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John Franklin Enders

1897 - 1985

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John Franklin Enders (February 10, 1897 – September 8, 1985) was an American biomedical scientist and Nobel Laureate. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Franklin Enders is the 132nd most popular biologist (down from 101st in 2019), the 1,139th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,004th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Biologist.

John Franklin Enders was an American medical researcher who was the first to grow the polio virus in human tissue culture. He was also the co-discoverer of the polio vaccine.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Franklin Enders ranks 132 out of 1,097. Before him are Robert Whittaker, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Hamilton O. Smith, Sam Harris, Reginald Innes Pocock, and Sydney Brenner. After him are Jan Swammerdam, William Jackson Hooker, Lynn Margulis, Gaspard Bauhin, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, and Oliver Smithies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, John Franklin Enders ranks 45. Before him are Jimmie Rodgers, Hasso von Manteuffel, Plaek Phibunsongkhram, John Cockcroft, Ivan Bagramyan, and Paul Delvaux. After him are Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Margaret Mahler, Kirill Meretskov, and Vasily Sokolovsky. Among people deceased in 1985, John Franklin Enders ranks 28. Before him are Lon Nol, Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Kim Yong-sik, Anne Baxter, and Ferhat Abbas. After him are Elsa Morante, George Pólya, Emil Gilels, Tjalling Koopmans, Margaret Mahler, and Tancredo Neves.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Franklin Enders ranks 1,139 out of 20,380. Before him are William Kaelin Jr. (1957), William D. Leahy (1875), Frank B. Kellogg (1856), Adam Sandler (1966), Robert Ludlum (1927), and William Saroyan (1908). After him are Lenny Kravitz (1964), William Perry (1927), Julian Schwinger (1918), Philip Johnson (1906), Phylicia Rashad (1948), and Barbara Stanwyck (1907).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, John Franklin Enders ranks 21. Before him are John B. Calhoun (1917), Sylvia Earle (1935), John Hopfield (1933), Robert Whittaker (1920), Hamilton O. Smith (1931), and Sam Harris (1967). After him are Lynn Margulis (1938), Gerald Edelman (1929), Edward B. Lewis (1918), Daniel Nathans (1928), E. O. Wilson (1929), and Howard Martin Temin (1934).

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