Notable Births in Biochemistry
Adolf Butenandt (1903)
German biochemist Adolf Butenandt was born in 1903. He is renowned for his groundbreaking research on sex hormones, which earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939.
John Kendrew (1917)
English biochemist John Kendrew was born in 1917. He is recognized for his pivotal work in determining the structures of proteins, such as myoglobin, through X-ray crystallography, a contribution that led to him sharing the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1962.
John Woodland Hastings (1927)
American biochemist and academic John Woodland Hastings was born in 1927. He is well-known for his extensive research in the fields of bioluminescence and circadian rhythms.