List of biochemists Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

This page aims to list articles on about famous biochemists.

This list is not necessarily complete or up to date - if you see a biography that should be here but isn't (or one that shouldn't be here but is), please update the page accordingly. Note that the definition of biochemist is fairly loose here, and noted biological chemists, biophysists and others are included.

The format for each entry is:

• Name, (birth-death), Nationality, optional brief reason for fame - maybe including link.

A

• Isaac Asimov, (1920-1992), Russian-born American, prolific author.

B

• Michael Behe, (born c.1950?), ?, Irreducible complexity
• Konrad Emil Bloch, (1912-2000), German-American, 1964 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Adrian Brown, pioneer in enzyme kinetics
• Eduard Buchner, (1860-1917), German, 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry see Zymology
• Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916-1968), Swedish, composer and conductor.
• Boris Pavlovich Belousov (1893 - 1970), Soviet chemist/biophysicist, Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction.

C

• Carl Ferdinand Cori, (1896-1984), American, 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, glycogen research.
• Gerty Cori, (1896-1957), American, 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, glycogen research.

D

• Henrik Carl Peter Dam, (1895-1976), Danish, 1943 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Sergi Durmishidze (1910-1989), Georgian, Plant Biochemistry
• Revaz Dogonadze, (1931-1985), Georgian, Co-author of the Quantum-Mechanical Model of Enzyme Catalysis
• Christian de Duve, (born 1917), British-born Belgian, 1974 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine

E

F

• Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, (1910-1999), Polish, viral research.
• Kazimierz Funk, (1884-1967), Polish, see Vitamin

G

• Walter Gilbert, (born 1932), American, 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry see Biogen
• Duane Gish, (???), ???, see Institute for Creation Research.
• Varlam Gvaladze, (1893-1944), Georgian, Plant Biochemistry

H

• John Haldane, (?-?), British
• Dorothy Hodgkin, (1910-1994), British, Crystallographer 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work in determining the structure of important biochemical molecules.

I

J

K

• Sir Bernard Katz (1911-2003), German-born, 1970 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for work on nerve biochemistry and the pineal gland.
• Stuart Alan Kauffman, (born 1939), ???,
• John Kendrew, (1917-1997), British. Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1962 for determining the first crystal structure of a protein, myoglobin.
• Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, (1900-1981), German, 1953 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine see Krebs cycle
• George Kvesitadze (born 1942), Georgian, Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology

L

M

• John James Richard Macleod, (1876-1935), American, 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, discovery of Insulin.
• Thaddeus Mann, (1908-1993), British reproductive biologist.
• Maude Menten, of Michaelis-Menten enzyme kinetics fame
• Lenor Michaelis, enzyme kineticist
• Jacques Monod, (1910-1976), French, 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Kary Mullis, (born 1944), American, 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry see Polymerase chain reaction

N

• Joseph Needham (1900—1995), British
• Marshall Warren Nirenberg, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

O

• Frank Olsen, (?-1953), American, Non-consenting subject of CIA MKULTRA

P

• Louis Pasteur, (1822-1895), French, Pioneer in microbiology
• Max Perutz, (1914-2002), British, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1962 for solving the crystal structure of hemoglobin

Q

R

• David Rittenberg, (1906-1970), US, pioneer of radioactive tagging of molecules

S

• Rudolph Schoenheimer (1898 - 1941), German/ US, pioneer of radioactive tagging of molecules
• Rupert Sheldrake, (born 1942), British, biologist and author.

T

U

• Zurab Urushadze, (born 1930), Georgian, Co-author of the Quantum-Mechanical Model of Enzyme Catalysis

V

• Angela Vincent, (born ?), British, Autoimmune and genetic disorders.
• Frederic Vester, (1925-2003), German, Author and ecologist.
• John Craig Venter, (born 1946), American, Human Genome Project.

W

• Friedrich Wöhler, (1810-1882), German, chemist.

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