CHEMIST
Jacques Monod
1910 - 1976

Jacques Monod
Jacques Lucien Monod (French: [mɔno]; 9 February 1910 – 31 May 1976) was a French biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965, sharing it with François Jacob and André Lwoff "for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis". Monod and Jacob became famous for their work on the E. coli lac operon, which encodes proteins necessary for the transport and breakdown of the sugar lactose (lac). From their own work and the work of others, they came up with a model for how the levels of some proteins in a cell are controlled. In their model, the manufacture of a set of related proteins, such as the ones encoded within the lac (lactose) operon, is prevented when a repressor protein, encoded by a regulatory gene, binds to its operator, a specific site in the DNA sequence that is close to the genes encoding the proteins. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Monod is the 110th most popular chemist (down from 58th in 2019), the 545th most popular biography from France (down from 541st in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Chemist.
Jacques Monod is most famous for his work in the field of molecular biology. He shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1965 with Francois Jacob and Andre Lwoff for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis.
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Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Jacques Monod ranks 110 out of 602. Before him are George de Hevesy, Paul J. Crutzen, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Paul Hermann Müller, Odd Hassel, and Yves Chauvin. After him are Irving Langmuir, Manfred Eigen, Melvin Calvin, Avram Hershko, Claude Louis Berthollet, and Gilbert N. Lewis.
Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsGeorge de Hevesy
1885 - 1966
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 104
Paul J. Crutzen
1933 - 2021
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 105
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
1895 - 1973
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 106
Paul Hermann Müller
1899 - 1965
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 107
Odd Hassel
1897 - 1981
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 108
Yves Chauvin
1930 - 2015
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 109
Jacques Monod
1910 - 1976
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 110
Irving Langmuir
1881 - 1957
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 111
Manfred Eigen
1927 - 2019
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 112
Melvin Calvin
1911 - 1997
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 113
Avram Hershko
1937 - Present
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 114
Claude Louis Berthollet
1748 - 1822
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 115
Gilbert N. Lewis
1875 - 1946
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 116
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1910, Jacques Monod ranks 16. Before him are Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Hodgkin, Gloria Stuart, Irena Sendler, Jean Genet, and Dominique Pire. After him are Django Reinhardt, Konrad Zuse, David Niven, Walter Schellenberg, Paul Flory, and Kurt Meyer. Among people deceased in 1976, Jacques Monod ranks 21. Before him are Yonatan Netanyahu, Eyvind Johnson, Trofim Lysenko, Man Ray, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, and Henrik Dam. After him are Benjamin Britten, Lars Onsager, Joachim Peiper, Ulrike Meinhof, J. Paul Getty, and Gustav Heinemann.
Others Born in 1910
Go to all RankingsPaulette Goddard
ACTOR
1910 - 1990
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 10
Dorothy Hodgkin
CHEMIST
1910 - 1994
HPI: 75.09
Rank: 11
Gloria Stuart
ACTOR
1910 - 2010
HPI: 74.98
Rank: 12
Irena Sendler
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1910 - 2008
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 13
Jean Genet
WRITER
1910 - 1986
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 14
Dominique Pire
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1910 - 1969
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 15
Jacques Monod
CHEMIST
1910 - 1976
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 16
Django Reinhardt
MUSICIAN
1910 - 1953
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 17
Konrad Zuse
INVENTOR
1910 - 1995
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 18
David Niven
ACTOR
1910 - 1983
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 19
Walter Schellenberg
POLITICIAN
1910 - 1952
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 20
Paul Flory
CHEMIST
1910 - 1985
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 21
Kurt Meyer
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1910 - 1961
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 22
Others Deceased in 1976
Go to all RankingsYonatan Netanyahu
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1946 - 1976
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 15
Eyvind Johnson
WRITER
1900 - 1976
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 16
Trofim Lysenko
BIOLOGIST
1898 - 1976
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 17
Man Ray
PAINTER
1890 - 1976
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 18
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1976
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 19
Henrik Dam
CHEMIST
1895 - 1976
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 20
Jacques Monod
CHEMIST
1910 - 1976
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 21
Benjamin Britten
COMPOSER
1913 - 1976
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 22
Lars Onsager
CHEMIST
1903 - 1976
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 23
Joachim Peiper
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1915 - 1976
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 24
Ulrike Meinhof
EXTREMIST
1934 - 1976
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 25
J. Paul Getty
BUSINESSPERSON
1892 - 1976
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 26
Gustav Heinemann
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1976
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 27
In France
Among people born in France, Jacques Monod ranks 545 out of 6,770. Before him are Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788), Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727), Louis Aragon (1897), Jean Lannes (1769), John Vianney (1786), and André Frédéric Cournand (1895). After him are Allan Kardec (1804), Baldwin II of Jerusalem (1060), André Michel Lwoff (1902), Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394), Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise (1768), and Léon Blum (1872).
Others born in France
Go to all RankingsAugustin-Jean Fresnel
PHYSICIST
1788 - 1827
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 539
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
ECONOMIST
1727 - 1781
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 540
Louis Aragon
WRITER
1897 - 1982
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 541
Jean Lannes
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1769 - 1809
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 542
John Vianney
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1786 - 1859
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 543
André Frédéric Cournand
PHYSICIAN
1895 - 1988
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 544
Jacques Monod
CHEMIST
1910 - 1976
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 545
Allan Kardec
OCCULTIST
1804 - 1869
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 546
Baldwin II of Jerusalem
POLITICIAN
1060 - 1131
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 547
André Michel Lwoff
BIOLOGIST
1902 - 1994
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 548
Charles, Duke of Orléans
WRITER
1394 - 1465
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 549
Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise
POLITICIAN
1768 - 1835
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 550
Léon Blum
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1950
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 551
Among CHEMISTS In France
Among chemists born in France, Jacques Monod ranks 12. Before him are Alfred Werner (1866), Victor Grignard (1871), Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850), Jean-Pierre Sauvage (1944), Paul Sabatier (1854), and Joseph Black (1728). After him are Claude Louis Berthollet (1748), Joseph Proust (1754), Jean-Marie Lehn (1939), Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786), Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838), and Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier (1758).
Alfred Werner
1866 - 1919
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 6
Victor Grignard
1871 - 1935
HPI: 76.41
Rank: 7
Henry Louis Le Chatelier
1850 - 1936
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 8
Jean-Pierre Sauvage
1944 - Present
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 9
Paul Sabatier
1854 - 1941
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 10
Joseph Black
1728 - 1799
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 11
Jacques Monod
1910 - 1976
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 12
Claude Louis Berthollet
1748 - 1822
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 13
Joseph Proust
1754 - 1826
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 14
Jean-Marie Lehn
1939 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 15
Michel Eugène Chevreul
1786 - 1889
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 16
Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
1838 - 1912
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 17
Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier
1758 - 1836
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 18