Emil Fischer

Hermann Emil Louis Fischer was a German chemist and 1902 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He discovered the Fischer esterification. He also developed the Fischer projection, a symbolic way of drawing asymmetric carbon atoms. He also hypothesized lock and key mechanism of enzyme action. He never used his first given name, and was known throughout his life simply as Emil Fischer.

9 October 1852

Born on the same birth day (9 October): Aimee Semple McPherson • Alfred Dreyfus • Anbumani Ramadoss • David Plummer (swimmer) • Heinz Fischer • Jacob Batalon • Jan Christian Vestre • Juan Dixon • Leopold V, Archduke of Austria • Lucy Akello • Sian Evans • Ōnokuni Yasushi

Born in the same month (October 1852): Carl von In der Maur • Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak • William Ramsay