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Bengt I. Samuelsson

1934 - 2024

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Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson (21 May 1934 – 5 July 2024) was a Swedish biochemist. He shared with Sune K. Bergström and John R. Vane the 1982 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related substances. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bengt I. Samuelsson is the 164th most popular chemist (down from 161st in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 131st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swedish Chemist. Learn more about Bengt I. Samuelsson's academic impact at Rankless.

Bengt I. Samuelsson is most famous for being the first person to win three consecutive James Beard Awards for Outstanding Chef.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Bengt I. Samuelsson ranks 164 out of 602. Before him are Antoni Grabowski, Katalin Karikó, Ei-ichi Negishi, Georg Wittig, Edmond H. Fischer, and Ronald George Wreyford Norrish. After him are Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Willard Libby, John E. Walker, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Robert Bruce Merrifield, and Derek Barton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Bengt I. Samuelsson ranks 42. Before him are Jacques Anquetil, Larisa Latynina, Paul Cohen, Empress Michiko, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and Alexei Leonov. After him are Richard Meier, Georges Moustaki, Louise Fletcher, Bill Bixby, Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, and Niklaus Wirth. Among people deceased in 2024, Bengt I. Samuelsson ranks 40. Before him are Alice Munro, Olivia Hussey, James Earl Jones, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, Quincy Jones, and Marisa Paredes. After him are Colin Renfrew, Alexei Navalny, Tsung-Dao Lee, Melanie, Frank Farian, and Roberto Cavalli.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Bengt I. Samuelsson ranks 99 out of 1,879. Before him are Olof Skötkonung (980), Sune Bergström (1916), Folke Bernadotte (1895), Louise of Sweden (1851), Ulf von Euler (1905), and Birger Jarl (1210). After him are Bertil Ohlin (1899), Ronnie Peterson (1944), Ermanaric (400), Arvid Carlsson (1923), Stieg Larsson (1954), and Axel Munthe (1857).

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Among CHEMISTS In Sweden

Among chemists born in Sweden, Bengt I. Samuelsson ranks 7. Before him are Alfred Nobel (1833), Svante Arrhenius (1859), Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779), Theodor Svedberg (1884), Arne Tiselius (1902), and Sune Bergström (1916). After him are Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Johan August Arfwedson (1792), Georg Brandt (1694), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), Per Teodor Cleve (1840), and Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797).

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