The Most Famous
BIOLOGISTS from Argentina
This page contains a list of the greatest Argentinean Biologists. The pantheon dataset contains 1,097 Biologists, 2 of which were born in Argentina. This makes Argentina the birth place of the 36th most number of Biologists behind Mexico, and Luxembourg.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Argentinean Biologists of all time. This list of famous Argentinean Biologists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. César Milstein (1927 - 2002)
With an HPI of 66.86, César Milstein is the most famous Argentinean Biologist. His biography has been translated into 53 different languages on wikipedia.
César Milstein, CH, FRS (8 October 1927 – 24 March 2002) was an Argentine biochemist in the field of antibody research. Milstein shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1984 with Niels Kaj Jerne and Georges J. F. Köhler for developing the hybridoma technique for the production of monoclonal antibodies.
2. William Henry Hudson (1841 - 1922)
With an HPI of 57.53, William Henry Hudson is the 2nd most famous Argentinean Biologist. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
William Henry Hudson (4 August 1841 – 18 August 1922), known in Argentina as Guillermo Enrique Hudson, was an Anglo-Argentine author, naturalist and ornithologist. Born in the Argentine pampas where he roamed free in his youth, he observed bird life and collected specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. The Patagonian birds Knipolegus hudsoni and Asthenes hudsoni are named after him. He would later write about life in Patagonia that drew special admiration for his style. His most popular work Green Mansions (1904), a romance set in the Venezuelan forest inspired a Hollywood movie and several other works.
3. Sandra Díaz (b. 1961)
With an HPI of 45.46, Sandra Díaz is the 3rd most famous Argentinean Biologist. Her biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Sandra Myrna Díaz ForMemRS (born in 1961) is an Argentine ecologist and professor of ecology at the National University of Córdoba, who has been awarded with the Linnean Medal for her scientific work. She studies the functional traits of plants and investigates how plants impact the ecosystem. Díaz is a senior member of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences of Argentina. She is one of the 1% most cited scientists in the world. She was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 2019 and an international member of the American Philosophical Society in 2022.
4. Cecilia Bouzat (b. 1961)
With an HPI of 45.17, Cecilia Bouzat is the 4th most famous Argentinean Biologist. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Cecilia Bouzat (born 10 December 1961) is an Argentine biochemist, who studies neurological disorders. In 2014 she was honored as the Latin American Laureate by the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science. In 2015, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Argentinean biologists born between 1841 and 1961. Of these 4, 2 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Argentinean biologists include Sandra Díaz, and Cecilia Bouzat. The most famous deceased Argentinean biologists include César Milstein, and William Henry Hudson. As of April 2024, 2 new Argentinean biologists have been added to Pantheon including Sandra Díaz, and Cecilia Bouzat.
