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Gertrude B. Elion

  • New York: January 23, 1918 celebration
  • Chapel Hill: February 21, 1999 celebration
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    Gertrude B. Elion

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    Gertrude Belle Elion  

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  • celebration Date of birth

    New York: January 23, 1918  

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    Chapel Hill: February 21, 1999  

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    1. biochemistry
    2. pharmacology
     

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    1. New York University Tandon School of Engineering
    2. New York University
    3. Jamaica High School
    4. Hunter College
    5. Walton High School
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. National Inventors Hall of Fame (1991)
    2. Lemelson–MIT Prize (1997)
    3. National Medal of Science (1991)
    4. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    5. Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1995)
    6. North Carolina Award for Science (1989)
    7. Women in Technology Hall of Fame (1998)
    8. National Women's Hall of Fame (1991)
    9. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1988)
    10. Garvan–Olin Medal (1968)
     

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  • American biochemist and pharmacologist (1918–1999) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (1991), Lemelson–MIT Prize (1997), National Medal of Science (1991)

1. Doortje Smithuijsen

  • January 23, 1992 celebration

University of Amsterdam, Barlaeus Gymnasium | January 23, 1992 - Bonn: June 2, 1956 | Doortje Smithuijsen | January 23, 1992 - Bonn: June 2, 1956

2. Barbara Holland

  • January 23, 1976 celebration

New Zealand-born Australian mathematician | Hamilton Award (2005) | Massey University (2001), Massey University | January 23, 1976 - São Vicente: February 29, 1972

3. Yueh-Lin Loo

  • Kuala Lumpur: January 23, 1974 celebration

award-Winning Malaysian-American Chemical Engineer | Owens Corning Early Career Award (2012), John H. Dillon Medal (2010), Fellow of the American Physical Society (2013)

4. Philippe Michel

  • Lyon: January 23, 1969 celebration

French mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), Academia Europaea, Cours Peccot (1998) | University of Paris-Sud, École normale

5. Jérôme Faist (Jerome Faist)

  • Geneva: January 23, 1962 celebration

Swiss physicist | William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award (1998) | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne | Geneva: January 23, 1962 - July 3, 2024

6. Pascal Nouvel

  • Paris: January 23, 1962 celebration

French writer | Paris: January 23, 1962 - Sofia: June 21, 1943 | Pascal Nouvel | Paris: January 23, 1962 - Sofia: June 21, 1943

7. Jabik Veenbaas

  • Hilaard: January 23, 1959 celebration

born 1959; poet, philosopher and translator | Filter Vertaalprijs (2010) | University of Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Hilaard: January 23, 1959

8. Ieke Moerdijk

  • Veenendaal: January 23, 1958 celebration

Dutch mathematician | Spinoza Prize (2012), Descartes-Huygens Prize (2011) | University of Amsterdam | Veenendaal: January 23, 1958 - Munich: January 28, 1945

9. Surya Subedi

  • Nepal: January 23, 1958 celebration

Barrister & professor | University of Oxford | Nepal: January 23, 1958 - Baku: January 1, 1963 | Surya Subedi | Nepal: January 23, 1958 - Baku: January 1, 1963

10. Kosuke Morita

  • Fukuoka Prefecture: January 23, 1957 celebration

Japanese scientist | Kyushu University | Fukuoka Prefecture: January 23, 1957 - Del Mar: October 7, 2008 | Kosuke Morita | Fukuoka Prefecture: January 23, 1957

11. Oleh Herasymov

  • Odesa: January 23, 1955 celebration

Ukrainian physicist | Odesa University | Odesa: January 23, 1955 - Kyiv: April 1, 1937 | Oleh Herasymov | Odesa: January 23, 1955 - Kyiv: April 1, 1937

12. Nome

  • January 23, 1955 celebration

Spiritual teacher of Advaita Vedanta especially as is contained in the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi | January 23, 1955 - Crodo: August 29, 1862 | Nome

13. Alister McGrath

  • Belfast: January 23, 1953 celebration

Northern Irish theologian, Anglican priest, and academic (born 1953) | Merton College, Linacre College, Wadham College, Westcott House, Down High School

14. Fuad Aleskerov

  • Baku: January 23, 1951 celebration

Russian mathematician | VDNKh silver medal, Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class | MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow

15. Maximilian Haider

  • Freistadt: January 23, 1950 celebration

Austrian physicist | Wolf Prize in Physics (2011), Karl Heinz Beckurts Award (2006), BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2013) | Technical University

16. Stanislav Hubík (Stanislav Hubik)

  • January 23, 1949 celebration

Masaryk University Faculty of Arts | January 23, 1949 - Springfield: May 30, 1911 | Stanislav Hubík (Stanislav Hubik) | January 23, 1949 - Springfield: May 30, 1911

17. Peter Cameron

  • Toowoomba: January 23, 1947 celebration

Australian mathematician | Whitehead Prize (1979), Euler Medal (2003), Senior Whitehead Prize (2017), Rhodes Scholarship (1968), Forder Lectureship (2008)

18. Vladimir Fortov

  • Noginsk: January 23, 1946 celebration
  • Moscow: November 29, 2020 deceased

Russian physicist, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1946–2020) | Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy", Knight of the Legion of Honour

19. Boris Berezovsky

  • Moscow: January 23, 1946 celebration
  • Ascot: March 23, 2013 deceased

Russian oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician (1946-2013) | Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude (1996), Lenin Komsomol

20. Gunter Gebauer

  • Timmendorfer Strand: January 23, 1944 celebration

German philosopher and linguist | Timmendorfer Strand: January 23, 1944 - Manaslu: September 23, 2012 | Gunter Gebauer | Timmendorfer Strand: January 23, 1944

21. Corneliu Mircea

  • January 23, 1944 celebration

Romanian philosopher and phychiatrist | January 23, 1944 - Cambridge: September 22, 2023 | Corneliu Mircea | January 23, 1944 - Cambridge: September 22, 2023

22. Georgios C. Papanicolaou

  • Athens: January 23, 1943 celebration

Greek-American mathematician | honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII (2011), Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (2011), honorary doctor of the

23. Valery Kononenko

  • January 23, 1943 celebration
  • Minsk: January 1, 2023 deceased

Belarusian scientist | Belarusian State University | January 23, 1943 - Minsk: January 1, 2023 | Valery Kononenko | January 23, 1943 - Minsk: January 1, 2023

24. Alain Cugno

  • Paris: January 23, 1942 celebration

French philosopher | École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud | Paris: January 23, 1942 - January 1, 1020 | Alain Cugno | Paris: January 23, 1942 - January 1

25. Antal Iványi (Antal Ivanyi)

  • Kecskemét: January 23, 1942 celebration
  • Budapest: January 8, 2017 deceased

Hungarian computer scientist and university professor | Eötvös Loránd University, University of Pannonia | Kecskemét: January 23, 1942 - Budapest: January 8, 2017

26. Franz Hasselbach

  • January 23, 1940 celebration

January 23, 1940 - January 1, 1917 | Franz Hasselbach | January 23, 1940 - January 1, 1917

27. Sergey Kara-Murza

  • Moscow: January 23, 1939 celebration

Soviet and Russian chemist | MSU Faculty of Chemistry | Moscow: January 23, 1939 - July 27, 1907 | Sergey Kara-Murza | Moscow: January 23, 1939 - July 27, 1907

28. Edward C. Stone

  • Knoxville: January 23, 1936 celebration
  • Pasadena: June 9, 2024 deceased

American space scientist (1936–2024) | NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1980), NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2001), NASA Distinguished

29. Georgy Golitsyn

  • Moscow: January 23, 1935 celebration

Russian physicist | Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude, Demidov Prize (1996), B. Golitsyn Prize, Order of Honour, Order "For Merit to the

30. Alberto Cassano

  • Carmen de Patagones: January 23, 1935 celebration
  • Santa Fe: July 12, 2014 deceased

Argentinian engineer | National University of the Littoral | Carmen de Patagones: January 23, 1935 - Santa Fe: July 12, 2014 | Alberto Cassano | Carmen de

31. Ksenia Razumova

  • January 23, 1931 celebration

Russian physicist | Hannes Alfvén Prize, USSR State Prize | January 23, 1931 - Tbilisi: October 2, 1929 | Ksenia Razumova | January 23, 1931 - Tbilisi: October 2, 1929

32. William R. Pogue

  • Okemah: January 23, 1930 celebration
  • Cocoa Beach: March 3, 2014 deceased

American astronaut (1930-2014) | Air Medal, NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1974), United States Astronaut Hall of Fame | Oklahoma State

33. John Polanyi

  • Berlin: January 23, 1929 celebration

Hungarian-Canadian chemist | Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1982), Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, honorary doctorate at the Laval University (1987), Nobel

34. Walter Frederick Morrison

  • Richfield: January 23, 1920 celebration
  • Monroe: February 9, 2010 deceased

inventor of the Frisbee (1920–2010) | flying disc | John Marshall High School | Richfield: January 23, 1920 - Monroe: February 9, 2010 | Walter Frederick

35. Gertrude B. Elion

  • New York: January 23, 1918 celebration
  • Chapel Hill: February 21, 1999 deceased

American biochemist and pharmacologist (1918–1999) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (1991), Lemelson–MIT Prize (1997), National Medal of Science (1991)

36. Grigory Makarov

  • January 23, 1918 celebration

Petrozavodsk State University | January 23, 1918 - Saint Petersburg: February 27, 1970 | Grigory Makarov | January 23, 1918 - Saint Petersburg: February 27, 1970

37. Edward Creutz

  • Beaver Dam: January 23, 1913 celebration
  • Rancho Santa Fe: June 27, 2009 deceased

American physicist | Joseph A. Craig High School, University of Wisconsin–Madison | Beaver Dam: January 23, 1913 - Rancho Santa Fe: June 27, 2009 | Edward

38. Ferenc Pető (Ferenc Peto)

  • Szeged: January 23, 1912 celebration
  • Houston: January 1, 2008 deceased

Hungarian-American philosopher | University of Szeged, University of Paris | Szeged: January 23, 1912 - Houston: January 1, 2008 | Ferenc Pető - Pető Dezső

39. Hideki Yukawa

  • Azabu: January 23, 1907 celebration
  • Kyoto: September 8, 1981 deceased

Japanese theoretical physicist (1907-1981) | doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1956), Lomonosov Gold Medal (1963), Nobel Prize in Physics

40. Erich Neumann

  • Berlin: January 23, 1905 celebration
  • Tel Aviv: November 5, 1960 deceased

German writer, psychologist and philosopher (1905-1960) | University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, Humboldt University of Berlin | Berlin: January 23, 1905 - Tel

41. An Ho-sang

  • January 23, 1902 celebration
  • Incheon: February 21, 1999 deceased

South Korean poet (1902-1999) | University of Jena | January 23, 1902 - Incheon: February 21, 1999 | An Ho-sang | January 23, 1902 - Incheon: February 21, 1999

42. Yan Jici

  • Zhejiang: January 23, 1901 celebration
  • November 2, 1996 deceased

Chinese physicist (1901-1996) | Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1955) | Shanghai Datong High School, Southeast University, Nanjing University

43. Masaaki Kōsaka (Masaaki Kosaka)

  • January 23, 1900 celebration

Kyoto University | January 23, 1900 - Vienna: August 24, 1914 | Masaaki Kōsaka (Masaaki Kosaka) | January 23, 1900 - Vienna: August 24, 1914

44. Johannes Martin Bijvoet

  • Amsterdam: January 23, 1892 celebration
  • Winterswijk: March 4, 1980 deceased

Dutch crystallographer (1892–1980) | Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1972) | University of Amsterdam | Amsterdam: January 23, 1892 - Winterswijk: March 4, 1980

45. Amiya Charan Banerjee

  • Bhagalpur: January 23, 1891 celebration
  • Kolkata: May 31, 1968 deceased

Indian mathematician (1891-1968) | University of Calcutta, Clare College, Presidency University | Bhagalpur: January 23, 1891 - Kolkata: May 31, 1968 | Amiya

46. Sigurd Köhler (Sigurd Kohler)

  • January 23, 1890 celebration

Sven Eriksonsgymnasiet | January 23, 1890 - Zella-Mehlis: November 20, 1928 | Sigurd Köhler (Sigurd Kohler) | January 23, 1890 - Zella-Mehlis: November 20, 1928

47. Lajos Fülep (Lajos Fulep)

  • Budapest: January 23, 1885 celebration
  • Budapest: October 7, 1970 deceased

art historian, philosopher (1885-1970) | Hungarian Heritage Award (2001), Kossuth Prize (1957) | Eötvös Loránd University, Debrecen Reformed Theological University

48. Edwin Plimpton Adams

  • Prague: January 23, 1878 celebration
  • Princeton: December 31, 1956 deceased

physicist | Order of the British Empire | Trinity College, Harvard University | Prague: January 23, 1878 - Princeton: December 31, 1956 | Edwin Plimpton Adams

49. Aleksandr Aleksejev

  • Kharkov Governorate: January 23, 1876 celebration

Russian lawyer (1876–?) | Imperial Kharkov University | Kharkov Governorate: January 23, 1876 - Saint Petersburg: February 27, 1887 | Aleksandr Aleksejev

50. Otto Diels

  • Hamburg: January 23, 1876 celebration
  • Kiel: March 7, 1954 deceased

German chemist (1876–1954) | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1950), Adolf-von-Baeyer Gold Medal (1931), Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal

51. Heinrich Emil Timerding

  • Strasbourg: January 23, 1873 celebration
  • Brunswick: April 30, 1945 deceased

German mathematician (1873–1945) | University of Strasbourg, Columbia University | Strasbourg: January 23, 1873 - Brunswick: April 30, 1945 | Heinrich Emil

52. Sophia Getzowa

  • Vilnius: January 23, 1872 celebration
  • Jerusalem: July 12, 1946 deceased

Belarusian-Israeli scientist | University of Bern | Vilnius: January 23, 1872 - Jerusalem: July 12, 1946 | Sophia Getzowa | Vilnius: January 23, 1872

53. Paul Langevin

  • Paris: January 23, 1872 celebration
  • Paris: December 19, 1946 deceased

French physicist, philosopher of science and pedagogue (1872-1946) | La Caze Prize of the Academy of Sciences (1924), Hughes Medal (1915), Commander of the

54. Tōten Miyazaki (Toten Miyazaki)

  • Arao: January 23, 1871 celebration
  • Tokyo Prefecture: June 12, 1922 deceased

Japanese social activist (1871-1922) | Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō | Arao: January 23, 1871 - Tokyo Prefecture: June 12, 1922 | Tōten Miyazaki (Toten Miyazaki)

55. William G. Morgan

  • Lockport: January 23, 1870 celebration
  • Lockport: December 27, 1942 deceased

inventor of volleyball | Northfield Mount Hermon School, Springfield College | Lockport: January 23, 1870 - Lockport: December 27, 1942 | William G. Morgan

56. Gilbert John Fowler

  • Paris: January 23, 1868 celebration
  • March 21, 1953 deceased

British biochemist who worked in India (1868-1953) | Paris: January 23, 1868 - March 21, 1953 | Gilbert John Fowler | Paris: January 23, 1868 - March 21, 1953

57. Frank Shuman

  • Brooklyn: January 23, 1862 celebration
  • Philadelphia: April 28, 1918 deceased

American inventor (1862–1918) | John Scott Award (1894) | Brooklyn: January 23, 1862 - Philadelphia: April 28, 1918 | Frank Shuman | Brooklyn: January 23

58. David Hilbert

  • Kaliningrad: January 23, 1862 celebration
  • Göttingen: February 14, 1943 deceased

German mathematician (1862–1943) | Bolyai Prize (1910), Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Cothenius Medal (1906), Foreign Member of the Royal

59. Wilhelm Wislicenus

  • Zurich: January 23, 1861 celebration
  • Tübingen: June 8, 1922 deceased

German chemist | University of Würzburg | Zurich: January 23, 1861 - Tübingen: June 8, 1922 | Wilhelm Wislicenus | Zurich: January 23, 1861 - Tübingen: June 8, 1922

60. John Browning

  • Ogden: January 23, 1855 celebration
  • Liège: November 26, 1926 deceased

firearms designer of the United States (1855-1926) | National Inventors Hall of Fame (2007) | .45 ACP, Colt M1911, M2 Browning | Utah Tech University | Ogden

61. Louis Tuchscherer

  • Schönheide: January 23, 1847 celebration
  • Chemnitz: October 21, 1922 deceased

German inventor and mechanic (1847–1922) | Schönheide: January 23, 1847 - Chemnitz: October 21, 1922 | Louis Tuchscherer | Schönheide: January 23, 1847

62. John G. Butler

  • Pittsburgh: January 23, 1842 celebration
  • Portland: August 17, 1914 deceased

United States Army general and inventor | United States Military Academy, University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh: January 23, 1842 - Portland: August 17, 1914

63. Edward Lewis Sturtevant

  • Boston: January 23, 1842 celebration
  • Framingham: July 30, 1898 deceased

Agronomist and botanist (1842-1898) | Harvard Medical School, Bowdoin College | Boston: January 23, 1842 - Framingham: July 30, 1898 | Edward Lewis Sturtevant

64. Ernst Abbe

  • Eisenach: January 23, 1840 celebration
  • Jena: January 14, 1905 deceased

German physicist (1840–1905) | Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1903) | University of Göttingen, University of Jena | Eisenach: January 23

65. Edward Spencer Beesly

  • Feckenham: January 23, 1831 celebration
  • St Leonards: March 7, 1915 deceased

British historian and philosopher | King William's College | Feckenham: January 23, 1831 - St Leonards: March 7, 1915 | Edward Spencer Beesly | Feckenham

66. Joseph-Michel Guardia

  • Alaior: January 23, 1830 celebration
  • Paris: January 1, 1897 deceased

Spanish librarian, teacher and translator (1830–1897) | Alaior: January 23, 1830 - Paris: January 1, 1897 | Joseph-Michel Guardia | Alaior: January 23, 1830

67. Mikhail Kapustin

  • Alexandrovsky Uyezd: January 23, 1828 celebration
  • Saint Petersburg: November 23, 1899 deceased

jurist from Russia (1828-1899) | Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class, Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class, Order of Saint Anna, 1st class

68. Nicolas Laforet

  • Graide: January 23, 1823 celebration
  • Leuven: January 26, 1872 deceased

Belgian Catholic philosopher and theologian (1823-1872) | Graide: January 23, 1823 - Leuven: January 26, 1872 | Nicolas Laforet | Graide: January 23, 1823

69. Peter von Rittinger

  • Nový Jičín: January 23, 1811 celebration
  • Vienna: December 7, 1872 deceased

Austrian scientist (1811-1872) | Order of the Iron Crown | Palacký University Olomouc | Nový Jičín: January 23, 1811 - Vienna: December 7, 1872 | Peter von

70. Ferdinand Minding

  • Kalisz: January 23, 1806 celebration
  • Tartu: May 3, 1885 deceased

German-Russian mathematician (1806–1885) | Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class | pseudosphere | Humboldt University of Berlin | Kalisz: January 23, 1806

71. Karl Ernst Claus

  • Tartu: January 23, 1796 celebration
  • Tartu: March 24, 1864 deceased

Baltic German scientist (1796-1864) | Demidov Prize (1845) | Imperial University of Dorpat | Tartu: January 23, 1796 - Tartu: March 24, 1864 | Karl Ernst Claus

72. Carl Adolph Agardh

  • Båstads parish: January 23, 1785 celebration
  • Karlstad church parish: January 28, 1859 deceased

Swedish cleric and botanist (1785–1859) | Lund, Lund University | Båstads parish: January 23, 1785 - Karlstad church parish: January 28, 1859 | Carl Adolph

73. Charles Louis Cadet de Gassicourt

  • Paris: January 23, 1769 celebration
  • Paris: November 21, 1821 deceased

French lawyer, pharmacist and writer | Chevalier de l'Empire (1809), Knight of the Legion of Honour (1815) | Paris: January 23, 1769 - Paris: November 21, 1821

74. Wolfgang von Kempelen

  • Bratislava: January 23, 1734 celebration
  • Alservorstadt: March 26, 1804 deceased

Austrian dramatic, graphic, constructer, linguist, painter, writer, inventor and nobleman (1734-1804) | Bratislava: January 23, 1734 - Alservorstadt: March 26, 1804

75. Georg Bernhard Bilfinger

  • Bad Cannstatt: January 23, 1693 celebration
  • Stuttgart: February 18, 1750 deceased

German mathematician (1693-1750) | University of Tübingen | Bad Cannstatt: January 23, 1693 - Stuttgart: February 18, 1750 | Georg Bernhard Bilfinger | Bad

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