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 98,573 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Vincent du Vigneaud is the 246th most popular chemist (down from 129th in 2019), the 1,592nd most popular biography from United States (down from 965th in 2019) and the 52nd 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 246 out of 509. Before him are Henri Victor Regnault, Ida Noddack, Hermann Kolbe, Edward W. Morley, Donald J. Cram, and Jaroslav Heyrovský. After him are John Polanyi, Michael Polanyi, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Thomas Graham, and Karl Barry Sharpless.
1810 - 1878
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 240
1896 - 1978
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 241
1818 - 1884
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 242
1838 - 1923
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 243
1919 - 2001
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 244
1890 - 1967
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 245
1901 - 1978
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 246
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 247
1891 - 1976
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 248
1745 - 1818
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 249
1817 - 1884
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 250
1805 - 1869
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 251
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 252
Among people born in 1901, Vincent du Vigneaud ranks 68. Before him are Milada Horáková, Vasili Kuznetsov, Rudolf Slánský, Tage Erlander, Hans Kammler, and Stefan Wyszyński. After him are Rudolf Caracciola, Raimundo Orsi, Mildred Harris, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Gino Cervi, and Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry. Among people deceased in 1978, Vincent du Vigneaud ranks 46. Before him are Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Roger Caillois, Burt Munro, Georgi Markov, Ida Noddack, and Musa al-Sadr. After him are Carlo Scarpa, Ignazio Silone, Charles Eames, Shozo Tsugitani, Hannah Höch, and Arnold Hauser.
1901 - 1950
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 62
1901 - 1990
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 63
1901 - 1952
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 64
1901 - 1985
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 65
1901 - 1945
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 66
1901 - 1981
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 67
1901 - 1978
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 68
1901 - 1959
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 69
1901 - 1986
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 70
1901 - 1944
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 71
1901 - 1991
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 72
1901 - 1974
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 73
1901 - 1979
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 74
1897 - 1978
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 40
1913 - 1978
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 41
1899 - 1978
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 42
1929 - 1978
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 43
1896 - 1978
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 44
1928 - 1978
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 45
1901 - 1978
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 46
1906 - 1978
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 47
1900 - 1978
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 48
1907 - 1978
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 49
1940 - 1978
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 50
1889 - 1978
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 51
1892 - 1978
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 52
Among people born in United States, Vincent du Vigneaud ranks 1,592 out of 18,182. Before him are Samuel Adams (1722), Bruce Nauman (1941), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), Edgar Mitchell (1930), George Clinton (1739), and Steve McCurry (1950). After him are R. L. Stine (1943), Chyna (1969), Ed White (1930), Cy Twombly (1928), Sterling Hayden (1916), and Macaulay Culkin (1980).
1722 - 1803
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,586
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,587
1896 - 1993
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,588
1930 - 2016
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 1,589
1739 - 1812
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,590
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,591
1901 - 1978
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,592
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,593
1969 - 2016
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,594
1930 - 1967
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,595
1928 - 2011
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,596
1916 - 1986
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,597
1980 - Present
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,598
Among chemists born in United States, Vincent du Vigneaud ranks 52. Before him are William Lipscomb (1919), Richard F. Heck (1931), Paul L. Modrich (1946), Joseph L. Goldstein (1940), Edward W. Morley (1838), and Donald J. Cram (1919). After him are Karl Barry Sharpless (1941), Roger D. Kornberg (1947), Martin Rodbell (1925), Richard Smalley (1943), Thomas A. Steitz (1940), and Alexander Shulgin (1925).
1919 - 2011
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 46
1931 - 2015
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 47
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 48
1940 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 49
1838 - 1923
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 50
1919 - 2001
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 51
1901 - 1978
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 52
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 53
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 54
1925 - 1998
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 55
1943 - 2005
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 56
1940 - 2018
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 57
1925 - 2014
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 58