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Richard Axel

1946 - Today

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Richard Axel (born July 2, 1946) is an American molecular biologist and university professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Columbia University and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His work on the olfactory system won him and Linda Buck, a former postdoctoral research scientist in his group, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Axel is the 193rd most popular physician (up from 269th in 2019), the 1,785th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,291st in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Physician. Learn more about Richard Axel's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Richard Axel ranks 193 out of 726. Before him are Psusennes II, Thomas Bartholin, Andrea Cesalpino, Horst Schumann, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, and Carl von Rokitansky. After him are Werner Haase, Randy Schekman, Fritz Klein, Hakaru Hashimoto, Torsten Wiesel, and Hans Sloane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Richard Axel ranks 131. Before him are Jack Horner, Queen Saleha of Brunei, Keith Moon, Ed O'Neill, Karim Findi, and Jan Kodeš. After him are Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, Issa Hayatou, Elías Figueroa, Minoru Kobata, Kim Kyong-hui, and Alan Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Axel ranks 1,785 out of 20,380. Before him are George Wald (1906), Edward C. Tolman (1886), George Carlin (1937), David Lane (1938), Jaco Pastorius (1951), and Michael Rockefeller (1938). After him are Robert Noyce (1927), John Payne (1912), Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960), Henry J. Heinz (1844), and Annie Leibovitz (1949).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Richard Axel ranks 28. Before him are Charles Best (1899), Jonas Salk (1914), Peter Agre (1949), Virginia Apgar (1909), E. Donnall Thomas (1920), and Michael Stuart Brown (1941). After him are Randy Schekman (1948), Robert Lefkowitz (1943), Patch Adams (1945), Louis Ignarro (1941), Robin Cook (1940), and Robert Atkins (1930).

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