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Giacomo Rizzolatti
Italian neuroscientist (born 1937).
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Giacomo Rizzolatti is an Italian neuroscientist. Born on 28 April 1937 in Kyiv, Rizzolatti is 89.
Rizzolatti studied at University of Padua. Honours include honorary doctorate of Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Feltrinelli Prize and Herlitzka Prize, among 10 recorded.
With a Wikipedia article in 21 languages, Giacomo Rizzolatti is No. 78,010 in the People and Position Index.
- Born
- 28 April 1937, Kyiv (age 89)
- Country
- Italy
- Known as
- Neurologist, university teacher, psychologist
- Field
- Science
- Education
- University of Padua
- Languages
- Italian
- Wikipedia editions
- 21
Did you know
28 Apr
Shares a birthday with Saddam Hussein and James Monroe.
169
One of 169 people in the Index born in Kyiv, with Golda Meir.
21
Has a Wikipedia article in 21 languages.
Computed from the Index and Wikidata.
Honours and works
Awards
- Honorary doctorate of Claude Bernard University Lyon 11999
- Feltrinelli Prize2000
- Herlitzka Prize2005
- Grawemeyer Awards2007
- Neuronal Plasticity Prize2007
- Jean-Louis Signoret Prize2010
- Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research2011
- The Brain Prize2014
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society2021
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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