# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudolf-weigl
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:51:04.468Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/rudolf-weigl"
name: "Rudolf Weigl"
slug: "rudolf-weigl"
description: "Rudolf Stefan Jan Weigl was a Polish biologist, physician and inventor, known for creating the first effective vaccine against epidemic typhus. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Medicine each year between 1930 and 1934, and from 1936 to 1939."
tagline: "Polish biologist, physician, and inventor (1883-1957)"
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birthDate: "1883-09-02"
deathDate: "1957-08-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump