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Stanley Cohen

1922 - 2020

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Stanley Cohen (November 17, 1922 – February 5, 2020) was an American biochemist who, along with Rita Levi-Montalcini, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1986 for the isolation of nerve growth factor and the discovery of epidermal growth factor. He died in February 2020 at the age of 97. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stanley Cohen is the 116th most popular physician (down from 73rd in 2019), the 899th most popular biography from United States (down from 578th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Physician.

Stanley Cohen is most famous for being a lawyer who was involved in the Iran-Contra scandal.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Stanley Cohen ranks 116 out of 726. Before him are Werner Forssmann, James Parkinson, Herbert Spencer Gasser, Albert Sabin, Arvid Carlsson, and Eric Kandel. After him are Alexandre Yersin, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, John Eccles, Hotepsekhemwy, Alexander Bogdanov, and Johannes Peter Müller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Stanley Cohen ranks 38. Before him are Iannis Xenakis, Telly Savalas, Clair Cameron Patterson, Vittorio Gassman, Jason Robards, and Ahmed Sékou Touré. After him are Otto Carius, Nándor Hidegkuti, Julius Nyerere, Nikolay Basov, Miguel Muñoz, and Liliane Bettencourt. Among people deceased in 2020, Stanley Cohen ranks 31. Before him are Ian Holm, Jean Kennedy Smith, John Turner, Frances E. Allen, Rob Rensenbrink, and Abdul Halim Khaddam. After him are John Lewis, Diana Rigg, John le Carré, Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Arthur Ashkin, and Lee Teng-hui.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stanley Cohen ranks 899 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Louis (1914), Dick Van Dyke (1925), Frank Abagnale (1948), Sidney Lumet (1924), Harry Belafonte (1927), and Patrick Leahy (1940). After him are Robert Curl (1933), Raquel Welch (1940), Jennifer Aniston (1969), Ron Perlman (1950), John Lewis (1940), and F. Murray Abraham (1939).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Stanley Cohen ranks 11. Before him are Harvey Cushing (1869), Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916), George Minot (1885), Michael DeBakey (1908), Harvey J. Alter (1935), and Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888). After him are Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), William T. G. Morton (1819), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), Drew Weissman (1959), George Whipple (1878), and Francis Peyton Rous (1879).

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