BIOLOGIST

Gregory Goodwin Pincus

1903 - 1967

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Gregory Goodwin Pincus (April 9, 1903 – August 22, 1967) was an American biologist and researcher who co-invented the combined oral contraceptive pill. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gregory Goodwin Pincus has received more than 219,504 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Gregory Goodwin Pincus is the 317th most popular biologist (down from 302nd in 2019), the 2,985th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,033rd in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 2.58

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Gregory Goodwin Pincus ranks 317 out of 1,097. Before him are Lev Berg, Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Anton Reichenow, Patrick Geddes, Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, and Otto Friedrich Müller. After him are John Sulston, Rupert Sheldrake, Bruce Beutler, Charles Chamberland, Eugenius Warming, and Phillip Allen Sharp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Gregory Goodwin Pincus ranks 124. Before him are Vladimir Jankélévitch, Ma Bufang, Flaminio Bertoni, Steven Runciman, Candido Portinari, and Cigerxwîn. After him are Amy Johnson, K. Kamaraj, Boris Blacher, Florence Owens Thompson, Grigori Aleksandrov, and Alf Sjöberg. Among people deceased in 1967, Gregory Goodwin Pincus ranks 103. Before him are Miklós Kállay, Pierre Jeanneret, Eddie Eagan, George Lincoln Rockwell, Mir Osman Ali Khan, and Robert J. Van de Graaff. After him are Franz Waxman, Paul Löbe, Ferenc Münnich, Alice B. Toklas, Geki, and Josef Frank.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gregory Goodwin Pincus ranks 2,985 out of 20,380. Before him are Akon (1973), Charles Whitman (1941), Neil Postman (1931), Jensen Ackles (1978), Roderick MacKinnon (1956), and Stuart Whitman (1928). After him are Joel Grey (1932), Alfred Newman (1900), Ronald Inglehart (1934), Mary Astor (1906), Charles M. Schulz (1922), and Jeff Porcaro (1954).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Gregory Goodwin Pincus ranks 55. Before him are James Bond (1900), Henrietta Lacks (1920), Eric F. Wieschaus (1947), David Julius (1955), David Baltimore (1938), and James P. Allison (1948). After him are Bruce Beutler (1957), Phillip Allen Sharp (1944), George Ord (1781), Craig Venter (1946), Esther Lederberg (1922), and Wilder Penfield (1891).

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