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Severo Ochoa

1905 - 1993

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Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (Spanish: [seˈβeɾo oˈtʃoa ðe alβoɾˈnoθ]; 24 September 1905 – 1 November 1993) was a Spanish physician and biochemist, and winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Arthur Kornberg for their discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Severo Ochoa is the 170th most popular physician (down from 158th in 2019), the 338th most popular biography from Spain (up from 346th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Severo Ochoa ranks 170 out of 726. Before him are Virginia Apgar, Magnus Hirschfeld, E. Donnall Thomas, Sushruta, Carl Wernicke, and Albert of Riga. After him are Andrew Schally, Merit-Ptah, Oswald Avery, Kitasato Shibasaburō, Bernardo Houssay, and Friedrich Miescher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Severo Ochoa ranks 43. Before him are Marian Rejewski, Helen Wills, Jean Vigo, Carl Gustav Hempel, Shojiro Sugimura, and Dalton Trumbo. After him are Franz Ziereis, Enrique Ballestrero, Angelo Schiavio, Takashi Shimura, Lale Andersen, and Jean-Marie Villot. Among people deceased in 1993, Severo Ochoa ranks 36. Before him are Boris Christoff, Dizzy Gillespie, Cantinflas, Salah Jadid, Vincent Price, and Alexandra of Yugoslavia. After him are Arthur Ashe, Jean Negulesco, Cesar Chavez, W. Edwards Deming, Pat Nixon, and Masahiko Kimura.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Severo Ochoa ranks 338 out of 3,355. Before him are Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500), Eduardo Chillida (1924), Ramiro II of León (898), Andrés Iniesta (1984), Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), and Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907). After him are Ferdinand IV of Castile (1285), Marcus Ulpius Traianus the Elder (30), Yolande of Aragon (1384), Emilio Butragueño (1963), Rafael del Riego (1784), and Hisham I of Córdoba (757).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Spain

Among physicians born in Spain, Severo Ochoa ranks 4. Before him are Michael Servetus (1509), Al-Zahrawi (936), and Ibn Zuhr (1091). After him are Joseph Calasanz (1556), Leander of Seville (534), Hasdai ibn Shaprut (910), Petrus Alphonsi (1062), Nicolás Monardes (1508), Gregorio Marañón (1887), Concepción Aleixandre (1862), and Fernando Quiroga Palacios (1900).

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