BIOLOGIST

James P. Allison

1948 - Today

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James Patrick Allison (born August 7, 1948) is an American immunologist and Nobel laureate who holds the position of professor and chair of immunology and executive director of immunotherapy platform at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Allison is Regental Professor and Founding-Director of James P. Allison Institute at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. His discoveries have led to new cancer treatments for the deadliest cancers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James P. Allison has received more than 994,519 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). James P. Allison is the 303rd most popular biologist (up from 418th in 2019), the 2,871st most popular biography from United States (up from 4,089th in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 990k

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  • 55.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, James P. Allison ranks 303 out of 1,097Before him are Friedrich Loeffler, Félix d'Herelle, Nikolai Severtzov, Conrad Moench, Alexander von Middendorff, and Clemens von Pirquet. After him are Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, Johann Hedwig, Charles Plumier, Albert Günther, Pieter Boddaert, and Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, James P. Allison ranks 182Before him are Levan Tediashvili, Baldwin Lonsdale, Mahamane Ousmane, Tim Staffell, Philippe Garrel, and Jimmy Lai. After him are Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Remo Girone, Gunnar Nilsson, Nick Drake, Drago Jančar, and Pascal Quignard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James P. Allison ranks 2,871 out of 20,380Before him are Lizzie Magie (1866), Charles Bachman (1924), Karl Guthe Jansky (1905), Harold Bloom (1930), Morton Feldman (1926), and William Steig (1907). After him are Howard Zinn (1922), Andre Braugher (1962), Gloria Leonard (1940), Michael Dukakis (1933), Beatrice Wood (1893), and Carmen Argenziano (1943).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, James P. Allison ranks 54Before him are Carol W. Greider (1961), James Bond (1900), Henrietta Lacks (1920), Eric F. Wieschaus (1947), David Julius (1955), and David Baltimore (1938). After him are Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903), Bruce Beutler (1957), Phillip Allen Sharp (1944), George Ord (1781), Craig Venter (1946), and Esther Lederberg (1922).