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Luis Federico Leloir

1906 - 1987

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Luis Federico Leloir (September 6, 1906 – December 2, 1987) was an Argentine physician and biochemist who received the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of the metabolic pathways by which carbohydrates are synthesized and converted into energy in the body. Although born in France, Leloir received the majority of his education at the University of Buenos Aires and was director of the private research group Fundación Instituto Campomar until his death in 1987. His research into sugar nucleotides, carbohydrate metabolism, and renal hypertension garnered international attention and led to significant progress in understanding, diagnosing and treating the congenital disease galactosemia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luis Federico Leloir has received more than 208,944 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Luis Federico Leloir is the 232nd most popular chemist (up from 265th in 2019), the 1,376th most popular biography from France (up from 1,628th in 2019) and the 26th most popular French Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Luis Federico Leloir ranks 232 out of 602. Before him are Jacques Dubochet, Hartmut Michel, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, S. P. L. Sørensen, Hideki Shirakawa, and Leo Baekeland. After him are Charles J. Pedersen, Robert Bruce Merrifield, Roger D. Kornberg, Antoine Jérôme Balard, Johan August Arfwedson, and Henri Victor Regnault.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Luis Federico Leloir ranks 67. Before him are Hans Aumeier, Ettore Majorana, Fredric Brown, Anthony Mann, Nelson Goodman, and Chandra Shekhar Azad. After him are Douglas McGregor, Zhou Youguang, Carol Reed, Gusztáv Sebes, Missak Manouchian, and Walter Rauff. Among people deceased in 1987, Luis Federico Leloir ranks 38. Before him are Nobusuke Kishi, Jaco Pastorius, Didier Pironi, André Masson, Einar Gerhardsen, and Douglas Sirk. After him are Peter Tosh, Erskine Caldwell, Américo Tomás, Peter Medawar, Mahadevi Varma, and Naji al-Ali.

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In France

Among people born in France, Luis Federico Leloir ranks 1,376 out of 6,770. Before him are Victor Cousin (1792), Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838), Jacqueline Boyer (1941), Léo Taxil (1854), Michel Adanson (1727), and Dominique Jean Larrey (1766). After him are Eva Green (1980), Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1435), Arbogast (340), Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours (1814), Michel de Certeau (1925), and Louise Moillon (1610).

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Among CHEMISTS In France

Among chemists born in France, Luis Federico Leloir ranks 26. Before him are Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850), Nicolas Leblanc (1742), Louis Jacques Thénard (1777), Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817), Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), and Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838). After him are Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802), Bernard Courtois (1777), André-Louis Debierne (1874), Anselme Payen (1795), Antoine Baumé (1728), and Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807).

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