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Norman Borlaug

1914 - 2009

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Norman Ernest Borlaug (; March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution. Borlaug was awarded multiple honors for his work, including the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal, one of only seven people to have received all three awards. Borlaug received his B.S. in forestry in 1937 and PhD in plant pathology and genetics from the University of Minnesota in 1942. He took up an agricultural research position with CIMMYT in Mexico, where he developed semi-dwarf, high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Borlaug is the 173rd most popular biologist (down from 156th in 2019), the 1,487th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,381st in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Norman Borlaug ranks 173 out of 1,097. Before him are Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, Leland H. Hartwell, William Bateson, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Joseph Dalton Hooker, and John Ray. After him are Adolf Engler, George Robert Gray, Dmitri Ivanovsky, Alexander Agassiz, Adam Afzelius, and Antoine-Augustin Parmentier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Norman Borlaug ranks 45. Before him are Vincent J. McMahon, Etty Hillesum, Jonas Salk, Renato Dulbecco, Agostino Casaroli, and Robert Wise. After him are Max Manus, James Van Allen, Vjekoslav Luburić, Norman Lloyd, Desmond Llewelyn, and Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark. Among people deceased in 2009, Norman Borlaug ranks 40. Before him are Tomohiko Ikoma, Bobby Robson, Jennifer Jones, John Updike, Gaafar Nimeiry, and Leszek Kołakowski. After him are Natasha Richardson, Ralf Dahrendorf, Tavo Burat, Ephraim Katzir, Günther Rall, and Edwin G. Krebs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Borlaug ranks 1,487 out of 20,380. Before him are John Lee Hooker (1917), Annette Bening (1958), Alan J. Pakula (1928), Lex Barker (1919), Holland Taylor (1943), and Paul Manafort (1949). After him are Ed Begley Jr. (1949), Shelley Winters (1920), Magic Johnson (1959), John Kennedy (1951), Britney Spears (1981), and Kathryn Bigelow (1951).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Norman Borlaug ranks 34. Before him are Joshua Lederberg (1925), Thomas Huckle Weller (1915), Martin Chalfie (1947), Nettie Stevens (1861), George Davis Snell (1903), and Leland H. Hartwell (1939). After him are Carl Woese (1928), Paul Greengard (1925), Bruce Beutler (1957), Jack Horner (1946), George C. Williams (1926), and George Wald (1906).

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