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Renato Dulbecco

1914 - 2012

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Renato Dulbecco ( dul-BEK-oh, Italian: [reˈnaːto dulˈbɛkko, -ˈbek-]; February 22, 1914 – February 19, 2012) was an Italian–American virologist who won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on oncoviruses, which are viruses that can cause cancer when they infect animal cells. He studied at the University of Turin under Giuseppe Levi, along with fellow students Salvador Luria and Rita Levi-Montalcini, who also moved to the U.S. with him and won Nobel prizes. He was drafted into the Italian army in World War II, but later joined the resistance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Renato Dulbecco is the 163rd most popular biologist (up from 166th in 2019), the 1,150th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,364th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Renato Dulbecco ranks 163 out of 1,097. Before him are Jakob von Uexküll, Susumu Tonegawa, Nettie Stevens, Georg Wilhelm Steller, Salvador Luria, and George Davis Snell. After him are Mario Capecchi, Henry Walter Bates, Louis Agassiz, Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, Leland H. Hartwell, and William Bateson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Renato Dulbecco ranks 42. Before him are Boris Christoff, Philippe Ariès, Gino Bartali, Vincent J. McMahon, Etty Hillesum, and Jonas Salk. After him are Agostino Casaroli, Robert Wise, Norman Borlaug, Max Manus, James Van Allen, and Vjekoslav Luburić. Among people deceased in 2012, Renato Dulbecco ranks 54. Before him are Jean Giraud, Albert O. Hirschman, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Dick Clark, Rodney King, and Rauf Denktaş. After him are Erland Josephson, Carlo Maria Martini, E. Donnall Thomas, Lucio Dalla, Chadli Bendjedid, and Etta James.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Renato Dulbecco ranks 1,150 out of 5,161. Before him are Eleonora Gonzaga (1630), Amélie of Leuchtenberg (1812), Mina (1940), Salvador Luria (1912), Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850), and Johann Maria Farina (1685). After him are Mario Capecchi (1937), Ettore Scola (1931), Eleonora Gonzaga (1598), Antonio Caldara (1670), Francesco Landini (1325), and Constantius Gallus (325).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Italy

Among biologists born in Italy, Renato Dulbecco ranks 5. Before him are Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729), Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522), Gabriele Falloppio (1523), and Salvador Luria (1912). After him are Mario Capecchi (1937), Giovanni Sartori (1924), Mikhail Tsvet (1872), Odoardo Beccari (1843), Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (1922), Carlo Allioni (1728), and Giuseppe Acerbi (1773).

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