CHEMIST
Gerty Cori
1896 - 1957
Gerty Cori
Gerty Theresa Cori (née Radnitz; August 15, 1896 – October 26, 1957) was a Bohemian-Austrian and American biochemist who in 1947 was the third woman to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for her role in the "discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen". Cori was born in Prague, the capital of Bohemia within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Growing up at a time when women were marginalized and allowed few educational opportunities, she gained admittance to medical school, where she met her future husband Carl Ferdinand Cori in an anatomy class. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerty Cori has received more than 467,428 page views. Her biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Gerty Cori is the 44th most popular chemist (up from 46th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 44th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Chemist.
Gerty Cori was a biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in 1947. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She was most famous for her research on the metabolism of glycogen, which is the storage form of glucose in the body.
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Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Gerty Cori ranks 44 out of 602. Before her are Carl Bosch, Henri Moissan, August Kekulé, Valery Legasov, Adolf von Baeyer, and Adolf Butenandt. After her are Kurt Alder, Alfred Werner, Paul Sabatier, Friedrich Bergius, Frederick Sanger, and Arthur Harden.
Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsCarl Bosch
1874 - 1940
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 38
Henri Moissan
1852 - 1907
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 39
August Kekulé
1829 - 1896
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 40
Valery Legasov
1936 - 1988
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 41
Adolf von Baeyer
1835 - 1917
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 42
Adolf Butenandt
1903 - 1995
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 43
Gerty Cori
1896 - 1957
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 44
Kurt Alder
1902 - 1958
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 45
Alfred Werner
1866 - 1919
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 46
Paul Sabatier
1854 - 1941
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 47
Friedrich Bergius
1884 - 1949
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 48
Frederick Sanger
1918 - 2013
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 49
Arthur Harden
1865 - 1940
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 50
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1896, Gerty Cori ranks 15. Before her are Roman Jakobson, Paula Hitler, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Antonin Artaud, Trygve Lie, and Klement Gottwald. After her are Andrei Zhdanov, Leslie Groves, Milena Jesenská, Felix Steiner, Dziga Vertov, and Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. Among people deceased in 1957, Gerty Cori ranks 17. Before her are Wilhelm Reich, Arturo Toscanini, Oliver Hardy, Henry van de Velde, Constantin Brâncuși, and Gichin Funakoshi. After her are Gabriela Mistral, Walther Bothe, Richard E. Byrd, Irving Langmuir, Heinrich Otto Wieland, and Joseph McCarthy.
Others Born in 1896
Go to all RankingsRoman Jakobson
LINGUIST
1896 - 1982
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 9
Paula Hitler
WRITER
1896 - 1960
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 10
Konstantin Rokossovsky
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1896 - 1968
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 11
Antonin Artaud
WRITER
1896 - 1948
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 12
Trygve Lie
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1968
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 13
Klement Gottwald
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1953
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 14
Gerty Cori
CHEMIST
1896 - 1957
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 15
Andrei Zhdanov
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1948
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 16
Leslie Groves
ENGINEER
1896 - 1970
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 17
Milena Jesenská
WRITER
1896 - 1944
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 18
Felix Steiner
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1896 - 1966
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 19
Dziga Vertov
FILM DIRECTOR
1896 - 1954
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 20
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1985
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 21
Others Deceased in 1957
Go to all RankingsWilhelm Reich
PSYCHOLOGIST
1897 - 1957
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 11
Arturo Toscanini
CONDUCTOR
1867 - 1957
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 12
Oliver Hardy
ACTOR
1892 - 1957
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 13
Henry van de Velde
ARCHITECT
1863 - 1957
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 14
Constantin Brâncuși
SCULPTOR
1876 - 1957
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 15
Gichin Funakoshi
MARTIAL ARTS
1868 - 1957
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 16
Gerty Cori
CHEMIST
1896 - 1957
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 17
Gabriela Mistral
WRITER
1889 - 1957
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 18
Walther Bothe
PHYSICIST
1891 - 1957
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 19
Richard E. Byrd
EXPLORER
1888 - 1957
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 20
Irving Langmuir
CHEMIST
1881 - 1957
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 21
Heinrich Otto Wieland
CHEMIST
1877 - 1957
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 22
Joseph McCarthy
POLITICIAN
1908 - 1957
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 23
In Czechia
Among people born in Czechia, Gerty Cori ranks 49 out of 1,200. Before her are Bernard Bolzano (1781), Adolf Loos (1870), Madeleine Albright (1937), Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289), Ludvík Svoboda (1895), and Antonín Panenka (1948). After her are Josef Masopust (1931), Adalbert of Prague (955), Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271), Karel Gott (1939), Emil Hácha (1872), and Milena Jesenská (1896).
Others born in Czechia
Go to all RankingsBernard Bolzano
PHILOSOPHER
1781 - 1848
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 43
Adolf Loos
ARCHITECT
1870 - 1933
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 44
Madeleine Albright
DIPLOMAT
1937 - 2022
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 45
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia
POLITICIAN
1289 - 1306
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 46
Ludvík Svoboda
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1979
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 47
Antonín Panenka
SOCCER PLAYER
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 48
Gerty Cori
CHEMIST
1896 - 1957
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 49
Josef Masopust
SOCCER PLAYER
1931 - 2015
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 50
Adalbert of Prague
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
955 - 997
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 51
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia
POLITICIAN
1271 - 1305
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 52
Karel Gott
SINGER
1939 - 2019
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 53
Emil Hácha
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1945
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 54
Milena Jesenská
WRITER
1896 - 1944
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 55
Among CHEMISTS In Czechia
Among chemists born in Czechia, Gerty Cori ranks 1. After her are Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896), Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890), Johann Josef Loschmidt (1821), Otto Wichterle (1913), Franz von Soxhlet (1848), Hans Tropsch (1889), Zdenko Hans Skraup (1850), and Jiří Drahoš (1949).
Gerty Cori
1896 - 1957
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 1
Carl Ferdinand Cori
1896 - 1984
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 2
Jaroslav Heyrovský
1890 - 1967
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 3
Johann Josef Loschmidt
1821 - 1895
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 4
Otto Wichterle
1913 - 1998
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 5
Franz von Soxhlet
1848 - 1926
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 6
Hans Tropsch
1889 - 1935
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 7
Zdenko Hans Skraup
1850 - 1910
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 8
Jiří Drahoš
1949 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 9