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Baruj Benacerraf

1920 - 2011

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Baruj Benacerraf (; October 29, 1920 – August 2, 2011) was a Venezuelan-American immunologist, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the "discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface protein molecules important for the immune system's distinction between self and non-self." His colleagues and shared recipients were Jean Dausset and George Davis Snell. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Baruj Benacerraf is the 136th most popular physician (up from 143rd in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Venezuela (up from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Venezuelan Physician.

Baruj Benacerraf is most famous for his work in immunology, specifically in the field of antibodies. He was one of the scientists who discovered that antibodies are made of protein molecules.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Baruj Benacerraf ranks 136 out of 726. Before him are William T. G. Morton, Haldan Keffer Hartline, Drew Weissman, Hinrich Lichtenstein, Hans Asperger, and George Whipple. After him are Francis Peyton Rous, Trota of Salerno, Johann Joachim Becher, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Dickinson W. Richards, and George H. Hitchings.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Baruj Benacerraf ranks 47. Before him are Mario Beccaria, John Demjanjuk, Walter Matthau, Prem Tinsulanonda, Douglass North, and Ben Ferencz. After him are Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Robert Whittaker, Lawrence Klein, Ravi Shankar, Kaysone Phomvihane, and Sergei Bondarchuk. Among people deceased in 2011, Baruj Benacerraf ranks 40. Before him are Baruch Samuel Blumberg, Manfred Gerlach, Christa Wolf, Jane Russell, Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, and Willard Boyle. After him are John Barry, Amy Winehouse, Lynn Margulis, Zdeněk Miler, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, and Dev Anand.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Baruj Benacerraf ranks 5 out of 183. Before him are Simón Bolívar (1783), Hugo Chávez (1954), Nicolás Maduro (1962), and Carlos the Jackal (1949). After him are Juan Vicente Pérez (1909), Antonio José de Sucre (1795), Francisco de Miranda (1750), Reynaldo Hahn (1874), Carolina Herrera (1939), Rafael Caldera (1916), and Carlos Andrés Pérez (1922).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Venezuela

Among physicians born in Venezuela, Baruj Benacerraf ranks 1. After him are José Gregorio Hernández (1864), and Jacinto Convit (1913).

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