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Andrew Fire

1959 - Today

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Andrew Zachary Fire (born April 27, 1959) is an American biologist and professor of pathology and of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Craig C. Mello, for the discovery of RNA interference (RNAi). This research was conducted at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and published in 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrew Fire is the 323rd most popular biologist (up from 346th in 2019), the 2,908th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,205th in 2019) and the 56th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Andrew Fire ranks 323 out of 1,097. Before him are Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, David Bruce, Christian Ludwig Brehm, Erich von Tschermak, and Willi Hennig. After him are Erik Acharius, David Baltimore, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, Carol W. Greider, Johann Reinhold Forster, and Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Andrew Fire ranks 101. Before him are Marwan Barghouti, Clancy Brown, Guy Parmelin, James Wong, Andrea de Cesaris, and Andrey Belousov. After him are Marcia Gay Harden, Juha Kankkunen, Michael P. Anderson, Richie Sambora, Paul McGrath, and Thomas F. Wilson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andrew Fire ranks 2,908 out of 20,380. Before him are Marjorie Taylor Greene (1974), Charles W. Fairbanks (1852), Farley Granger (1925), Josh Brolin (1968), Myrna Loy (1905), and Levi P. Morton (1824). After him are Irving Thalberg (1899), Peter Boyle (1935), Rosemary Casals (1948), Sid Eudy (1960), Bill Withers (1938), and CeeLo Green (1974).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Andrew Fire ranks 56. Before him are James Rothman (1950), Michael Rosbash (1944), Michael W. Young (1949), Wilbur Scoville (1865), Elmer Drew Merrill (1876), and Gerrit Smith Miller (1869). After him are David Baltimore (1938), Carol W. Greider (1961), Charles M. Rice (1952), Brian Kobilka (1955), Phillip Allen Sharp (1944), and David Julius (1955).

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