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Rachel Levine

1957 - Today

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Rachel Leland Levine ( lə-VEEN; born October 28, 1957) is an American pediatrician who served as the United States assistant secretary for health, the admiral in charge of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, from 2021 until 2025. Levine is a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at the Penn State College of Medicine, and previously served as the Pennsylvania physician general from 2015 to 2017 and as secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health from 2017 to 2021. Levine is one of only a few openly transgender government officials in the United States, and is the first to hold an office that requires Senate confirmation. On October 19, 2021, Levine became the first openly transgender four-star officer in the nation's eight uniformed services. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Rachel Levine is the 697th most popular physician (down from 678th in 2024), the 13,342nd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,238th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Rachel Levine ranks 697 out of 726. Before her are Louisa Garrett Anderson, William Hewson, Susan La Flesche Picotte, Elizabeth Kenny, Samia al-Amoudi, and Joycelyn Elders. After her are Maude Abbott, Steven M. Greer, Charles R. Drew, Flora Murray, Caldwell Esselstyn, and Narendra Dabholkar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Rachel Levine ranks 617. Before her are Éva Tardos, Nacerdine Drid, Olga Slavnikova, Vyacheslav Yanovskiy, Road Warrior Hawk, and Ángel Herrera Vera. After her are Vince Gill, Don Davis, Billy Bragg, Lionel Shriver, Xu Haifeng, and Geri Allen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rachel Levine ranks 13,346 out of 20,380. Before her are Jessica Bowman (1980), Barbara Lee (1946), Brian Geraghty (1975), Willard Schmidt (1910), Joseph Story (1779), and Storrs L. Olson (1944). After her are Robby Benson (1956), Philip Carey (1925), Rita R. Colwell (1934), Elizabeth Berridge (1962), Horton Foote (1916), and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (1976).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Rachel Levine ranks 93. Before her are Sara Josephine Baker (1873), Samuel George Morton (1799), Samuel Gridley Howe (1801), Bert Vogelstein (1949), Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865), and Joycelyn Elders (1933). After her are Steven M. Greer (1955), Charles R. Drew (1904), Caldwell Esselstyn (1933), David Shulkin (1959), Donald Henderson (1928), and Bill Frist (1952).

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