han Pil-hwa. After him are Michael Crawford, Pascal Lainé, Jimmy Miller, Nené, Teddy Pilette, and Aníbal Torres.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Weinberg ranks 8,463 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeremy Piven (1965), Howard Ashman (1950), Guru (1961), Ashley Greene (1987), Molly Cheek (1950), and Marc Ribot (1954). After him are Bennett Miller (1966), Micky Dolenz (1945), Kari Lake (1969), Wang Leehom (1976), Mary Barra (1961), and Billy Strayhorn (1915).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Robert Weinberg ranks 125. Before him are Stanley Norman Cohen (1935), Charles Horton Peck (1833), Charles Conrad Abbott (1843), Sam Harris (1967), Benjamin Smith Barton (1766), and Theobald Smith (1859). After him are Richard Evans Schultes (1915), Clinton Hart Merriam (1855), Thomas Say (1787), Sereno Watson (1826), Ruth Patrick (1907), and G. Ledyard Stebbins (1906).

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