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Vincent du Vigneaud

1901 - 1978

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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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  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Vincent du Vigneaud ranks 246 out of 509Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Vincent du Vigneaud ranks 68Before 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 46Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vincent du Vigneaud ranks 1,592 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Vincent du Vigneaud ranks 52Before 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).