Biologist

Michael W. Young

American geneticist, chronobiologist

1949 - today

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His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2024). Michael W. Young is the 287th most popular biologist (down from 216th in 2024), the 2,613th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,035th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Biologist.

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Michael W. Young's biography spans 44 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 64.05.

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Among Biologists

Among biologists, Michael W. Young ranks 287 out of 1,121. Before him are Hideyo Noguchi, André Marie Constant Duméril, Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, John Gould, René Louiche Desfontaines, and Michael Rosbash. After him are Odoardo Beccari, Johann Jakob von Tschudi, Lorenz Oken, Otto Brunfels, Jean Cabanis, and Armen Takhtajan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Michael W. Young ranks 158. Before him are Tom Pryce, Alexander Godunov, David Strathairn, Massimo D'Alema, John Savage, and Clodoaldo. After him are Slavenka Drakulić, Pam Grier, Billy Gibbons, Philippe Petit, Alan Menken, and Odilo Scherer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael W. Young ranks 2,613 out of 23,232. Before him are Richard Schiff (1955), James J. Braddock (1905), Wendy Williams (1964), Pancho Gonzales (1928), Floyd Westerman (1936), and Michael Biehn (1956). After him are Debra Winger (1955), Roderick MacKinnon (1956), Upton Sinclair (1878), Jason Bateman (1969), Carl Van Vechten (1880), and Donna Murphy (1959).

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Among Biologists In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Michael W. Young ranks 51. Before him are Temple Grandin (1947), Stephen Jay Gould (1941), John du Pont (1938), H. Robert Horvitz (1947), James Rothman (1950), and Michael Rosbash (1944). After him are Wilbur Scoville (1865), Elmer Drew Merrill (1876), Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), Andrew Fire (1959), David Baltimore (1938), and Carol W. Greider (1961).

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