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Rita Levi-Montalcini

1909 - 2012

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Rita Levi-Montalcini (22 April 1909 – 30 December 2012) was an Italian neurobiologist. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with colleague Stanley Cohen for the discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF). From 2001 until her death, she also served in the Italian Senate as a Senator for life. This honor was given due to her significant scientific contributions. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rita Levi-Montalcini is the 44th most popular physician (down from 38th in 2019), the 508th most popular biography from Italy (down from 487th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Physician.

Rita Levi-Montalcini was an Italian neurologist and Nobel Prize laureate. She is most famous for her discovery of nerve growth factor, which led to a better understanding of how the nervous system develops.

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Among physicians, Rita Levi-Montalcini ranks 44 out of 726. Before her are James Black, Niels Ryberg Finsen, Otto Heinrich Warburg, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, and Marcello Malpighi. After her are Claude Bernard, Elias Lönnrot, Peter Damian, Polycarp, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, and Ronald Ross.

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Among people born in 1909, Rita Levi-Montalcini ranks 13. Before her are James Mason, Edward Tatum, Mohammed Daoud Khan, U Thant, Francis Bacon, and Andrei Gromyko. After her are Peter Drucker, Kwame Nkrumah, Victor Borge, Stanislaw Ulam, Mohammed V of Morocco, and Li Xiannian. Among people deceased in 2012, Rita Levi-Montalcini ranks 10. Before her are Whitney Houston, Norodom Sihanouk, Ray Bradbury, F. Sherwood Rowland, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., and I. K. Gujral. After her are Joseph Murray, Yitzhak Shamir, Ahmed Ben Bella, Theo Angelopoulos, George Tupou V, and Eric Hobsbawm.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Rita Levi-Montalcini ranks 508 out of 5,161. Before her are Giuseppe Piazzi (1746), Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (1416), Marcello Malpighi (1628), Tiberius Claudius Nero (-85), Pope John III (520), and Renzo Piano (1937). After her are Cesare Beccaria (1738), Maria Anna of Savoy (1803), Tinto Brass (1933), Pope Hilarius (415), Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (1666), and Antonio Meucci (1808).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Rita Levi-Montalcini ranks 5. Before her are Florence Nightingale (1820), Cesare Lombroso (1835), Camillo Golgi (1843), and Marcello Malpighi (1628). After her are Peter Damian (1007), Francesco Redi (1626), Bernardino of Siena (1380), Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723), Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608), Trota of Salerno (1001), and Andrea Cesalpino (1519).

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