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Robert F. Furchgott

1916 - 2009

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Robert Francis Furchgott (June 4, 1916 – May 19, 2009) was an American Nobel Prize winning biochemist who contributed to the discovery of nitric oxide as a transient cellular signal in mammalian systems. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert F. Furchgott is the 205th most popular chemist (down from 176th in 2019), the 1,113th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,109th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Chemist.

Robert F. Furchgott is most famous for his discovery of nitric oxide.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Robert F. Furchgott ranks 205 out of 602. Before him are Arthur Kornberg, Herbert C. Brown, Wallace Carothers, Donald J. Cram, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, and Robert H. Grubbs. After him are Georg Ernst Stahl, Karl Barry Sharpless, Alan MacDiarmid, James Dewar, Roald Hoffmann, and Johann Wilhelm Ritter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Robert F. Furchgott ranks 37. Before him are Alexander Prokhorov, Paul Keres, Vitaly Ginzburg, Ruth Handler, Natalia Ginzburg, and Abdul Rahman Arif. After him are Bernard Lewis, Emil Gilels, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Masaki Kobayashi, Virginia Satir, and Marcel Cerdan. Among people deceased in 2009, Robert F. Furchgott ranks 27. Before him are Vitaly Ginzburg, Omar Bongo, Les Paul, Karl Malden, Raúl Alfonsín, and Milorad Pavić. After him are João Bernardo Vieira, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Vivian Maier, Ted Kennedy, Takashi Takabayashi, and Maurice Druon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert F. Furchgott ranks 1,113 out of 20,380. Before him are Geena Davis (1956), Percival Lowell (1855), Robert Whittaker (1920), Gloria Swanson (1899), Tori Amos (1963), and Lawrence Klein (1920). After him are Hamilton O. Smith (1931), Sam Harris (1967), James Gunn (1966), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), Benjamin Guggenheim (1865), and Martin Seligman (1942).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Robert F. Furchgott ranks 51. Before him are Julius Axelrod (1912), Paul L. Modrich (1946), Arthur Kornberg (1918), Wallace Carothers (1896), Donald J. Cram (1919), and Robert H. Grubbs (1942). After him are Karl Barry Sharpless (1941), Paul Lauterbur (1929), Stanley Miller (1930), James B. Conant (1893), Walter Gilbert (1932), and Kary Mullis (1944).

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