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John O'Keefe

1939 - Today

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John O'Keefe (born November 18, 1939) is an American-British neuroscientist, psychologist and a professor at University College London. O'Keefe discovered place cells in the hippocampus, and that they show a specific kind of temporal coding in the form of theta phase precession. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2014, together with May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser; he has received several other awards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John O'Keefe is the 248th most popular physician (up from 253rd in 2019), the 2,273rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,145th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, John O'Keefe ranks 248 out of 726. Before him are Albert Calmette, Rembert Dodoens, Francysk Skaryna, Li Shizhen, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, and Johann Weyer. After him are James Lind, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, Constantine the African, Heo Jun, Carl Værnet, and Charaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, John O'Keefe ranks 106. Before him are Paul Hogan, Alan Baker, Claudio Magris, Kit Bond, Seamus Heaney, and Kenzō Takada. After him are Marco Bellocchio, Dusty Springfield, Warda Al-Jazairia, Feroz Khan, Kathryn Joosten, and George F. R. Ellis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John O'Keefe ranks 2,273 out of 20,380. Before him are Sam Raimi (1959), Bob Orton Jr. (1950), Nancy Fraser (1947), Barbara Hershey (1948), George Speck (1824), and Chevy Chase (1943). After him are Samuel Huntington (1731), Lisa Kudrow (1963), Larry Holmes (1949), Kim Hunter (1922), Laura Dern (1967), and Seka (1954).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, John O'Keefe ranks 35. Before him are Randy Schekman (1948), Robert Lefkowitz (1943), Patch Adams (1945), Louis Ignarro (1941), Robin Cook (1940), and Robert Atkins (1930). After him are Joseph Erlanger (1874), John Harvey Kellogg (1852), Gregg L. Semenza (1956), Henry Heimlich (1920), Mehmet Oz (1960), and Fernando J. Corbató (1926).

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