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Paul Berg

1926 - 2023

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Paul Berg (June 30, 1926 – February 15, 2023) was an American biochemist and professor at Stanford University. He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980, along with Walter Gilbert and Frederick Sanger. The award recognized their contributions to basic research involving nucleic acids, especially recombinant DNA. Berg received his undergraduate education at Penn State University, where he majored in biochemistry. He received his PhD in biochemistry from Case Western Reserve University in 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Berg is the 128th most popular chemist (down from 103rd in 2019), the 657th most popular biography from United States (down from 651st in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Chemist.

Paul Berg was most famous for his discovery of the first recombinant DNA molecule in 1973.

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Among chemists, Paul Berg ranks 128 out of 602. Before him are George Porter, Richard Kuhn, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, S. P. L. Sørensen, George Andrew Olah, and William Lipscomb. After him are Christian B. Anfinsen, William E. Moerner, Jaroslav Heyrovský, Richard R. Ernst, Joseph Proust, and John Cornforth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Paul Berg ranks 29. Before him are Miles Davis, Irwin Rose, Harper Lee, Hugh Hefner, Jerry Lewis, and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. After him are Sydney Chaplin, Beji Caid Essebsi, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Paul Bocuse, Leopoldo Galtieri, and Henry Molaison. Among people deceased in 2023, Paul Berg ranks 25. Before him are Just Fontaine, Robert Lucas Jr., Harald zur Hausen, Ted Kaczynski, Fernando Botero, and Louise Glück. After him are Rosalynn Carter, Paco Rabanne, Pat Robertson, Helmut Berger, Sixto Rodriguez, and Jacques Delors.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Berg ranks 657 out of 20,380. Before him are Gordon Allport (1897), Dian Fossey (1932), Lucy Webb Hayes (1831), William Lipscomb (1919), Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959), and William S. Burroughs (1914). After him are Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), Dave Grohl (1969), Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921), Chuck Jones (1912), Clyde Tombaugh (1906), and Bill Hewlett (1913).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Paul Berg ranks 25. Before him are Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), Irving Langmuir (1881), Melvin Calvin (1911), Gilbert N. Lewis (1875), Edward W. Morley (1838), and William Lipscomb (1919). After him are Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), William E. Moerner (1953), Harold Urey (1893), Robert Burns Woodward (1917), Paul Flory (1910), and Roger D. Kornberg (1947).

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