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Robert Lefkowitz

1943 - Today

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Robert Joseph Lefkowitz (born April 15, 1943) is an American physician (internist and cardiologist) and biochemist. He is best known for his discoveries that reveal the inner workings of an important family of G protein-coupled receptors, for which he was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Brian Kobilka. He is currently an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as well as a James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry at Duke University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Lefkowitz is the 201st most popular physician (up from 248th in 2019), the 1,872nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,088th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Physician. Learn more about Robert Lefkowitz's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Robert Lefkowitz ranks 201 out of 726. Before him are Randy Schekman, Fritz Klein, Hakaru Hashimoto, Torsten Wiesel, Hans Sloane, and Franciscus Sylvius. After him are Leander of Seville, Duchenne de Boulogne, Leonid Rogozov, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, Marcel Petiot, and Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Robert Lefkowitz ranks 110. Before him are René Préval, Lorenzo Sanz, Richard S. Hamilton, George Benson, Bernard Tapie, and Reinaldo Arenas. After him are Vint Cerf, Richard J. Roberts, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Conchata Ferrell, Akinori Nakayama, and Otoya Yamaguchi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Lefkowitz ranks 1,872 out of 20,380. Before him are Seán Patrick O'Malley (1944), Ellen DeGeneres (1958), RZA (1969), James Ellroy (1948), Dion DiMucci (1939), and Jeff Chandler (1918). After him are Margaret Rhea Seddon (1947), George Jung (1942), Tony Todd (1954), Michael Madsen (1957), Vincent D'Onofrio (1959), and Grant Wood (1891).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Robert Lefkowitz ranks 30. Before him are Peter Agre (1949), Virginia Apgar (1909), E. Donnall Thomas (1920), Michael Stuart Brown (1941), Richard Axel (1946), and Randy Schekman (1948). After him are Patch Adams (1945), Louis Ignarro (1941), Robin Cook (1940), Robert Atkins (1930), John O'Keefe (1939), and Joseph Erlanger (1874).

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