PHYSICIAN
Niels Kaj Jerne
1911 - 1994
Niels Kaj Jerne
Niels Kaj Jerne, FRS (23 December 1911 – 7 October 1994) was a Danish immunologist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1984 with Georges J. F. Köhler and César Milstein "for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies". Jerne is known for three significant ideas. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Niels Kaj Jerne has received more than 129,114 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Niels Kaj Jerne is the 115th most popular physician (up from 126th in 2019), the 582nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 697th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Physician.
Niels Kaj Jerne is most famous for his work in immunology. He is considered the father of modern immunology. In 1984, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in understanding how the immune system recognizes and responds to foreign invaders.
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130k
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Languages Editions (L)
15.66
Effective Languages (L*)
2.48
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Among PHYSICIANS
Among physicians, Niels Kaj Jerne ranks 115 out of 726. Before him are Eric Kandel, Ulf von Euler, Jonas Salk, Andrew Schally, Arvid Carlsson, and Friedrich Miescher. After him are Ryke Geerd Hamer, Santorio Santorio, Erasistratus, Francis Peyton Rous, Franz Joseph Gall, and Richard von Krafft-Ebing.
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Niels Kaj Jerne
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HPI: 63.22
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1911, Niels Kaj Jerne ranks 35. Before him are Jules Dassin, Milovan Đilas, William Alfred Fowler, Bernard Katz, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, and William Howard Stein. After him are Ginger Rogers, Max Frisch, Odysseas Elytis, Trygve Haavelmo, Ernesto Sabato, and John Archibald Wheeler. Among people deceased in 1994, Niels Kaj Jerne ranks 40. Before him are Henry Mancini, Sergei Bondarchuk, Gian Maria Volonté, Marija Gimbutas, Juvénal Habyarimana, and Pierre Boulle. After him are Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, Witold Lutosławski, Fernando Rey, Pujie, Roger Wolcott Sperry, and Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
Others Born in 1911
Go to all RankingsJules Dassin
FILM DIRECTOR
1911 - 2008
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 29
Milovan Đilas
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 30
William Alfred Fowler
ASTRONOMER
1911 - 1995
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 31
Bernard Katz
BIOLOGIST
1911 - 2003
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 32
Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1937
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 33
William Howard Stein
CHEMIST
1911 - 1980
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 34
Niels Kaj Jerne
PHYSICIAN
1911 - 1994
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 35
Ginger Rogers
ACTOR
1911 - 1995
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 36
Max Frisch
WRITER
1911 - 1991
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 37
Odysseas Elytis
WRITER
1911 - 1996
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 38
Trygve Haavelmo
ECONOMIST
1911 - 1999
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 39
Ernesto Sabato
WRITER
1911 - 2011
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Rank: 40
John Archibald Wheeler
PHYSICIST
1911 - 2008
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 41
Others Deceased in 1994
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COMPOSER
1924 - 1994
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 34
Sergei Bondarchuk
FILM DIRECTOR
1920 - 1994
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 35
Gian Maria Volonté
ACTOR
1933 - 1994
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 36
Marija Gimbutas
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1921 - 1994
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 37
Juvénal Habyarimana
POLITICIAN
1937 - 1994
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 38
Pierre Boulle
WRITER
1912 - 1994
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 39
Niels Kaj Jerne
PHYSICIAN
1911 - 1994
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 40
Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1994
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 41
Witold Lutosławski
COMPOSER
1913 - 1994
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 42
Fernando Rey
ACTOR
1917 - 1994
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 43
Pujie
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1994
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 44
Roger Wolcott Sperry
PSYCHOLOGIST
1913 - 1994
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 45
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
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HPI: 62.77
Rank: 46
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Niels Kaj Jerne ranks 582 out of 8,785. Before him are A. J. Cronin (1896), Jonathan Pryce (1947), Antony Hewish (1924), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767), Richard of Cornwall (1209), and Maud of Wales (1869). After him are A. S. Neill (1883), Chris Slade (1946), Erasmus Darwin (1731), Tony Iommi (1948), Annie Lennox (1954), and Joan Collins (1933).
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WRITER
1896 - 1981
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 576
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ACTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 577
Antony Hewish
ASTRONOMER
1924 - 2021
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 578
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
POLITICIAN
1767 - 1820
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 579
Richard of Cornwall
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1209 - 1272
HPI: 63.69
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COMPANION
1869 - 1938
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1883 - 1973
HPI: 63.67
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Chris Slade
MUSICIAN
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 584
Erasmus Darwin
BIOLOGIST
1731 - 1802
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 585
Tony Iommi
MUSICIAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 586
Annie Lennox
SINGER
1954 - Present
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 587
Joan Collins
ACTOR
1933 - Present
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 588
Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom
Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Niels Kaj Jerne ranks 6. Before him are Edward Jenner (1749), William Harvey (1578), Elizabeth Blackwell (1821), Joseph Lister (1827), and James Parkinson (1755). After him are John Snow (1813), Edgar Adrian (1889), James Black (1924), John Langdon Down (1828), Frederick Griffith (1879), and Alan Hodgkin (1914).
Edward Jenner
1749 - 1823
HPI: 77.00
Rank: 1
William Harvey
1578 - 1657
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 2
Elizabeth Blackwell
1821 - 1910
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 3
Joseph Lister
1827 - 1912
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 4
James Parkinson
1755 - 1824
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 5
Niels Kaj Jerne
1911 - 1994
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 6
John Snow
1813 - 1858
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 7
Edgar Adrian
1889 - 1977
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 8
James Black
1924 - 2010
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 9
John Langdon Down
1828 - 1896
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 10
Frederick Griffith
1879 - 1941
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 11
Alan Hodgkin
1914 - 1998
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 12