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Ferid Murad

1936 - 2023

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Ferid Murad (September 14, 1936 – September 4, 2023) was an American physician and pharmacologist, and a co-winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferid Murad is the 145th most popular physician (down from 66th in 2019), the 1,149th most popular biography from United States (down from 535th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Physician.

Ferid Murad is most famous for his work in the field of pharmacology. His research led to the discovery of a new class of drugs for treating hypertension and angina.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ferid Murad ranks 145 out of 726. Before him are Johann Joachim Becher, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Dickinson W. Richards, George H. Hitchings, William Kaelin Jr., and Jang-geum. After him are Charles Best, Ryke Geerd Hamer, Ibn Zuhr, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Theodor Billroth, and Franz Joseph Gall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Ferid Murad ranks 52. Before him are Burt Reynolds, B. J. Habibie, Benedict Anderson, Albert Finney, Kenneth G. Wilson, and Kris Kristofferson. After him are Frank Caprio, Vyjayanthimala Bali, Raymond Damadian, Choummaly Sayasone, Glenda Jackson, and Hideki Shirakawa. Among people deceased in 2023, Ferid Murad ranks 48. Before him are Alan Arkin, Ben Ferencz, Li Keqiang, Ray Stevenson, Lucile Randon, and Antonio Negri. After him are Wolfgang Schäuble, Tony Bennett, Lisa Marie Presley, Robert Solow, Ivan Silayev, and Miroslav Blažević.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ferid Murad ranks 1,149 out of 20,380. Before him are Philip Johnson (1906), Phylicia Rashad (1948), Barbara Stanwyck (1907), Mike Wallace (1918), Michael Cimino (1939), and Steve Buscemi (1957). After him are Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928), Edward Stettinius Jr. (1900), James Jones (1921), Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867), Michelle Williams (1980), and Dennis Tito (1940).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Ferid Murad ranks 21. Before him are Drew Weissman (1959), George Whipple (1878), Francis Peyton Rous (1879), Dickinson W. Richards (1895), George H. Hitchings (1905), and William Kaelin Jr. (1957). After him are Charles Best (1899), Jonas Salk (1914), Peter Agre (1949), Virginia Apgar (1909), E. Donnall Thomas (1920), and Michael Stuart Brown (1941).

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