1905 - 1993
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 340,766 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Severo Ochoa is the 191st most popular physician (up from 195th in 2019), the 408th most popular biography from Spain (up from 430th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Spanish Physician.
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Among physicians, Severo Ochoa ranks 191 out of 502. Before him are Ibn Zuhr, Sebastian Kneipp, Asclepiades of Bithynia, Joseph Calasanz, Ernst-Robert Grawitz, and Howard Florey. After him are George Whipple, Hans Sloane, Marcel Petiot, Bernardino Ramazzini, Trota of Salerno, and Bernard Kouchner.
1091 - 1162
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 185
1821 - 1897
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 186
120 BC - 40 BC
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 187
1556 - 1648
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 188
1899 - 1945
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 189
1898 - 1968
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 190
1905 - 1993
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 191
1878 - 1976
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 192
1660 - 1753
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 193
1897 - 1946
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 194
1633 - 1714
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 195
1001 - 1200
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 196
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 197
Among people born in 1905, Severo Ochoa ranks 56. Before him are Kurt Gerstein, Sada Abe, Barnett Newman, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Joseph Cotten, and Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Sebastian Shaw, Piet Hein, Heinz Lammerding, Dolores del Río, Daniil Kharms, and Enrique Ballestrero. Among people deceased in 1993, Severo Ochoa ranks 42. Before him are Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Masahiko Kimura, Yuri Lotman, Boris Christoff, Hans Baur, and Pat Nixon. After him are Dinmukhamed Kunaev, Jimmy Doolittle, Horia Sima, River Phoenix, Don Ameche, and Lucia Popp.
1905 - 1945
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 50
1905 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 51
1905 - 1970
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 52
1905 - 1988
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 53
1905 - 1994
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 54
1905 - 1996
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 55
1905 - 1993
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 56
1905 - 1994
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 57
1905 - 1996
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 58
1905 - 1971
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 59
1905 - 1983
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 60
1905 - 1942
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 61
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 62
1905 - 1993
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 36
1917 - 1993
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 37
1922 - 1993
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 38
1914 - 1993
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 39
1897 - 1993
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 40
1912 - 1993
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 41
1905 - 1993
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 42
1912 - 1993
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 43
1896 - 1993
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 44
1907 - 1993
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 45
1970 - 1993
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 46
1908 - 1993
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 47
1939 - 1993
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 48
Among people born in Spain, Severo Ochoa ranks 408 out of 2,932. Before him are Carlos Arias Navarro (1908), Enrique Simonet (1866), María Casares (1922), Eleanor of Alburquerque (1374), Egica (610), and Fruela I of Asturias (722). After him are Marisa Paredes (1946), Pedro de Mendoza (1487), José María Aznar (1953), Carlos Sainz (1962), María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880), and Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510).
1908 - 1989
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 402
1866 - 1927
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 403
1922 - 1996
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 404
1374 - 1435
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 405
610 - 702
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 406
722 - 768
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 407
1905 - 1993
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 408
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 409
1487 - 1537
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 410
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 411
1962 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 412
1880 - 1904
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 413
1510 - 1554
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 414
Among physicians born in Spain, Severo Ochoa ranks 6. Before him are Michael Servetus (1509), Al-Zahrawi (936), Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852), Ibn Zuhr (1091), and Joseph Calasanz (1556). After him are Leander of Seville (534), Hasdai ibn Shaprut (910), Nicolás Monardes (1508), Gregorio Marañón (1887), Fernando Quiroga Palacios (1900), and Fidel Pagés (1886).
1509 - 1553
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 1
936 - 1013
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 2
1852 - 1934
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 3
1091 - 1162
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 4
1556 - 1648
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 5
1905 - 1993
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 6
534 - 600
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 7
910 - 975
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 8
1508 - 1588
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 9
1887 - 1960
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 10
1900 - 1971
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 11
1886 - 1923
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 12