1901 - 1978
Vincent du Vigneaud (May 18, 1901 – December 11, 1978) was an American biochemist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vincent du Vigneaud has received more than 81,598 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Vincent du Vigneaud is the 129th most popular chemist (down from 110th in 2019), the 966th most popular biography from United States (down from 732nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Chemist.
Vincent du Vigneaud is most famous for his discovery of the enzyme, phenylalanine hydroxylase, which catalyzes the conversion of phenylalanine to tyrosine.
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Among chemists, Vincent du Vigneaud ranks 129 out of 510. Before him are Harry Kroto, Gerhard Ertl, Wallace Carothers, William Hyde Wollaston, Robert Burns Woodward, and Sune Bergström. After him are John Macleod, Christian B. Anfinsen, Lars Onsager, George Andrew Olah, Manfred Eigen, and Fritz Strassmann.
1939 - 2016
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 123
1936 - Present
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 124
1896 - 1937
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 125
1766 - 1828
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 126
1917 - 1979
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 127
1916 - 2004
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 128
1901 - 1978
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 129
1876 - 1935
HPI: 70.85
Rank: 130
1916 - 1995
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 131
1903 - 1976
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 132
1927 - 2017
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 133
1927 - 2019
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 134
1902 - 1980
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 135
Among people born in 1901, Vincent du Vigneaud ranks 54. Before him are Henri Lefebvre, Jaroslav Seifert, Salvatore Quasimodo, Walter Hallstein, Zhang Xueliang, and José Nasazzi. After him are José Leandro Andrade, Luis Monti, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Alice Prin, Eisaku Satō, and Vasili Kuznetsov. Among people deceased in 1978, Vincent du Vigneaud ranks 30. Before him are Mohammed Daoud Khan, Ronnie Peterson, Ed Wood, Houari Boumédiène, Norman Rockwell, and Jomo Kenyatta. After him are József Bozsik, Nazli Sabri, Keith Moon, Harvey Milk, Claude François, and Roger Caillois.
1901 - 1991
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 48
1901 - 1986
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 49
1901 - 1968
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 50
1901 - 1982
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 51
1901 - 2001
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 52
1901 - 1968
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 53
1901 - 1978
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 54
1901 - 1957
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 55
1901 - 1983
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 56
1901 - 1972
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 57
1901 - 1953
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 58
1901 - 1975
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 59
1901 - 1990
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 60
1909 - 1978
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 24
1944 - 1978
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 25
1924 - 1978
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 26
1932 - 1978
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 27
1894 - 1978
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 28
1893 - 1978
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 29
1901 - 1978
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 30
1925 - 1978
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 31
1894 - 1978
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 32
1946 - 1978
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 33
1930 - 1978
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 34
1939 - 1978
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 35
1913 - 1978
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 36
Among people born in United States, Vincent du Vigneaud ranks 966 out of 15,968. Before him are Wallace Carothers (1896), Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), Robert Hofstadter (1915), Robert Burns Woodward (1917), Forest Whitaker (1961), and John McCarthy (1927). After him are Frederick Reines (1918), Sugar Ray Robinson (1921), James Avery (1945), Scott Glenn (1939), Éamon de Valera (1882), and Muddy Waters (1913).
1896 - 1937
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 960
1888 - 1963
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 961
1915 - 1990
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 962
1917 - 1979
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 963
1961 - Present
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 964
1927 - 2011
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 965
1901 - 1978
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 966
1918 - 1998
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 967
1921 - 1989
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 968
1945 - 2013
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 969
1939 - Present
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 970
1882 - 1975
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 971
1913 - 1983
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 972
Among chemists born in United States, Vincent du Vigneaud ranks 19. Before him are Marshall Warren Nirenberg (1927), Willard Libby (1908), Glenn T. Seaborg (1912), James B. Sumner (1887), Wallace Carothers (1896), and Robert Burns Woodward (1917). After him are Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), Stanley B. Prusiner (1942), Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893), Stanley Miller (1930), Robert S. Mulliken (1896), and William Howard Stein (1911).
1927 - 2010
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 13
1908 - 1980
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 14
1912 - 1999
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 15
1887 - 1955
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 16
1896 - 1937
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 17
1917 - 1979
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 18
1901 - 1978
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 19
1916 - 1995
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 20
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 21
1893 - 1986
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 22
1930 - 2007
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 23
1896 - 1986
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 24
1911 - 1980
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 25