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Robert Atkins

1930 - 2003

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Robert Coleman Atkins (October 17, 1930 – April 17, 2003) was an American physician and cardiologist, best known for the Atkins Diet, which requires close control of carbohydrate consumption and emphasizes protein and fat as the primary sources of dietary calories in addition to a controlled number of carbohydrates from vegetables. The commercial success of Atkins' diet plan led Time to name the doctor a person of the year in 2002. The Atkins diet has been described as "one of the most popular fad diets in the United States". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Atkins is the 240th most popular physician (up from 636th in 2019), the 2,176th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,697th in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Robert Atkins ranks 240 out of 726. Before her are Tasuku Honjo, Dominique Jean Larrey, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Asclepiades of Bithynia, Mungo Park, and Paul of Aegina. After her are Vladimir Dal, Albert Calmette, Rembert Dodoens, Francysk Skaryna, Li Shizhen, and Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Robert Atkins ranks 119. Before her are Jo Bonnier, James Irwin, Ruth Rendell, J. G. Ballard, Greg Bell, and Dündar Ali Osman. After her are Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Rahmon Nabiyev, John Frankenheimer, Harvey Milk, Walter Bonatti, and Vilma Espín. Among people deceased in 2003, Robert Atkins ranks 70. Before her are Anna Lindh, Ilan Ramon, Isao Iwabuchi, Annemarie Schimmel, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, and Georg Henrik von Wright. After her are Elem Klimov, Miloš Milutinović, Bob Hope, Lu'ay al-Atassi, Marie Trintignant, and Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Atkins ranks 2,176 out of 20,380. Before her are Paul Marcinkus (1922), Robin Hobb (1952), John du Pont (1938), Alan Bean (1932), Lepke Buchalter (1897), and Priscilla Lane (1915). After her are Pete Sampras (1971), Patricia Neal (1926), Lady Bird Johnson (1912), Dean Cain (1966), Hugh McDonald (1950), and Isaac Hayes (1942).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Robert Atkins ranks 34. Before her are Richard Axel (1946), Randy Schekman (1948), Robert Lefkowitz (1943), Patch Adams (1945), Louis Ignarro (1941), and Robin Cook (1940). After her are John O'Keefe (1939), Joseph Erlanger (1874), John Harvey Kellogg (1852), Gregg L. Semenza (1956), Henry Heimlich (1920), and Mehmet Oz (1960).

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