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Michael Stuart Brown

1941 - Today

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Michael Stuart Brown ForMemRS NAS AAA&S APS (born April 13, 1941) is an American geneticist and Nobel laureate. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Joseph L. Goldstein in 1985 for describing the regulation of cholesterol metabolism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Stuart Brown is the 180th most popular physician (down from 175th in 2019), the 1,675th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,413th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Physician.

Michael Stuart Brown is most famous for his work in the field of genetics and human development. He is a professor of medical genetics at the University of Utah and a professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Michael Stuart Brown ranks 180 out of 726. Before him are Kitasato Shibasaburō, Bernardo Houssay, Friedrich Miescher, Robert Knox, August von Wassermann, and Engelbert Kaempfer. After him are Joseph Calasanz, David H. Hubel, Nicolaes Tulp, Adolf Eugen Fick, Ludwig Guttmann, and Charles Brenton Huggins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Michael Stuart Brown ranks 99. Before him are Grace Zabriskie, Toyo Ito, Stephen Frears, Vladimir Voronin, Hisao Kami, and Hagen Kleinert. After him are Anne Rice, Josip Skoblar, Sigmar Polke, Eduardo Duhalde, Otis Redding, and Robert Pine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Stuart Brown ranks 1,675 out of 20,380. Before him are Rosemary Kennedy (1918), Eric Johnson (1954), Rubin Carter (1937), Ken Thompson (1943), Marvin Heemeyer (1951), and Garry Marshall (1934). After him are George Read (1733), Dean Reed (1938), Chris Columbus (1958), Anne Rice (1941), Loie Fuller (1862), and Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Michael Stuart Brown ranks 27. Before him are Ferid Murad (1936), Charles Best (1899), Jonas Salk (1914), Peter Agre (1949), Virginia Apgar (1909), and E. Donnall Thomas (1920). After him are Richard Axel (1946), Randy Schekman (1948), Robert Lefkowitz (1943), Patch Adams (1945), Louis Ignarro (1941), and Robin Cook (1940).

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