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Alfred G. Gilman

1941 - 2015

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Alfred Goodman Gilman (July 1, 1941 – December 23, 2015) was an American pharmacologist and biochemist. He and Martin Rodbell shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discovery of G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells." Gilman was the son of Alfred Gilman, who co-authored Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics with Louis S. Goodman, from whom his middle name came. He earned a BA in biology with major in biochemistry from Yale University. Immediately after graduation in 1962, he worked with Allan Conney at Burroughs Wellcome & Company, which resulted in the publication of his first two technical papers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred G. Gilman is the 258th most popular chemist (down from 223rd in 2019), the 1,583rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,398th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Chemist. Learn more about Alfred G. Gilman's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among chemists, Alfred G. Gilman ranks 258 out of 602. Before him are Ryōji Noyori, Johan August Arfwedson, Richard Smalley, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Mária Telkes, and Ida Noddack. After him are Vladimir Markovnikov, Stephanie Kwolek, John Polanyi, Fritz Strassmann, Ignacy Łukasiewicz, and Martin Rodbell.

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Among people born in 1941, Alfred G. Gilman ranks 90. Before him are Paul Bremer, Stokely Carmichael, Ed Bradley, Cass Elliot, Mohamed Ghannouchi, and Linda McCartney. After him are Franco Columbu, Lella Lombardi, Grace Zabriskie, Toyo Ito, Stephen Frears, and Vladimir Voronin. Among people deceased in 2015, Alfred G. Gilman ranks 62. Before him are Michele Ferrero, Chantal Akerman, Udo Lattek, Oliver Sacks, Zhelyu Zhelev, and Kenzo Ohashi. After him are Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Assia Djebar, Maureen O'Hara, Francesco Rosi, Marshall Rosenberg, and Pierre Brice.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alfred G. Gilman ranks 1,583 out of 20,380. Before him are Walter Hunt (1796), Cyrus Vance (1917), Mamie Eisenhower (1896), Billie Eilish (2001), Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (1868), and William Friedkin (1935). After him are Donna Haraway (1944), Carl Woese (1928), Jeff Lindsay (1952), Louis Zamperini (1917), Clyde Drexler (1962), and Billy Bob Thornton (1955).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Alfred G. Gilman ranks 60. Before him are Stanley Miller (1930), James B. Conant (1893), Walter Gilbert (1932), Kary Mullis (1944), Richard Smalley (1943), and Carolyn R. Bertozzi (1966). After him are Stephanie Kwolek (1923), Martin Rodbell (1925), Dudley R. Herschbach (1932), Edwin G. Krebs (1918), Elias James Corey (1928), and Joseph L. Goldstein (1940).

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