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Gerald Edelman

American biologist

1929 - 2014

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His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2024). Gerald Edelman is the 139th most popular biologist (down from 136th in 2024), the 1,215th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,245th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Biologist. Learn more about Gerald Edelman's academic impact at Rankless.

Gerald Edelman is most famous for his theory of neuronal group selection, which states that the brain is a collection of interconnected neurons that are constantly competing for survival.

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Gerald Edelman ranks #1,215 among 23,232 people in Pantheon born in United States, inside the top 6% of that group.

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Gerald Edelman's biography appears in 53 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 90% of all Biologists.

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Among Biologists

Among biologists, Gerald Edelman ranks 139 out of 1,121. Before him are William Jackson Hooker, Lynn Margulis, Gaspard Bauhin, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Oliver Smithies, and Martin Evans. After him are Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Edward B. Lewis, Aimé Bonpland, Daniel Nathans, Charles Scott Sherrington, and E. O. Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Gerald Edelman ranks 64. Before him are James Last, Jean Simmons, Bill Evans, Zoltán Czibor, Günter Schabowski, and Gudrun Burwitz. After him are Paul Lauterbur, Alfred Moisiu, Bernard Haitink, Yevgeny Primakov, E. O. Wilson, and Omar Torrijos. Among people deceased in 2014, Gerald Edelman ranks 40. Before him are Harold Ramis, Adolfo Suárez, H. R. Giger, Richard Kiel, Masaru Emoto, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr.. After him are Tito Vilanova, William R. Pogue, Mickey Rooney, Dobrica Ćosić, Luise Rainer, and Karlheinz Böhm.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gerald Edelman ranks 1,215 out of 23,232. Before him are Ted Kennedy (1932), Robert Solow (1924), Carroll O'Connor (1924), Marco Rubio (1971), Robert Venturi (1925), and Linda Hunt (1945). After him are Mark Milley (1958), Paul Lauterbur (1929), John Tate (1925), Bette Midler (1945), Kirstie Alley (1951), and Murray Rothbard (1926).

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Among Biologists In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Gerald Edelman ranks 22. Before him are Sylvia Earle (1935), John Hopfield (1933), Robert Whittaker (1920), Hamilton O. Smith (1931), John Franklin Enders (1897), and Lynn Margulis (1938). After him are Edward B. Lewis (1918), Daniel Nathans (1928), E. O. Wilson (1929), Howard Martin Temin (1934), Joshua Lederberg (1925), and Thomas Huckle Weller (1915).

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