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Otto Fritz Meyerhof

1884 - 1951

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Otto Fritz Meyerhof (German pronunciation: [ˈɔto ˈmaɪɐhoːf] ; 12 April 1884 – 6 October 1951) was a German physician and biochemist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Fritz Meyerhof is the 49th most popular physician, the 334th most popular biography from Germany (up from 407th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Physician.

Otto Fritz Meyerhof was a German physiologist who is most famous for his research on the role of mitochondria in cellular respiration.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Otto Fritz Meyerhof ranks 49 out of 726. Before him are Marcello Malpighi, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Claude Bernard, Elias Lönnrot, Peter Damian, and Polycarp. After him are Ronald Ross, Alexis Carrel, Emil von Behring, Joseph Murray, Peter C. Doherty, and Gabor Maté.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Otto Fritz Meyerhof ranks 15. Before him are Édouard Daladier, Peter Debye, Max Brod, Walther von Reichenau, Claude Auchinleck, and Anton Drexler. After him are Theodor Heuss, Friedrich Bergius, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Theodor Svedberg, Franz Halder, and Gaston Bachelard. Among people deceased in 1951, Otto Fritz Meyerhof ranks 10. Before him are Philippe Pétain, Arnold Schoenberg, Ferdinand Porsche, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Arnold Sommerfeld, and Abdullah I of Jordan. After him are René Guénon, Hermann Broch, August Horch, Sinclair Lewis, Maxim Litvinov, and Otto Ohlendorf.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto Fritz Meyerhof ranks 334 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781), Friedrich Ratzel (1844), Heinrich von Kleist (1777), Wilhelm Frick (1877), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), and Gustav Stresemann (1878). After him are James Franck (1882), Carol I of Romania (1839), Henry the Lion (1129), Klaus Schwab (1938), Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926), and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Germany

Among physicians born in Germany, Otto Fritz Meyerhof ranks 6. Before him are Josef Mengele (1911), Robert Koch (1843), Georgius Agricola (1494), Alois Alzheimer (1864), and Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883). After him are Emil Kraepelin (1856), Samuel Hahnemann (1755), Gerhard Domagk (1895), Otto Loewi (1873), Theodor Morell (1886), and Werner Forssmann (1904).

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