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Robert F. Furchgott

1916 - 2009

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Robert Francis Furchgott (June 4, 1916 – May 19, 2009) was an American biochemist winning Nobel Prize who contributed to the discovery of nitric oxide as a transient cellular signal in mammalian systems. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert F. Furchgott has received more than 132,509 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert F. Furchgott is the 176th most popular chemist (down from 144th in 2019), the 1,109th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,035th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Chemist.

Robert F. Furchgott is most famous for his discovery of nitric oxide.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Robert F. Furchgott ranks 176 out of 602Before him are August Wilhelm von Hofmann, Alexander R. Todd, Ascanio Sobrero, Sophia Brahe, Johann Josef Loschmidt, and John Macleod. After him are Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Giulio Natta, Robert W. Holley, Richard F. Heck, Germain Henri Hess, and John Cornforth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Robert F. Furchgott ranks 47Before him are Marcel Cerdan, Peter Finch, P. W. Botha, Masaki Kobayashi, Virginia Satir, and Emil Gilels. After him are C. Wright Mills, Raf Vallone, Jacque Fresco, Dino Risi, Ephraim Katzir, and Alberto Ginastera. Among people deceased in 2009, Robert F. Furchgott ranks 30Before him are Vitaly Ginzburg, Ralf Dahrendorf, Bobby Robson, Jean Dausset, Maurice Druon, and Jack Kemp. After him are Günther Rall, João Bernardo Vieira, Jennifer Jones, Leszek Kołakowski, Juan Almeida Bosque, and Velupillai Prabhakaran.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert F. Furchgott ranks 1,109 out of 20,380Before him are Robert Vaughn (1932), Idina Menzel (1971), Andrew S. Tanenbaum (1944), George Jung (1942), Mary Ainsworth (1913), and Richard Serra (1939). After him are Edmund Phelps (1933), Meir Kahane (1932), Mark Wahlberg (1971), Andrew Dickson White (1832), Robert W. Holley (1922), and Meg Ryan (1961).

Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Robert F. Furchgott ranks 30Before him are Arthur Kornberg (1918), Julius Axelrod (1912), Kary Mullis (1944), Karl Barry Sharpless (1941), Jerome Karle (1918), and Paul Flory (1910). After him are Robert W. Holley (1922), Richard F. Heck (1931), Stanley Miller (1930), Paul D. Boyer (1918), F. Sherwood Rowland (1927), and Robert S. Mulliken (1896).