Biologist

George Smith

American biologist, Nobel laureate

1941 - today

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His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2024). George Smith is the 35th most popular biologist (up from 226th in 2024), the 408th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,134th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Biologist.

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George Smith is the most memorable of the 14 notable people born in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States, ahead of D. J. Caruso, Horace Silver, and Charli D'Amelio.

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George Smith's biography appears in 49 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 88% of all Biologists.

Mar 10

George Smith shares a March 10 birthday with Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Alexander III of Russia, and Ferdinand II of Aragon.

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Among Biologists

Among biologists, George Smith ranks 35 out of 1,097. Before him are Richard Dawkins, Luc Montagnier, Maria Sibylla Merian, Albrecht Kossel, Conrad Gessner, and Francis Crick. After him are Trofim Lysenko, Barbara McClintock, John Edward Gray, Rachel Carson, Albert Claude, and Christian de Duve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, George Smith ranks 20. Before him are Fethullah Gülen, Robert Forster, Richard Dawkins, Bernie Sanders, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and Bruno Ganz. After him are Vivienne Westwood, Martha Argerich, Harry Nilsson, Václav Klaus, Faye Dunaway, and M. Stanley Whittingham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Smith ranks 408 out of 20,380. Before him are Audie Murphy (1925), Jamie Foxx (1967), Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921), Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839), James Brown (1933), and Geraldine Chaplin (1944). After him are Sarah Palin (1964), Iggy Pop (1947), William Henry Harrison (1773), Arthur Compton (1892), Shaquille O'Neal (1972), and Antony Blinken (1962).

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Among Biologists In United States

Among biologists born in United States, George Smith ranks 5. Before him are James Watson (1928), George Beadle (1903), Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866), and Edward Tatum (1909). After him are Barbara McClintock (1902), Rachel Carson (1907), Irwin Rose (1926), Linda B. Buck (1947), Dian Fossey (1932), Clair Cameron Patterson (1922), and Alfred Hershey (1908).

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