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Vincent du Vigneaud

1901 - 1978

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Vincent du Vigneaud (May 18, 1901 – December 11, 1978) was an American biochemist. He was recipient of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone," a reference to his work on the peptide hormone oxytocin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vincent du Vigneaud is the 101st most popular chemist (up from 117th in 2019), the 530th most popular biography from United States (up from 719th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Chemist.

Vincent du Vigneaud is most famous for his discovery of the enzyme, phenylalanine hydroxylase, which catalyzes the conversion of phenylalanine to tyrosine.

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Among chemists, Vincent du Vigneaud ranks 101 out of 602. Before him are Heinrich Otto Wieland, Theodore William Richards, William Howard Stein, Arne Tiselius, Stanford Moore, and Konrad Emil Bloch. After him are Joseph Black, Henrik Dam, George de Hevesy, Paul J. Crutzen, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, and Paul Hermann Müller.

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Among people born in 1901, Vincent du Vigneaud ranks 30. Before him are Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Joaquín Rodrigo, Jean Dubuffet, Mohamed Naguib, J. D. Bernal, and Max Euwe. After him are Witold Pilecki, Ricardo Zamora, Simon Kuznets, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, and Princess Sophie of Hohenberg. Among people deceased in 1978, Vincent du Vigneaud ranks 16. Before him are Mohammed Daoud Khan, Giorgio de Chirico, Robert Shaw, Harry Martinson, Ramón Mercader, and Adolf Dassler. After him are Jack L. Warner, Anastas Mikoyan, Ricardo Zamora, Umberto Nobile, Margaret Mead, and John Cazale.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vincent du Vigneaud ranks 530 out of 20,380. Before him are Louis Gossett Jr. (1936), Irwin Rose (1926), Dean Martin (1917), Herman Hollerith (1860), Jim Mattis (1950), and David Morse (1953). After him are Richard Widmark (1914), Sean Penn (1960), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), Gertrude Stein (1874), Harriet Tubman (1820), and Joe Frazier (1944).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Vincent du Vigneaud ranks 19. Before him are James B. Sumner (1887), Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889), Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893), Theodore William Richards (1868), William Howard Stein (1911), and Stanford Moore (1913). After him are Irving Langmuir (1881), Melvin Calvin (1911), Gilbert N. Lewis (1875), Edward W. Morley (1838), William Lipscomb (1919), and Paul Berg (1926).

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