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Jérôme Lejeune

1926 - 1994

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Jérôme Jean Louis Marie Lejeune (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁom ʒɑ̃ lwi maʁi ləʒœn]; 13 June 1926 – 3 April 1994) was a French pediatrician and geneticist. He is best known for his work on the links between chromosome abnormalities and diseases like Down Syndrome (trisomy-21) and cri du chat syndrome. He is also known for his subsequent strong opposition to the use of amniocentesis prenatal testing for eugenic purposes through selective and elective abortion. He is venerated in the Catholic Church, having been declared Venerable by Pope Francis on 21 January 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jérôme Lejeune is the 333rd most popular biologist (down from 274th in 2019), the 2,284th most popular biography from France and the 40th most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Jérôme Lejeune ranks 333 out of 1,097. Before him are Carol W. Greider, Johann Reinhold Forster, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Hermann Burmeister, Charles M. Rice, and Patrick Geddes. After him are Edward Blyth, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, Otto Friedrich Müller, Brian Kobilka, Valerius Cordus, and Phillip Allen Sharp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Jérôme Lejeune ranks 150. Before him are Marie-Claire Alain, Rafi Eitan, Muhammad al-Badr, Gordon Scott, Valerio Zurlini, and Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse. After him are Zinaida Portnova, Jeffrey Hunter, Karel Reisz, Morton Feldman, Philippe Chatrier, and Amadeo Carrizo. Among people deceased in 1994, Jérôme Lejeune ranks 101. Before him are Cab Calloway, Motoo Kimura, R. D. Burman, Paisios of Mount Athos, Álvaro del Portillo, and Jack Unterweger. After him are Sarah Kofman, Max Morlock, Manos Hatzidakis, Moana Pozzi, Christian-Jaque, and Roberto Burle Marx.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jérôme Lejeune ranks 2,284 out of 6,770. Before him are Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757), Anne Golon (1921), René Pottier (1879), Émile Baudot (1845), Maurice Papon (1910), and Jean Metzinger (1883). After him are Robert de Boron (1110), Paul Émile Appell (1855), Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953), Nominoe (800), Amadeus V, Count of Savoy (1249), and Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou (1006).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Jérôme Lejeune ranks 40. Before him are Johann Hermann (1738), André Marie Constant Duméril (1774), René Louiche Desfontaines (1750), Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805), Jean Victoir Audouin (1797), and Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756). After him are Pierre Gaspard Chaumette (1763), Antoine Béchamp (1816), Jean René Constant Quoy (1790), Charles Plumier (1646), Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (1801), and Louis Claude Richard (1754).

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