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Kenneth H. Cooper

1931 - Today

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Kenneth H. Cooper (born March 4, 1931) is an American doctor of medicine and former Air Force lieutenant colonel from Oklahoma, who pioneered the benefits of doing aerobic exercise for maintaining and improving health. In 1966 he coined the term, and his book Aerobics was published in 1968, which emphasized a point system for improving the cardiovascular system. The popular mass market version was The New Aerobics (ISBN 0-553-26874-0), published ten years later. A further book - with a more comprehensive approach including for example nutrition as well as exercise, The Aerobics Program For Total Well-Being (Bantam Books) - was published in 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenneth H. Cooper is the 591st most popular physician (down from 535th in 2019), the 7,307th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,820th in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Kenneth H. Cooper ranks 591 out of 726. Before him are Nikolai Semashko, Oskar Vogt, Gregorio Marañón, Kamal Ranadive, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, and Oswaldo Cruz. After him are Édouard Gagnon, Dorothy Hansine Andersen, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, Ludwig Traube, Richard Leach Maddox, and Indira Nath.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Kenneth H. Cooper ranks 385. Before him are David Eddings, George Jones, Juan Pereda, Gilles Perrault, Osvaldo Héctor Cruz, and Robert Stephens. After him are Wynton Kelly, Norberto Boggio, Yasushi Akashi, Anahita Ratebzad, Riane Eisler, and Sergei Adian.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kenneth H. Cooper ranks 7,309 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephen Hopkins (1707), Jennifer Taylor (1972), Manny Ayulo (1921), Campbell Scott (1961), William Henry Vanderbilt (1821), and Helen Fisher (1945). After him are Wynton Kelly (1931), Sgt. Slaughter (1948), George Mason (1725), James Workman (1908), Harold Becker (1928), and Mickey Marcus (1901).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Kenneth H. Cooper ranks 69. Before him are Frank H. Netter (1906), Ancel Keys (1904), John Ostrom (1928), Vivien Thomas (1910), William Beaumont (1785), and Jeffrey Ullman (1942). After him are Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901), John Jeffries (1745), Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779), Stuart Kauffman (1939), Bernard Nathanson (1926), and Leila Denmark (1898).

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