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BIOLOGIST

H. Robert Horvitz

1947 - Today

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Howard Robert Horvitz ForMemRS NAS AAA&S APS NAM (born May 8, 1947) is an American biologist best known for his research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Sydney Brenner and John E. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of H. Robert Horvitz has received more than 160,558 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). H. Robert Horvitz is the 225th most popular biologist (up from 327th in 2019), the 2,399th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,141st in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 10.46

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, H. Robert Horvitz ranks 225 out of 841Before him are Michael W. Young, Erik Acharius, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Adolf Engler, Eva Ekeblad, and Bruce Beutler. After him are Peter Forsskål, John Lindley, Francisco Varela, Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, Craig Venter, and Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, H. Robert Horvitz ranks 139Before him are Henri Michel, Ángel Nieto, Kevin Farrell, Greg Lake, Su Tseng-chang, and Va'aletoa Sualauvi II. After him are Robert Cailliau, Branko Oblak, Yukiya Amano, Włodzimierz Lubański, Jaume Cabré, and Nevio Scala.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, H. Robert Horvitz ranks 2,399 out of 18,182Before him are Donna Karan (1948), Erin Brockovich (1960), Lionel Barrymore (1878), Tom Fogerty (1941), Cannonball Adderley (1928), and Stanley Kamel (1943). After him are Barbara Hershey (1948), Lindsay Wagner (1949), Leslie White (1900), Tracy Chapman (1964), Baby Face Nelson (1908), and Steve Guttenberg (1958).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, H. Robert Horvitz ranks 47Before him are Henrietta Lacks (1920), Robert Gallo (1937), David Baltimore (1938), Michael Rosbash (1944), Michael W. Young (1949), and Bruce Beutler (1957). After him are Craig Venter (1946), James Dwight Dana (1813), Martin Chalfie (1947), David Julius (1955), Wilder Penfield (1891), and Clair Cameron Patterson (1922).