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Robert Spitzer

1932 - 2015

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Robert Leopold Spitzer (May 22, 1932 – December 25, 2015) was a psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Columbia University in New York City. He was a major force in the development of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Spitzer is the 676th most popular physician (down from 670th in 2019), the 11,002nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,464th in 2019) and the 86th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Robert Spitzer ranks 676 out of 726. Before him are Daniel Mojon, Aarne Pohjonen, Archie Cochrane, Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, Emily Blackwell, and Daniel Cornelius Danielssen. After him are Angeliki Panagiotatou, Thomas C. Jerdon, Jenő Kamuti, Jean Alexandre Barré, Thomas Starzl, and Bennet Omalu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Robert Spitzer ranks 514. Before him are Mikhail Ogonkov, Gaetano Starrabba, John Jakes, Ahmet Berman, Beryl Bainbridge, and Alberto Dines. After him are Coxsone Dodd, Edward Egan, Bailey Olter, Mark Murphy, Donna Douglas, and Henry Taylor. Among people deceased in 2015, Robert Spitzer ranks 454. Before him are M. H. Abrams, Hitoshi Saito, Alberta Watson, Martin Milner, Ray Lumpp, and Ferenc Juhász. After him are Edward Egan, Mark Murphy, Coleen Gray, Sadhana Shivdasani, Donna Douglas, and Nicolás Fuentes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Spitzer ranks 11,004 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert John Braidwood (1907), Maria Schneider (1960), Tom Vilsack (1950), Todd Field (1964), Martha Mansfield (1899), and Peter Kreeft (1937). After him are Lou Harrison (1917), Louis Sachar (1954), Rikishi (1965), Charles Dumas (1937), Edward Egan (1932), and Evelyn Venable (1913).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Robert Spitzer ranks 86. Before him are Harry Klinefelter (1912), Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878), Denton Cooley (1920), Ellen S. Baker (1953), John Heysham Gibbon (1903), and James Ewing (1866). After him are Thomas Starzl (1926), Sara Josephine Baker (1873), Samuel George Morton (1799), Samuel Gridley Howe (1801), Bert Vogelstein (1949), and Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865).

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