BIOLOGIST
George Beadle
1903 - 1989
George Beadle
George Wells Beadle (October 22, 1903 – June 9, 1989) was an American geneticist. In 1958 he shared one-half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edward Tatum for their discovery of the role of genes in regulating biochemical events within cells. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Beadle has received more than 173,310 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). George Beadle is the 61st most popular biologist (up from 64th in 2019), the 646th most popular biography from United States (up from 787th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Biologist.
Beadle was a publisher of dime novels and is most famous for publishing the first dime novel, Beadle's Dime Novels, which was a collection of stories that were published in the early 1800s.
Memorability Metrics
170k
Page Views (PV)
65.13
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
55
Languages Editions (L)
16.15
Effective Languages (L*)
2.85
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among BIOLOGISTS
Among biologists, George Beadle ranks 61 out of 1,097. Before him are Sylvia Earle, Hugo de Vries, Nikolaas Tinbergen, Daniel Bovet, John Edward Gray, and Nikolai Vavilov. After him are Adelbert von Chamisso, Trofim Lysenko, Irwin Rose, Linda B. Buck, André Michel Lwoff, and August Weismann.
Most Popular Biologists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsSylvia Earle
1935 - Present
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 55
Hugo de Vries
1848 - 1935
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 56
Nikolaas Tinbergen
1907 - 1988
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 57
Daniel Bovet
1907 - 1992
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 58
John Edward Gray
1800 - 1875
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 59
Nikolai Vavilov
1887 - 1943
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 60
George Beadle
1903 - 1989
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 61
Adelbert von Chamisso
1781 - 1838
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 62
Trofim Lysenko
1898 - 1976
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 63
Irwin Rose
1926 - 2015
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 64
Linda B. Buck
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 65
André Michel Lwoff
1902 - 1994
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 66
August Weismann
1834 - 1914
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 67
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1903, George Beadle ranks 32. Before him are Nikolai Podgorny, Igor Kurchatov, Jiro Horikoshi, Fahri Korutürk, Karl Hanke, and Raymond Queneau. After him are John Dillinger, Irène Némirovsky, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Matthias Sindelar, Haldan Keffer Hartline, and Bruno Bettelheim. Among people deceased in 1989, George Beadle ranks 30. Before him are Thomas Bernhard, Hu Yaobang, Ferdinand Marcos, Silvana Mangano, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Emilio Segrè. After him are Daphne du Maurier, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, John Hicks, Joris Ivens, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, and Hermann Oberth.
Others Born in 1903
Go to all RankingsNikolai Podgorny
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1983
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 26
Igor Kurchatov
PHYSICIST
1903 - 1960
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 27
Jiro Horikoshi
ENGINEER
1903 - 1982
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 28
Fahri Korutürk
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1987
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 29
Karl Hanke
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1945
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 30
Raymond Queneau
WRITER
1903 - 1976
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 31
George Beadle
BIOLOGIST
1903 - 1989
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 32
John Dillinger
MAFIOSO
1903 - 1934
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 33
Irène Némirovsky
WRITER
1903 - 1942
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 34
Tunku Abdul Rahman
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1990
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 35
Matthias Sindelar
SOCCER PLAYER
1903 - 1939
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 36
Haldan Keffer Hartline
PHYSICIAN
1903 - 1983
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 37
Bruno Bettelheim
PSYCHOLOGIST
1903 - 1990
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 38
Others Deceased in 1989
Go to all RankingsThomas Bernhard
WRITER
1931 - 1989
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 24
Hu Yaobang
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1989
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 25
Ferdinand Marcos
POLITICIAN
1917 - 1989
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 26
Silvana Mangano
ACTOR
1930 - 1989
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 27
Sugar Ray Robinson
BOXER
1921 - 1989
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 28
Emilio Segrè
PHYSICIST
1905 - 1989
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 29
George Beadle
BIOLOGIST
1903 - 1989
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 30
Daphne du Maurier
WRITER
1907 - 1989
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 31
Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1989
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 32
John Hicks
ECONOMIST
1904 - 1989
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 33
Joris Ivens
FILM DIRECTOR
1898 - 1989
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 34
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam
POLITICIAN
1941 - 1989
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 35
Hermann Oberth
ENGINEER
1894 - 1989
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 36
In United States
Among people born in United States, George Beadle ranks 646 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Chamberlain (1934), Gene Wilder (1933), Monica Lewinsky (1973), Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), Jeff Goldblum (1952), and D. B. Cooper (1931). After him are John Dillinger (1903), Alec Baldwin (1958), Lionel Richie (1949), Stanford Moore (1913), Paul Berg (1926), and George Minot (1885).
Others born in United States
Go to all RankingsRichard Chamberlain
ACTOR
1934 - Present
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 640
Gene Wilder
ACTOR
1933 - 2016
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 641
Monica Lewinsky
CELEBRITY
1973 - Present
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 642
Edgar Rice Burroughs
WRITER
1875 - 1950
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 643
Jeff Goldblum
ACTOR
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 644
D. B. Cooper
PIRATE
1931 - 1971
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 645
George Beadle
BIOLOGIST
1903 - 1989
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 646
John Dillinger
MAFIOSO
1903 - 1934
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 647
Alec Baldwin
ACTOR
1958 - Present
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 648
Lionel Richie
MUSICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 649
Stanford Moore
CHEMIST
1913 - 1982
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 650
Paul Berg
CHEMIST
1926 - 2023
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 651
George Minot
PHYSICIAN
1885 - 1950
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 652
Among BIOLOGISTS In United States
Among biologists born in United States, George Beadle ranks 7. Before him are James Watson (1928), Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866), Rachel Carson (1907), Barbara McClintock (1902), Dian Fossey (1932), and Sylvia Earle (1935). After him are Irwin Rose (1926), Linda B. Buck (1947), Stanley B. Prusiner (1942), Hermann Joseph Muller (1890), John B. Calhoun (1917), and Lynn Margulis (1938).
James Watson
1928 - Present
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 1
Thomas Hunt Morgan
1866 - 1945
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 2
Rachel Carson
1907 - 1964
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 3
Barbara McClintock
1902 - 1992
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 4
Dian Fossey
1932 - 1985
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 5
Sylvia Earle
1935 - Present
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 6
George Beadle
1903 - 1989
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 7
Irwin Rose
1926 - 2015
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 8
Linda B. Buck
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 9
Stanley B. Prusiner
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 10
Hermann Joseph Muller
1890 - 1967
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 11
John B. Calhoun
1917 - 1995
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 12
Lynn Margulis
1938 - 2011
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 13