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Albert Szent-Györgyi

1893 - 1986

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Albert Imre Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt (Hungarian: nagyrápolti Szent-Györgyi Albert Imre; September 16, 1893 – October 22, 1986) was a Hungarian biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He is credited with first isolating vitamin C and discovering many of the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle and the molecular basis of muscle contraction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert Szent-Györgyi has received more than 524,970 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Albert Szent-Györgyi is the 83rd most popular physician (down from 79th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Hungary (down from 60th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Physician.

Albert Szent-Györgyi is most famous for discovering vitamin C.

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  • 70.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Albert Szent-Györgyi ranks 83 out of 726. Before him are Theodor Morell, Louis Auguste Blanqui, Elizabeth Blackwell, Peter Canisius, Albert Sabin, and François Duvalier. After him are Corneille Heymans, Cornelius Jansen, Charles Nicolle, Hotepsekhemwy, Walter Rudolf Hess, and George Minot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Albert Szent-Györgyi ranks 21. Before him are Lazar Kaganovich, Roland Freisler, Harold Lloyd, Palmiro Togliatti, Edward Adelbert Doisy, and Karl Mannheim. After him are Paramahansa Yogananda, Omar Bradley, Prajadhipok, Hattie McDaniel, George Grosz, and Harold Urey. Among people deceased in 1986, Albert Szent-Györgyi ranks 22. Before him are Henry Moore, Celâl Bayar, Jaroslav Seifert, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Cary Grant. After him are James Rainwater, Fritz Albert Lipmann, Erich Koch, Samora Machel, Alva Myrdal, and Dmitry Kabalevsky.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Albert Szent-Györgyi ranks 71 out of 1,077. Before him are Karl Mannheim (1893), Andrew I of Hungary (1010), Elizabeth of Bosnia (1340), Ferenc Molnár (1878), Géza II of Hungary (1130), and Béla II of Hungary (1108). After him are Katalin Karikó (1955), Solomon, King of Hungary (1053), Marie Henriette of Austria (1836), Nándor Hidegkuti (1922), Sándor Ferenczi (1873), and Kinga of Poland (1224).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Hungary

Among physicians born in Hungary, Albert Szent-Györgyi ranks 2. Before him are Ignaz Semmelweis (1818). After him are Kálmán Kalocsay (1891), Gabor Maté (1944), Thomas Szasz (1920), Moritz Kaposi (1837), Eva Klein (1925), Emil Zuckerkandl (1849), Edith Farkas (1921), Gabriele Possanner (1860), Vilma Hugonnai (1847), and Jenő Kamuti (1937).

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