Alexander Fleming

Picture of Alexander Fleming,  Discovered penicillin 1928
D.O.B
Died
Saturday August 6, 1881
Friday March 11, 1955
Next unlived
birthday in
 
 
Age in day of death
 
73
years
7
months
5
days
Age if still alive
143
years
4
months
16
days

Basic information

AKA
Sir Alexander Fleming
Category
Scientist
Subcategory
ScientistBiologist
Country
United Kingdom
Birth place
Lochfield, Ayr, Scotland

Scottish biologist, physician, microbiologist and pharmacologist who discovered penicillin in 1928

In 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain they received Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

He was voted third "greatest Scot" in an opinion poll in 2009 conducted by STV.

 

 

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Interesting calculations/facts about Alexander Fleming

Generation:
Zodiac sign: Leo ♌(July 23 - August 22)
Chinese zodiac sign:
Nr. of Heartbeats: 6,032,908,800
Nr. of Breaths: 1,225,434,600
Nr. of blinks (with 8 hours of sleep every day): 848,377,800
Hair length (if it was never cut): 2,182 cm or 21.82 meters (71 feet 7.1 inches)
Nail length (if it was never cut): 6,110 mm or 6.11 meters (20 feet 0.5 inches)

Animal Age

How old Alexander Fleming would be if they were an animal.
Dog
24.23 years
Cat
30.29 years
Turtle
357.44 years
Horse
54.53 years
Cow
40.39 years
Elephant
96.93 years

Planet Age

How old Alexander Fleming would be if they were born on a different planet
Mercury
595.31 years
Venus
233.06 years
Mars
76.23 years
Jupiter
12.08 years
Saturn
4.87 years

What happened on Alexander Fleming birthday

Birthdays: Soleil Moon Frye, Rolf Boldrewood, Catherine Hicks, Michelle Yeoh, Philip Haas
Deaths: Klaus Nomi

 

What happened on Alexander Fleming day of death

Birthdays: Mark Rober, Sandra Milo, Nina Hagen, Antonin Scalia, Harold Wilson
Deaths: Slobodan Milošević, Ole Kirk Christiansen, Philo Farnsworth, Richard Brooks, Rolf Boldrewood

 

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