1916 - 2009
Robert Francis Furchgott (June 4, 1916 – May 19, 2009) was a Nobel Prize-winning American biochemist 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 124,033 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Robert F. Furchgott is the 144th most popular chemist (up from 153rd in 2019), the 1,035th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,163rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Chemist.
Robert F. Furchgott is most famous for his discovery of nitric oxide.
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Among chemists, Robert F. Furchgott ranks 144 out of 509. Before him are Johann Wilhelm Ritter, Robert W. Holley, Fritz Strassmann, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Bengt I. Samuelsson, and Jean-Baptiste Dumas. After him are Kurt Wüthrich, Sune Bergström, Jerome Karle, Hennig Brand, Ignacy Mościcki, and Paul Lauterbur.
1776 - 1810
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 138
1922 - 1993
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 139
1902 - 1980
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 140
1850 - 1936
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 141
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 142
1800 - 1884
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 143
1916 - 2009
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 144
1938 - Present
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 145
1916 - 2004
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 146
1918 - 2013
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 147
1630 - 1710
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 148
1867 - 1946
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 149
1929 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 150
Among people born in 1916, Robert F. Furchgott ranks 40. Before him are Abdul Rahman Arif, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Vitaly Ginzburg, Emil Gilels, Raf Vallone, and Alexander Prokhorov. After him are Paul Keres, Sune Bergström, Masaki Kobayashi, P. W. Botha, Dino Risi, and Maria Altmann. Among people deceased in 2009, Robert F. Furchgott ranks 29. Before him are Milorad Pavić, Jennifer Jones, Vitaly Ginzburg, Bobby Robson, Abdurrahman Wahid, and Juan Almeida Bosque. After him are Corazon Aquino, John Updike, Günther Rall, João Bernardo Vieira, Norman Borlaug, and Raúl Alfonsín.
1916 - 2007
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 34
1916 - 2000
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 35
1916 - 2009
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 36
1916 - 1985
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 37
1916 - 2002
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 38
1916 - 2002
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 39
1916 - 2009
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 40
1916 - 1975
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 41
1916 - 2004
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 42
1916 - 1996
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 43
1916 - 2006
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 44
1916 - 2008
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 45
1916 - 2011
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 46
1929 - 2009
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 23
1919 - 2009
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 24
1916 - 2009
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 25
1933 - 2009
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 26
1940 - 2009
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 27
1927 - 2009
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 28
1916 - 2009
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 29
1933 - 2009
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 30
1932 - 2009
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 31
1918 - 2009
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 32
1939 - 2009
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 33
1914 - 2009
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 34
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 35
Among people born in United States, Robert F. Furchgott ranks 1,035 out of 18,182. Before him are John Denver (1943), Jeremy Renner (1971), James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834), Robert Wise (1914), Larry King (1933), and Edna Purviance (1895). After him are Renée Zellweger (1969), Jack Kirby (1917), Sarah Jessica Parker (1965), Ronald Dworkin (1931), John McCarthy (1927), and Harry Markowitz (1927).
1943 - 1997
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 1,029
1971 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 1,030
1834 - 1903
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 1,031
1914 - 2005
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 1,032
1933 - 2021
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 1,033
1895 - 1958
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 1,034
1916 - 2009
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 1,035
1969 - Present
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 1,036
1917 - 1994
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 1,037
1965 - Present
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 1,038
1931 - 2013
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 1,039
1927 - 2011
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 1,040
1927 - 2023
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 1,041
Among chemists born in United States, Robert F. Furchgott ranks 24. Before him are William Howard Stein (1911), Glenn T. Seaborg (1912), Robert Burns Woodward (1917), Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), Paul Berg (1926), and Robert W. Holley (1922). After him are Jerome Karle (1918), Paul Lauterbur (1929), Stanley Miller (1930), Paul Flory (1910), Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921), and Paul D. Boyer (1918).
1911 - 1980
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 18
1912 - 1999
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 19
1917 - 1979
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 20
1916 - 1995
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 21
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 22
1922 - 1993
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 23
1916 - 2009
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 24
1918 - 2013
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 25
1929 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 26
1930 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 27
1910 - 1985
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 28
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 29
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 30