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Carl Djerassi

1923 - 2015

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Carl Djerassi (October 29, 1923 – January 30, 2015) was an Austrian-born Bulgarian-American pharmaceutical chemist, novelist, playwright and co-founder of Djerassi Resident Artists Program with Diane Wood Middlebrook. He is best known for his contribution to the development of oral contraceptive pills, nicknamed the "father of the pill". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Djerassi is the 373rd most popular chemist (down from 347th in 2019), the 530th most popular biography from Austria (down from 488th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Austrian Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Carl Djerassi ranks 373 out of 602. Before him are Charles Hatchett, Viktor Meyer, Asima Chatterjee, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, Morris Travers, and Friedrich Stromeyer. After him are Jeremias Benjamin Richter, Andrés Manuel del Río, Albert Ghiorso, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, and Jacques Bergier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Carl Djerassi ranks 149. Before him are Achille Silvestrini, Estelle Getty, Inge Morath, Lindsay Anderson, Onofre Marimón, and Cheikh Anta Diop. After him are Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Peter Lawford, Wes Montgomery, Harrison Dillard, Albert Vanhoye, and Constantin Dăscălescu. Among people deceased in 2015, Carl Djerassi ranks 126. Before him are Natalie Cole, Jørgen Ingmann, Esther Brand, Roger Hanin, William Wakefield Baum, and Hyon Yong-chol. After him are Guy Ligier, Edgar Froese, Chea Sim, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Aleksei Gubarev, and Aruna Shanbaug case.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Carl Djerassi ranks 530 out of 1,424. Before him are Georg Rafael Donner (1693), Thomas Muster (1967), Alfréd Wetzler (1918), Anton Karas (1906), Boris Kidrič (1912), and Jacob Stainer (1619). After him are Henri Herz (1803), Joseph Anton Koch (1768), Theodor Wagner (1927), Maximilian Grabner (1905), Iuliu Maniu (1873), and Karl von Stürgkh (1859).

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Among CHEMISTS In Austria

Among chemists born in Austria, Carl Djerassi ranks 8. Before him are Fritz Pregl (1869), Richard Kuhn (1900), Max Perutz (1914), Martin Karplus (1930), Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858), and Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein (1740). After him are Ida Freund (1863).

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