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Alexander Oparin

1894 - 1980

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Alexander Ivanovich Oparin (Russian: Александр Иванович Опарин; 2 March [O.S. 18 February] 1894 – 21 April 1980) was a Soviet biochemist notable for his theories about the origin of life and for his book The Origin of Life. He also studied the biochemistry of material processing by plants and enzyme reactions in plant cells. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Oparin is the 75th most popular biologist (down from 69th in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Russia (up from 222nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Biologist.

Alexander Oparin is a Russian cosmonaut who has been in space three times. He first became a cosmonaut in 1986 and has spent a total of 611 days in space. He is most famous for his two space walks, one in 1995 and one in 1997.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Alexander Oparin ranks 75 out of 1,097. Before him are George Shaw, Adelbert von Chamisso, Günter Blobel, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, Elizabeth Blackburn, and Georg Forster. After him are Michael Houghton, Max Theiler, Richard Owen, Ralph M. Steinman, Archibald Hill, and René Lesson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Alexander Oparin ranks 21. Before him are Norbert Wiener, Fritz Sauckel, Moshe Sharett, Kim Hyong-jik, Isaac Babel, and Gala Dalí. After him are Dietrich von Choltitz, Karl Böhm, Pyotr Kapitsa, Heinrich Lübke, Harold Macmillan, and Kiichiro Toyoda. Among people deceased in 1980, Alexander Oparin ranks 26. Before him are Vladimir Vysotsky, Tamara de Lempicka, Romain Gary, Marshall McLuhan, Marcelo Caetano, and Peter Sellers. After him are Otto Frank, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, William Tolbert, Óscar Romero, Willard Libby, and John Bonham.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Oparin ranks 177 out of 3,761. Before him are False Dmitry I (1581), Eduard Limonov (1943), Boris Berezovsky (1946), Alexey Stakhanov (1906), Gala Dalí (1894), and Wladimir Köppen (1846). After him are Vasily Smyslov (1921), Ilya Frank (1908), Gotthard Heinrici (1886), Igor Tamm (1895), Anna Netrebko (1971), and Andrey Vlasov (1901).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Russia

Among biologists born in Russia, Alexander Oparin ranks 2. Before him are Ivan Pavlov (1849). After him are Nikolai Vavilov (1887), Vladimir Vernadsky (1863), Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin (1855), Dmitri Ivanovsky (1864), Nikolay Pirogov (1810), Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov (1870), Alexander von Middendorff (1815), Nikolai Severtzov (1827), Edwin Klebs (1834), and Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur (1799).

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