93,772 profiles ranked live

Back to the boardThe board

Rudolf Weigl

✓ Source-basedstable

Polish biologist, physician, and inventor (1883-1957)

ScientistsLived 1883 to 1957 · aged 73
Compare
Fame51.6
MomentumNot measured
Languages25
In century#25,510

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.

Also inDeutsch

Photos 3

Prof. Rudolf Weigl's anti-typhus vaccine at POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in WarsawProf. Rudolf Weigl's anti-typhus vaccine at POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in WarsawWeigl Monument in Wrocław, PolandWeigl Monument in Wrocław, Poland

Awards 5

2003Righteous Among the Nations
1957Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
1938Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great
1937Order of Leopold
1930Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Connected to Rudolf 6

Sir Henry Wilson, 1st BaronetAlso won Order of LeopoldEduardo DatoAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the GreatDmitry MilyutinAlso won Order of LeopoldAlois MockAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the GreatMohamed EnnaceurAlso won Order of LeopoldBhupinder Singh of PatialaAlso won Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great

About this person

Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1883 to 1957 · aged 73
Written about in
25 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.