1911 - 1994
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 103,000 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Niels Kaj Jerne is the 125th most popular physician (up from 156th in 2019), the 697th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 872nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular 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, Niels Kaj Jerne ranks 125 out of 502. Before him are John Eccles, Franz Joseph Gall, Virginia Apgar, Albert Sabin, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, and Johannes Peter Müller. After him are Santorio Santorio, Albrecht von Haller, Joseph Murray, Carl Wernicke, Francysk Skaryna, and Frederick Griffith.
1903 - 1997
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 119
1758 - 1828
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 120
1909 - 1974
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 121
1906 - 1993
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 122
1608 - 1679
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 123
1801 - 1858
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 124
1911 - 1994
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 125
1561 - 1636
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 126
1708 - 1777
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 127
1919 - 2012
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 128
1848 - 1905
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 129
1486 - 1541
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 130
1879 - 1941
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 131
Among people born in 1911, Niels Kaj Jerne ranks 45. Before him are Herta Oberheuser, Richard Baer, Trygve Haavelmo, J. L. Austin, Bernard Katz, and Odysseas Elytis. After him are Cantinflas, Louise Bourgeois, Vincent Price, Bruno Kreisky, Robert Taylor, and Henri Troyat. Among people deceased in 1994, Niels Kaj Jerne ranks 46. Before him are Fernando Rey, György Cziffra, André Michel Lwoff, Jeffrey Dahmer, Pujie, and Jessica Tandy. After him are Jean-Louis Barrault, Sergei Bondarchuk, Jack Kirby, Roland Ratzenberger, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, and Julian Schwinger.
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 39
1911 - 1963
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 40
1911 - 1999
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 41
1911 - 1960
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 42
1911 - 2003
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 43
1911 - 1996
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 44
1911 - 1994
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 45
1911 - 1993
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 46
1911 - 2010
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 47
1911 - 1993
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 48
1911 - 1990
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 49
1911 - 1969
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 50
1911 - 2007
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 51
1917 - 1994
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 40
1921 - 1994
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 41
1902 - 1994
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 42
1960 - 1994
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 43
1907 - 1994
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 44
1909 - 1994
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 45
1911 - 1994
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 46
1910 - 1994
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 47
1920 - 1994
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 48
1917 - 1994
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 49
1960 - 1994
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 50
1914 - 1994
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 51
1918 - 1994
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 52
Among people born in United Kingdom, Niels Kaj Jerne ranks 697 out of 7,765. Before him are Eleanor Marx (1855), Brian Eno (1948), William Carey (1761), David Brewster (1781), Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853), and Norman Angell (1872). After him are John McAfee (1945), Jeremy Brett (1933), Bobby Robson (1933), Margaret of York (1446), Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877), and Sarah, Duchess of York (1959).
1855 - 1898
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 691
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 692
1761 - 1834
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 693
1781 - 1868
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 694
1853 - 1884
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 695
1872 - 1967
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 696
1911 - 1994
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 697
1945 - 2021
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 698
1933 - 1995
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 699
1933 - 2009
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 700
1446 - 1503
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 701
1877 - 1959
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 702
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 703
Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Niels Kaj Jerne ranks 9. Before him are Joseph Lister (1827), James Parkinson (1755), Robert Edwards (1925), Elizabeth Blackwell (1821), Edgar Adrian (1889), and John Snow (1813). After him are Frederick Griffith (1879), Mungo Park (1771), John Langdon Down (1828), Alan Hodgkin (1914), Thomas Willis (1621), and Hans Sloane (1660).
1827 - 1912
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 3
1755 - 1824
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 4
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 5
1821 - 1910
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 6
1889 - 1977
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 7
1813 - 1858
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 8
1911 - 1994
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 9
1879 - 1941
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 10
1771 - 1806
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 11
1828 - 1896
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 12
1914 - 1998
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 13
1621 - 1675
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 14
1660 - 1753
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 15