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Severo Ochoa

1905 - 1993

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Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (Spanish: [seˈβeɾo oˈtʃoa ðe alβoɾˈnoθ]; 24 September 1905 – 1 November 1993) was a Spanish physician and biochemist, and winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Arthur Kornberg for their discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Severo Ochoa has received more than 382,853 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Severo Ochoa is the 158th most popular physician (up from 193rd in 2019), the 346th most popular biography from Spain (up from 408th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Spanish Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Severo Ochoa ranks 158 out of 726. Before him are Merit-Ptah, Francysk Skaryna, Joseph Calasanz, Trota of Salerno, James Black, and Carl Ludwig. After him are Charles Brenton Huggins, John Langdon Down, George Whipple, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Agnodice, and Robin Cook.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Severo Ochoa ranks 43. Before him are Enrique Ballestrero, Franz Ziereis, George H. Hitchings, Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, Pierre Gemayel, and Fred Trump. After him are Takashi Shimura, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Jean Vigo, Lale Andersen, Prince John of the United Kingdom, and Emmanuel Mounier. Among people deceased in 1993, Severo Ochoa ranks 35. Before him are Lillian Gish, Cantinflas, Arthur Ashe, Robert W. Holley, Vincent Price, and Alexandra of Yugoslavia. After him are Jean Negulesco, Masahiko Kimura, Léon Theremin, Boris Christoff, Dražen Petrović, and Stewart Granger.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Severo Ochoa ranks 346 out of 3,355. Before him are Eulalia of Barcelona (290), Berengaria of Castile (1180), Priscillian (340), Carmen Maura (1945), Juan Negrín (1892), and Joan Laporta (1962). After him are Miguel López de Legazpi (1502), Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (1926), Andoni Zubizarreta (1961), Sancho III of Castile (1134), and Ricardo Bofill (1939).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Spain

Among physicians born in Spain, Severo Ochoa ranks 5. Before him are Michael Servetus (1509), Al-Zahrawi (936), Ibn Zuhr (1091), and Joseph Calasanz (1556). After him are Hasdai ibn Shaprut (910), Leander of Seville (534), Petrus Alphonsi (1062), Nicolás Monardes (1508), Gregorio Marañón (1887), Concepción Aleixandre (1862), and Fernando Quiroga Palacios (1900).

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