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Gerhard Domagk

1895 - 1964

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Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt ˈdoːmak] ; 30 October 1895 – 24 April 1964) was a German pathologist and bacteriologist. He is credited with the discovery of sulfonamidochrysoidine (KL730) as an antibiotic for which he received the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The drug became the first commercially available antibiotic and marketed under the brand name Prontosil. While working in the pathology department of the University of Münster, Domagk was invited to join the IG Farben branch at Elberfeld (later Wuppertal) in 1927. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerhard Domagk is the 62nd most popular physician (down from 57th in 2019), the 395th most popular biography from Germany (up from 435th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Physician.

Domagk was a German scientist who discovered the first antibiotic, Prontosil, in 1932.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Gerhard Domagk ranks 62 out of 726. Before him are Emil Kraepelin, Emil Theodor Kocher, Charles Nicolle, Thutmose IV, Philippe Pinel, and Samuel Hahnemann. After him are Jean-Martin Charcot, Francesco Redi, António Egas Moniz, René Laennec, Franz Mesmer, and Robert Bellarmine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Gerhard Domagk ranks 25. Before him are Max Horkheimer, Paul Éluard, Paul Hindemith, Semyon Timoshenko, Ragnar Frisch, and Dolores Ibárruri. After him are Anastas Mikoyan, Sergei Yesenin, Henrik Dam, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, André Frédéric Cournand, and Levi Eshkol. Among people deceased in 1964, Gerhard Domagk ranks 13. Before him are Paul of Greece, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, James Franck, Alma Mahler, Rachel Carson, and Norbert Wiener. After him are Ian Fleming, Vasily Grossman, Sigfrid Edström, Gerrit Rietveld, Palmiro Togliatti, and Gerald Gardner.

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Among people born in Germany, Gerhard Domagk ranks 395 out of 7,253. Before him are Fritz Sauckel (1894), Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776), Lothar Matthäus (1961), Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1551), and Samuel Hahnemann (1755). After him are Jürgen Klopp (1967), Helmuth Weidling (1891), Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864), Ilse Koch (1906), Rupert, King of Germany (1352), and Max Bruch (1838).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Gerhard Domagk ranks 9. Before him are Georgius Agricola (1494), Alois Alzheimer (1864), Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883), Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884), Emil Kraepelin (1856), and Samuel Hahnemann (1755). After him are Otto Loewi (1873), Theodor Morell (1886), Werner Forssmann (1904), Johannes Peter Müller (1801), Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780), and Johann Joachim Becher (1635).

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