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Harald zur Hausen

1936 - Today

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Harald zur Hausen NAS EASA APS (German pronunciation: [ˈhaʁalt tsuːɐ̯ ˈhaʊzn̩] (listen); born 11 March 1936) is a German virologist and professor emeritus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harald zur Hausen has received more than 195,128 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Harald zur Hausen is the 34th most popular biologist (up from 41st in 2019), the 394th most popular biography from Germany (up from 466th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Biologist.

Harald zur Hausen is most famous for his discovery of the human papilloma virus (HPV) that causes cervical cancer.

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  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Harald zur Hausen ranks 34 out of 841. Before him are Conrad Gessner, Jules Bordet, Dian Fossey, Charles Richet, Theodor Schwann, and Yoshinori Ohsumi. After him are Albrecht Kossel, Karl von Frisch, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Christian de Duve, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, and Ada Yonath.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Harald zur Hausen ranks 21. Before him are Barry Barish, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Robert Woodrow Wilson, David Carradine, Barack Obama Sr., and F. W. de Klerk. After him are Richard Bach, Dennis Hopper, Wilt Chamberlain, Zubin Mehta, Glen Campbell, and Jim Clark.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Harald zur Hausen ranks 394 out of 6,142. Before him are Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926), Traudl Junge (1920), Leo von Caprivi (1831), Louise Mountbatten (1889), Richard Dedekind (1831), and Ernst Thälmann (1886). After him are Ernst Busch (1885), Hans Eysenck (1916), Joachim Peiper (1915), Hans Lippershey (1570), Walter Schellenberg (1910), and Robert Ley (1890).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Harald zur Hausen ranks 4. Before him are Ernst Haeckel (1834), Maria Sibylla Merian (1647), and Theodor Schwann (1810). After him are Albrecht Kossel (1853), August Weismann (1834), Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804), Hans Spemann (1869), Peter Simon Pallas (1741), Ernst Mayr (1904), Bernard Katz (1911), and Julius Richard Petri (1852).

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