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Avram Hershko

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Avram Hershko (Hebrew: אברהם הרשקו, romanized: Avraham Hershko, Hungarian: Herskó Ferenc Ábrahám; born December 31, 1937) is an Hungarian-born Israeli biochemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Avram Hershko is the 114th most popular chemist (up from 123rd in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 80th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Chemist.

Avram Hershko is most famous for his discovery of the enzyme L-glucocerebrosidase, which is responsible for breaking down certain types of fats in the body.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Avram Hershko ranks 114 out of 602. Before him are Odd Hassel, Yves Chauvin, Jacques Monod, Irving Langmuir, Manfred Eigen, and Melvin Calvin. After him are Claude Louis Berthollet, Gilbert N. Lewis, Michael Levitt, Lars Onsager, Carl Ferdinand Cori, and Edward W. Morley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Avram Hershko ranks 25. Before him are Renzo Piano, Robert Coleman Richardson, Robert Lucas Jr., Madeleine Albright, Vanessa Redgrave, and Queen Paola of Belgium. After him are Warren Beatty, Joseph Estrada, Egon Krenz, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, and Rifaat al-Assad.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Avram Hershko ranks 57 out of 1,077. Before him are Sándor Márai (1900), George de Hevesy (1885), John Sigismund Zápolya (1540), Coloman, King of Hungary (1070), Orestes (420), and Béla III of Hungary (1148). After him are Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893), Stephen V of Hungary (1239), George Andrew Olah (1927), Emeric, King of Hungary (1174), Imre Lakatos (1922), and Flórián Albert (1941).

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Among CHEMISTS In Hungary

Among chemists born in Hungary, Avram Hershko ranks 2. Before him are George de Hevesy (1885). After him are George Andrew Olah (1927), Katalin Karikó (1955), Mária Telkes (1900), Michael Polanyi (1891), and Elizabeth Roboz Einstein (1904).

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