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David Baltimore

1938 - 2025

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David Baltimore (March 7, 1938 – September 6, 2025) was an American biologist, university administrator, and 1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine. He was a professor of biology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he served as president from 1997 to 2006. He founded the Whitehead Institute and directed it from 1982 to 1990. In 2008, he served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2024). David Baltimore is the 325th most popular biologist (down from 283rd in 2024), the 2,918th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,658th in 2019) and the 57th most popular American Biologist. Learn more about David Baltimore's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, David Baltimore ranks 325 out of 1,097. Before him are David Bruce, Christian Ludwig Brehm, Erich von Tschermak, Willi Hennig, Andrew Fire, and Erik Acharius. After him are Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, Carol W. Greider, Johann Reinhold Forster, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Hermann Burmeister, and Charles M. Rice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, David Baltimore ranks 153. Before him are Rocco Granata, Zbigniew Religa, Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho, Oscar Robertson, Karel Svoboda, and Bill Withers. After him are Vasyl Stus, Patrick Bauchau, Violetta Villas, Anne Perry, Jean-Loup Chrétien, and Derviş Eroğlu. Among people deceased in 2025, David Baltimore ranks 152. Before him are Emerich Jenei, Lucian Mureșan, Harry Bild, John F. MacArthur, Eva Klein, and Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Lee Shau-kee, David Vunagi, Jacques Charrier, Charles Rangel, Yola Ramírez, and Michelle Trachtenberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Baltimore ranks 2,918 out of 20,380. Before him are Rosemary Casals (1948), Sid Eudy (1960), Bill Withers (1938), CeeLo Green (1974), Ben Foster (1980), and Virginia Henderson (1897). After him are Ian Somerhalder (1978), Marcia Gay Harden (1959), Marshall Sahlins (1930), Robert Cialdini (1945), Edward Zwick (1952), and Malcolm Glazer (1928).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, David Baltimore ranks 57. Before him are Michael Rosbash (1944), Michael W. Young (1949), Wilbur Scoville (1865), Elmer Drew Merrill (1876), Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), and Andrew Fire (1959). After him are Carol W. Greider (1961), Charles M. Rice (1952), Brian Kobilka (1955), Phillip Allen Sharp (1944), David Julius (1955), and Craig Mello (1960).

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