Physician

Niels Kaj Jerne

Danish immunologist

1911 - 1994

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Niels Kaj Jerne

His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2024). Niels Kaj Jerne is the 106th most popular physician (up from 116th in 2024), the 561st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 582nd in 2019) and the 8th 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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Among Physicians

Among physicians, Niels Kaj Jerne ranks 106 out of 726. Before him are Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Shirō Ishii, George Minot, Michael DeBakey, Louis Auguste Blanqui, and Ulf von Euler. After him are Cornelius Jansen, Frederick Banting, Harvey J. Alter, Ctesias, Werner Forssmann, and James Parkinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Niels Kaj Jerne ranks 31. Before him are Jack Ruby, Polykarp Kusch, Marshall McLuhan, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Tennessee Williams, and William Alfred Fowler. After him are Feodor Lynen, Robert Johnson, Wilhelm Mohnke, Gian Carlo Menotti, Max Frisch, and Klaus Fuchs. Among people deceased in 1994, Niels Kaj Jerne ranks 32. Before him are John Wayne Gacy, Paul Feyerabend, Mas Oyama, Domenico Modugno, Billy Wright, and Roland Ratzenberger. After him are George Peppard, Telly Savalas, Guy Debord, Bassel al-Assad, Marija Gimbutas, and Andrés Escobar.

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Jack Ruby
MAFIOSO
1911 - 1967
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 25
Polykarp Kusch
PHYSICIST
1911 - 1993
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 26
Marshall McLuhan
PHILOSOPHER
1911 - 1980
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 27
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
POLITICIAN
1911 - 2004
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 28
Tennessee Williams
WRITER
1911 - 1983
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 29
William Alfred Fowler
ASTRONOMER
1911 - 1995
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 30
Niels Kaj Jerne
PHYSICIAN
1911 - 1994
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 31
Feodor Lynen
CHEMIST
1911 - 1979
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 32
Robert Johnson
MUSICIAN
1911 - 1938
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 33
Wilhelm Mohnke
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1911 - 2001
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 34
Gian Carlo Menotti
COMPOSER
1911 - 2007
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 35
Max Frisch
WRITER
1911 - 1991
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 36
Klaus Fuchs
PHYSICIST
1911 - 1988
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 37