CHEMIST

Bengt I. Samuelsson

1934 - 2024

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Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson (21 May 1934 – 5 July 2024) was a Swedish biochemist. He shared with Sune K. Bergström and John R. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bengt I. Samuelsson has received more than 87,311 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Bengt I. Samuelsson is the 161st most popular chemist (down from 142nd in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 124th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swedish Chemist.

Bengt I. Samuelsson is most famous for being the first person to win three consecutive James Beard Awards for Outstanding Chef.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Bengt I. Samuelsson ranks 161 out of 602Before him are George Porter, Kary Mullis, Karl Barry Sharpless, Robert Huber, Jerome Karle, and John Frederic Daniell. After him are Harry Kroto, Stanislao Cannizzaro, Johann Wilhelm Ritter, Paul Flory, George Andrew Olah, and Marcellin Berthelot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Bengt I. Samuelsson ranks 53Before him are Jonas Savimbi, John L. Hall, Georges Moustaki, Brian Epstein, Wole Soyinka, and Louise Fletcher. After him are Bettino Craxi, John Surtees, Giovanni Battista Re, Jan Švankmajer, Rudolf Schuster, and Alfred Schnittke. Among people deceased in 2024, Bengt I. Samuelsson ranks 35Before him are Hage Geingob, Herbert Kroemer, César Luis Menotti, Seiji Ozawa, Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, and Maurizio Pollini. After him are Roberto Cavalli, Marcello Gandini, David Soul, Ira von Fürstenberg, Richard Serra, and Shelley Duvall.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Bengt I. Samuelsson ranks 131 out of 1,879Before him are Ingemar Stenmark (1956), Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg (1584), Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (1681), Harriet Andersson (1932), Victor Sjöström (1879), and Stefan Löfven (1957). After him are Magnus III of Sweden (1240), Alexander Roslin (1718), Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden (1977), Sverker I of Sweden (1100), Stenkil (1030), and Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (1884).

Among CHEMISTS In Sweden

Among chemists born in Sweden, Bengt I. Samuelsson ranks 8Before him are Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779), Svante Arrhenius (1859), Arne Tiselius (1902), Theodor Svedberg (1884), Per Teodor Cleve (1840), and Sune Bergström (1916). After him are Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Johan August Arfwedson (1792), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), Georg Brandt (1694), Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797), and Torbern Bergman (1735).