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Osamu Hayaishi

1920 - 2015

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Osamu Hayaishi MJA (早石 修, Hayaishi Osamu; January 8, 1920 – December 17, 2015), was a Japanese biochemist, physiologist, and military physician. He discovered Oxygenases at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health in 1955. Citing his "outstanding and pioneering contributions to biomedical sciences and enzymology," the Wolf Foundation awarded Hayaishi the 1986 Wolf Prize in Medicine "for his discovery of the oxygenase enzymes and elucidation of their structure and biological importance". Hayaishi was President of International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from 1973 to 1976. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Osamu Hayaishi is the 953rd most popular biologist (down from 922nd in 2019), the 8,779th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,977th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Osamu Hayaishi ranks 953 out of 1,097. Before him are Jacob Bjerknes, William Yarrell, William Beebe, Félix de Avelar Brotero, Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, and Daniel Giraud Elliot. After him are Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, William Healey Dall, Francis Willughby, Jinzō Matsumura, Gilbert White, and Colin Munro MacLeod.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Osamu Hayaishi ranks 372. Before him are Hemanta Mukherjee, Vera Ralston, Mariya Smirnova, Ralph Meeker, William Colby, and William Tenn. After him are Bella Abzug, Stan Musial, Leonid Shvartsman, Antoinette Meyer, Elmo Zumwalt, and Kelpo Gröndahl. Among people deceased in 2015, Osamu Hayaishi ranks 377. Before him are Hellmuth Karasek, James Best, Ivan Šantek, Alberto Cardaccio, Oganes Zanazanyan, and Peter de Klerk. After him are Raymond Gosling, Guru Josh, Héctor Salva, Olga Knyazeva, Yvonne Craig, and Gennadiy Seleznyov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Osamu Hayaishi ranks 8,781 out of 20,380. Before him are Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835), Tom Florie (1897), Tori Black (1988), General Tom Thumb (1838), Coco Gauff (2004), and Jerry Cantrell (1966). After him are Hunter Tylo (1962), Loren Murchison (1898), Johnnie Parsons (1918), Lee Friedlander (1934), Lance Larson (1940), and Charles S. Dutton (1951).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Osamu Hayaishi ranks 142. Before him are Maxine Singer (1931), Outram Bangs (1863), Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890), William Beebe (1877), Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858), and Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835). After him are William Healey Dall (1845), John Torrey (1796), Richard Evans Schultes (1915), James Chapin (1889), John Cassin (1813), and Herbert Boyer (1936).

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