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John du Pont

1938 - 2010

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John Eleuthère du Pont (November 22, 1938 – December 9, 2010) was an American multimillionaire philanthropist and convicted murderer. Heir to the du Pont family fortune, he was a published ornithologist, philatelist, conchologist, and sports enthusiast. In 1972, du Pont founded and directed the Delaware Museum of Natural History and contributed to Villanova University and other institutions. In the 1980s, he established a wrestling facility at his Foxcatcher Farm estate after becoming interested in the sport and in pentathlon events. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John du Pont is the 241st most popular biologist (up from 656th in 2019), the 2,172nd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,931st in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John du Pont ranks 241 out of 1,097. Before him are Stephen Jay Gould, Theodor Escherich, Rudolf Vrba, J. B. S. Haldane, Johann Friedrich von Brandt, and Thomas Browne. After him are Carl Correns, Pieter Boddaert, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, John Lindley, William Aiton, and Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, John du Pont ranks 117. Before him are Phil Knight, Ian Stewart, Milan Galić, Goh Kun, Jack Jones, and Radivoj Korać. After him are John Kufuor, Jesús María Pereda, Enrico Macias, Josef Koudelka, Jerry West, and Morihiro Hosokawa. Among people deceased in 2010, John du Pont ranks 62. Before him are Paul Schäfer, Hwang Jang-yop, Ryszard Kaczorowski, Milka Planinc, Martin Gardner, and Carlos Andrés Pérez. After him are Anton Geesink, Patricia Neal, Alexander Haig, Erich Segal, Wolfgang Wagner, and Johan Ferrier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John du Pont ranks 2,172 out of 20,380. Before him are Oliver Otis Howard (1830), Stacy Keach (1941), Robert Bloch (1917), John Densmore (1944), Paul Marcinkus (1922), and Robin Hobb (1952). After him are Alan Bean (1932), Lepke Buchalter (1897), Priscilla Lane (1915), Robert Atkins (1930), Pete Sampras (1971), and Patricia Neal (1926).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, John du Pont ranks 48. Before him are J. Michael Bishop (1936), James Dwight Dana (1813), Eric F. Wieschaus (1947), Jeffrey C. Hall (1945), Temple Grandin (1947), and Stephen Jay Gould (1941). After him are H. Robert Horvitz (1947), James Rothman (1950), Michael Rosbash (1944), Michael W. Young (1949), Wilbur Scoville (1865), and Elmer Drew Merrill (1876).

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