Candace Pert

Candace Beebe Pert was an American neuroscientist and pharmacologist who discovered the opioid receptor, the cellular binding site for endorphins in the brain.

26 June 1946

Born on the same birth day (26 June): Aimé Césaire • Bronisław Żurakowski • Chad Pennington • David Winnick • Duvier Riascos • Edward Holyoke • Jūlija Tepliha • Kanako Kondō • Kenny Baker (fiddler) • Matt Letscher • Mike Myers (baseball) • Olivier Dahan • Patty Smyth • Paul Thomas Anderson • Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark • Quincy Lewis • Sean Hayes • Shannon Sharpe • Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri

Born in the same month (June 1946): Bob Grant (rugby league) • Bruce Davison • Bruiser Brody • Catherine Bréchignac • David Collenette • Derek Sanderson • Donald Trump • Ellison Onizuka • Ian McDonald (musician) • Jack Horner (paleontologist) • Maria Bethânia • Mark Ritts • Michel Bergeron (ice hockey coach) • Neil MacGregor • Patrick Head • Ted Shackelford • Wanderléa • Zbigniew Seifert