C. Everett Koop

American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator (1916–2013)

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Lived 1916–2013, aged 97United States
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    1916–2013
    Aged 97
  • Awards
    11
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Updated 2026-06-25

Charles Everett Koop was an American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator who served as the 13th surgeon general of the United States under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1989. According to the Associated Press, "Koop was the only surgeon general to become a household name" due to his frequent public presence around the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s.

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