BIOLOGIST

Jérôme Lejeune

1926 - 1994

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Jérôme Jean Louis Marie Lejeune (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁom ʒɑ̃ lwi maʁi ləʒœn]; 13 June 1926 – 3 April 1994) was a French pediatrician and geneticist, best known for his work on the link of diseases to chromosome abnormalities, most especially the link between Down Syndrome and trisomy-21 and cri du chat syndrome, amongst several others, and for his subsequent strong opposition to the improper and immoral use of amniocentesis prenatal testing for eugenic purposes through selective and elective abortion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jérôme Lejeune has received more than 171,874 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Jérôme Lejeune is the 274th most popular biologist (down from 204th in 2019), the 2,283rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,892nd in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Jérôme Lejeune ranks 274 out of 1,097. Before him are Francis Darwin, David Julius, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Christen C. Raunkiær, Peter Forsskål, and Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier. After him are Jack W. Szostak, John Maynard Smith, Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, René Louiche Desfontaines, George Bentham, and Salim Ali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Jérôme Lejeune ranks 138. Before him are Gordon Scott, Amadeo Carrizo, Erich Juskowiak, Bal Thackeray, Sergio Pininfarina, and Karel Reisz. After him are Choi Eun-hee, Ed McBain, Jürgen Moltmann, Jean-Marie Lustiger, Raul Hilberg, and Bhupen Hazarika. Among people deceased in 1994, Jérôme Lejeune ranks 101. Before him are Juan Carlos Onetti, Wilma Rudolph, Marcel Bich, Manos Hatzidakis, Roberto Burle Marx, and Donald Judd. After him are Álvaro del Portillo, Christian-Jaque, Elissa Aalto, Vazgen I, Jean Carmet, and Aleksandar Petrović.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jérôme Lejeune ranks 2,283 out of 6,770. Before him are Hugo Lloris (1986), Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784), Jean Behra (1921), Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine (1608), Jean-Pierre Jarier (1946), and Philippe Leroy (1930). After him are Claude Cahun (1894), François Berléand (1952), Hans von Salmuth (1888), Jean Chacornac (1823), Georges Claude (1870), and Edgar Faure (1908).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Jérôme Lejeune ranks 30. Before him are Armand David (1826), Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723), Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806), Pierre Belon (1517), Antoine Béchamp (1816), and Pierre Gaspard Chaumette (1763). After him are Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756), René Louiche Desfontaines (1750), Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777), Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784), Johann Hermann (1738), and Félix d'Herelle (1873).

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