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Albert Szent-Györgyi

1893 - 1986

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Albert Imre Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt (Hungarian: nagyrápolti Szent-Györgyi Albert Imre; September 16, 1893 – October 22, 1986) was a Hungarian biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He is credited with first isolating vitamin C and discovering many of the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle and the molecular basis of muscle contraction. He was also active in the Hungarian Resistance during World War II, and entered Hungarian politics after the war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Szent-Györgyi is the 77th most popular physician (up from 83rd in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 71st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Hungarian Physician.

Albert Szent-Györgyi is most famous for discovering vitamin C.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Albert Szent-Györgyi ranks 77 out of 726. Before him are Hilary of Poitiers, William P. Murphy, Christiaan Barnard, Ambroise Paré, Johannes Fibiger, and Selman Waksman. After him are Jens Christian Skou, August Krogh, Eugen Bleuler, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, and Cyril of Jerusalem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Albert Szent-Györgyi ranks 18. Before him are Alexander of Greece, Carol II of Romania, Soong Ching-ling, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Edward Adelbert Doisy, and Draža Mihailović. After him are Lazar Kaganovich, Roland Freisler, Chaim Soutine, Harold Lloyd, Harold Urey, and Karl Mannheim. Among people deceased in 1986, Albert Szent-Györgyi ranks 19. Before him are Jean Genet, Frank Herbert, Urho Kekkonen, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Cliff Burton, and Joseph Beuys. After him are Alva Myrdal, Georgia O'Keeffe, Henry Moore, Michael J. Smith, Leonid Kantorovich, and Georges Dumézil.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Albert Szent-Györgyi ranks 58 out of 1,077. Before him are George de Hevesy (1885), John Sigismund Zápolya (1540), Coloman, King of Hungary (1070), Orestes (420), Béla III of Hungary (1148), and Avram Hershko (1937). After him are Stephen V of Hungary (1239), George Andrew Olah (1927), Emeric, King of Hungary (1174), Imre Lakatos (1922), Flórián Albert (1941), and Paul Erdős (1913).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Hungary

Among physicians born in Hungary, Albert Szent-Györgyi ranks 3. Before him are Ignaz Semmelweis (1818), and Gabor Maté (1944). After him are Kálmán Kalocsay (1891), Eva Klein (1925), Thomas Szasz (1920), Moritz Kaposi (1837), Edith Farkas (1921), Emil Zuckerkandl (1849), Vilma Hugonnai (1847), Gabriele Possanner (1860), and Jenő Kamuti (1937).

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