Physician

George Emil Palade

1912 - 2008

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His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2024). George Emil Palade is the 154th most popular physician (down from 133rd in 2024), the 55th most popular biography from Romania (down from 54th in 2019) and the most popular Romanian Physician.

George Emil Palade was a Romanian-born American cell biologist who is most famous for his work in the field of cell biology. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 for his discovery of ribosomes and their role in protein synthesis.

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Among Physicians

Among physicians, George Emil Palade ranks 154 out of 726. Before him are Ryke Geerd Hamer, Ibn Zuhr, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Theodor Billroth, Franz Joseph Gall, and Erasistratus. After him are Albrecht von Haller, Howard Florey, Marie François Xavier Bichat, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Georgios Papanikolaou, and Jonas Salk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, George Emil Palade ranks 53. Before him are James Callaghan, Sonja Henie, Jozef Gabčík, Otto Ernst Remer, Shoichi Nishimura, and Robert Doisneau. After him are Duško Popov, Isser Harel, Don Siegel, Cornel Wilde, Kathleen Ferrier, and Salah al-Din al-Bitar. Among people deceased in 2008, George Emil Palade ranks 43. Before him are Lansana Conté, John Archibald Wheeler, George Habash, Jörg Haider, Janez Drnovšek, and Michael Crichton. After him are Giuseppe Di Stefano, Joshua Lederberg, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, Thomas Huckle Weller, Aimé Césaire, and Edward Norton Lorenz.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, George Emil Palade ranks 55 out of NaN. Before him are Ben Ferencz (1920), Alexander Löhr (1885), Gabriel Bethlen (1580), Mircea II of Wallachia (1422), Regalianus (250), and Gheorghe Zamfir (1941). After him are Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899), Henri Coandă (1886), Mircea I of Wallachia (1355), Chivu Stoica (1908), Panait Istrati (1884), and Valentin Ceaușescu (1948).

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Among Physicians In Romania

Among physicians born in Romania, George Emil Palade ranks 1. After him are Fritz Klein (1888), Nicolae Paulescu (1869), and Constantin von Economo (1876).

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