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Bernard Nathanson

1926 - 2011

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Bernard N. Nathanson (July 31, 1926 – February 21, 2011) was an American physician, abortion rights advocate turned anti-abortion activist, and a prominent figure in the abortion debate in the United States. He was originally a co-founder in 1969 of the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL), later renamed National Abortion Rights Action League and the former director of New York City's Center for Reproductive and Sexual Health. He was the narrator for the controversial 1984 anti-abortion film The Silent Scream. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Nathanson is the 636th most popular physician (down from 565th in 2019), the 8,685th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,357th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Bernard Nathanson ranks 636 out of 726. Before him are Didier Raoult, Greene Vardiman Black, Georgi Valkovich, Yevgeniy Chazov, Lucille Teasdale-Corti, and Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet. After him are Sophia Jex-Blake, Fernando Quiroga Palacios, Richard Doll, Astley Cooper, Leila Denmark, and Giovanni Saldarini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Bernard Nathanson ranks 411. Before him are Georgi Yumatov, Ken Olsen, Bob Benny, Robert Jay Lifton, James Best, and Charlotte Rae. After him are Roberto Goyeneche, A. N. R. Robinson, Bob Richards, H. C. Robbins Landon, Raymond Gosling, and Günter de Bruyn. Among people deceased in 2011, Bernard Nathanson ranks 361. Before him are Hubert Sumlin, Sergo Kotrikadze, Ken Olsen, Joe Arroyo, Bernard Collomb, and Bob Benny. After him are Thorbjørn Svenssen, Aleksei Mamykin, Anna Massey, Dana Wynter, Vitaly Tseshkovsky, and Ernő Solymosi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bernard Nathanson ranks 8,687 out of 20,380. Before him are Judith Krantz (1928), Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787), Milton Sills (1882), Topher Grace (1978), Doris Humphrey (1895), and Roger Stone (1952). After him are Cassandra Wilson (1955), William Barton Rogers (1804), Jacqueline Logan (1904), John Hodiak (1914), Sara Paretsky (1947), and Charles Cyphers (1939).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Bernard Nathanson ranks 74. Before him are Jeffrey Ullman (1942), Kenneth H. Cooper (1931), Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901), John Jeffries (1745), Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779), and Stuart Kauffman (1939). After him are Leila Denmark (1898), William H. Welch (1850), William C. Gorgas (1854), Walter Reed (1851), Edward Angle (1855), and Harry Klinefelter (1912).

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