BIOLOGIST

Hermann Joseph Muller

1890 - 1967

Photo of Hermann Joseph Muller

Icon of person Hermann Joseph Muller

Hermann Joseph Muller (December 21, 1890 – April 5, 1967) was an American geneticist who was awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, "for the discovery that mutations can be induced by X-rays". Muller warned of long-term dangers of radioactive fallout from nuclear war and nuclear testing, which resulted in greater public scrutiny of these practices. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Joseph Muller is the 113th most popular biologist (down from 93rd in 2019), the 1,003rd most popular biography from United States (down from 895th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Biologist.

Hermann Joseph Muller was a Nobel Prize-winning American geneticist who is most famous for his discovery of the mutagenic effects of radiation.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Hermann Joseph Muller by language

Loading...

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Hermann Joseph Muller ranks 113 out of 1,097. Before him are Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Stanley B. Prusiner, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, and Svante Pääbo. After him are Vladimir Vernadsky, William John Swainson, Elias Magnus Fries, John B. Calhoun, Ferdinand Cohn, and James Edward Smith.

Most Popular Biologists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Hermann Joseph Muller ranks 29. Before him are El Lissitzky, Jaroslav Heyrovský, Robert Ley, Franz Werfel, Kurt Student, and Maria Goretti. After him are Victor Lustig, Giorgio Morandi, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Eduard Dietl, Fanny Kaplan, and Karl Harrer. Among people deceased in 1967, Hermann Joseph Muller ranks 34. Before him are Johannes Itten, Casimir Funk, Felix Yusupov, John Coltrane, Wolfgang Köhler, and Woody Guthrie. After him are Norman Angell, John Cockcroft, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Françoise Dorléac, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, and Shigeru Yoshida.

Others Born in 1890

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1967

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Hermann Joseph Muller ranks 1,003 out of 20,380. Before him are John Mott (1865), Andre Agassi (1970), Douglas Fairbanks (1883), Greg Abbott (1957), William H. Macy (1950), and Frances Farmer (1913). After him are Frank Miller (1957), Joseph McCarthy (1908), Mel Ferrer (1917), Pat Morita (1932), Jean Harlow (1911), and Gary Gygax (1938).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Hermann Joseph Muller ranks 14. Before him are Irwin Rose (1926), Linda B. Buck (1947), Dian Fossey (1932), Clair Cameron Patterson (1922), Alfred Hershey (1908), and Stanley B. Prusiner (1942). After him are John B. Calhoun (1917), Sylvia Earle (1935), John Hopfield (1933), Robert Whittaker (1920), Hamilton O. Smith (1931), and Sam Harris (1967).

American born Biologists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous