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Paul Janssen

1926 - 2003

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Paul Adriaan Jan, Baron Janssen (12 September 1926 – 11 November 2003) was a Belgian physician. He was the founder of Janssen Pharmaceutica, a pharmaceutical company with over 20,000 employees which became a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Janssen is the 375th most popular physician (down from 340th in 2019), the 367th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 344th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Belgian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Paul Janssen ranks 375 out of 726. Before him are Ron Wyatt, Philip Showalter Hench, Johann Christian Reil, Jack Kevorkian, Johann Peter Frank, and Christian Bohr. After him are Paul Julius Möbius, Charles Estienne, Johann Kremer, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Peseshet, and Vera Weizmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Paul Janssen ranks 180. Before him are Karel Kosík, Irene Camber, Kees Rijvers, Lou Ottens, Vicente Aranda, and Jaba Ioseliani. After him are Richard Anderson, Raul Hilberg, Lenny Montana, Shin Sang-ok, André Delvaux, and Konstantin Feoktistov. Among people deceased in 2003, Paul Janssen ranks 123. Before him are Lothar Emmerich, Johanna Budwig, Rachel Kempson, Jaba Ioseliani, Anita Mui, and Rubén González. After him are Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Mongo Santamaría, Mario Merz, Bigode, Hans Hermann Groër, and Neil Postman.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Paul Janssen ranks 367 out of 1,190. Before him are Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880), Antoinette de Mérode (1828), Gustave de Molinari (1819), Marc Wilmots (1969), Willy Mairesse (1928), and Sylvère Maes (1909). After him are Frans Francken the Younger (1581), Nicholas, Count of Salm (1459), Franciscus Gomarus (1563), Jan Wildens (1586), Freddy Maertens (1952), and Paul Anspach (1882).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Belgium

Among physicians born in Belgium, Paul Janssen ranks 5. Before him are Andreas Vesalius (1514), Jacques Rogge (1942), Corneille Heymans (1892), and Rembert Dodoens (1517).

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