1906 - 1987
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 191,067 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Federico Leloir is the 265th most popular chemist (up from 294th in 2019), the 1,634th most popular biography from France (up from 1,865th in 2019) and the 26th most popular French Chemist.
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Among chemists, Luis Federico Leloir ranks 265 out of 509. Before him are Roger D. Kornberg, Christian Friedrich Schönbein, Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Emil Abderhalden, Alexander Butlerov, and Martin Rodbell. After him are Carl Gustaf Mosander, Vladimir Markovnikov, Hideki Shirakawa, Alan MacDiarmid, Richard Smalley, and Kenichi Fukui.
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 259
1799 - 1868
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 260
1822 - 1882
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 261
1877 - 1950
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 262
1828 - 1886
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 263
1925 - 1998
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 264
1906 - 1987
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 265
1797 - 1858
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 266
1838 - 1904
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 267
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 268
1927 - 2007
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 269
1943 - 2005
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 270
1918 - 1998
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 271
Among people born in 1906, Luis Federico Leloir ranks 85. Before him are John Carradine, Markos Vafeiadis, Hans Aumeier, George Wald, Horst Schumann, and Rezső Kasztner. After him are Primo Carnera, Jacques Becker, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Heinrich Schwarz, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, and Carol Reed. Among people deceased in 1987, Luis Federico Leloir ranks 43. Before him are Didier Pironi, Peter Tosh, Peter Medawar, Mahadevi Varma, James Baldwin, and Randolph Scott. After him are Yakov Zeldovich, Rouben Mamoulian, Buddy Rich, Liberace, Eugen Jochum, and Américo Tomás.
1906 - 1988
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 79
1906 - 1992
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 80
1906 - 1948
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 81
1906 - 1997
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 82
1906 - 1983
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 83
1906 - 1957
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 84
1906 - 1987
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 85
1906 - 1967
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 86
1906 - 1960
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 87
1906 - 1940
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 88
1906 - 1947
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 89
1906 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 90
1906 - 1976
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 91
1952 - 1987
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 37
1944 - 1987
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 38
1915 - 1987
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 39
1907 - 1987
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 40
1924 - 1987
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 41
1898 - 1987
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 42
1906 - 1987
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 43
1914 - 1987
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 44
1897 - 1987
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 45
1917 - 1987
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 46
1919 - 1987
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 47
1902 - 1987
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 48
1894 - 1987
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 49
Among people born in France, Luis Federico Leloir ranks 1,634 out of 6,011. Before him are Blaise de Vigenère (1523), Paloma Picasso (1949), Léo Taxil (1854), Miou-Miou (1950), Patrice Chéreau (1944), and Germaine Tailleferre (1892). After him are Maurice Barrès (1862), Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692), Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans (1700), Michel Serrault (1928), Marguerite Perey (1909), and Yo-Yo Ma (1955).
1523 - 1596
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,628
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 1,629
1854 - 1907
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,630
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,631
1944 - 2013
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,632
1892 - 1983
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,633
1906 - 1987
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,634
1862 - 1923
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,635
1692 - 1730
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 1,636
1700 - 1761
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 1,637
1928 - 2007
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 1,638
1909 - 1975
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 1,639
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 1,640
Among chemists born in France, Luis Federico Leloir ranks 26. Before him are Nicolas Leblanc (1742), Jean-Pierre Sauvage (1944), Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802), Louis Jacques Thénard (1777), Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817), and Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698). After him are Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838), Bernard Courtois (1777), Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), Antoine Baumé (1728), Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy (1755), and François-Marie Raoult (1830).
1742 - 1806
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 20
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 21
1802 - 1876
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 22
1777 - 1857
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 23
1817 - 1884
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 24
1698 - 1739
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 25
1906 - 1987
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 26
1838 - 1912
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 27
1777 - 1838
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 28
1807 - 1867
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 29
1728 - 1804
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 30
1755 - 1809
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 31
1830 - 1901
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 32