Feodor Lynen

Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen was a German biochemist. In 1964 he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Konrad Bloch for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism while he was director of the Max-Planck Institute for Cellular Chemistry in Munich.

6 April 1911

Born on the same birth day (6 April): Barry Levinson • Gail Shea • George Waterhouse (politician) • John Sculley • Leyre Romero Gormaz • Marco Schällibaum • Mitchell Melton • Mitsuru Nagata • Paolo Nespoli • Pascal Rogé • Pasquale Paoli • Patrick Doyle • Paul Beresford

Born in the same month (April 1911): Bruno Beger • Chris Berger • Connie Marrero • Emil Cioran • George Roth • Guy Burgess • Hédi Amara Nouira • Ico Hitrec • Ivan Combe • Jean-Louis Lévesque • Johnny Revolta • Lee Falk • Lester Rodney • Mahmoud Younis • Nanette Bordeaux • Nino Sanzogno • Paul Verner • Stanisława Walasiewicz