This is a list of some noted immunologists.

Pioneers

• Edward Jenner (1749-1823), discovered that cowpox induces protection against smallpox

Nobel laureates

• 1901 Emil Adolf von Behring, (1854-1917) discovered that serum could be used to treat diphtheria
• 1908 Eli Metchnikoff (1845-1916)
• 1908 Paul Ehrlich
• 1960 Peter B. Medawar
• 1960 Frank MacFarlane Burnet
• 1980 Baruj Benacerraf (1920-)
• 1984 Niels Jerne
• 1987 Susumu Tonegawa (1939-)
• 1996 Peter C. Doherty (1940-)
• 1996 Rolf M. Zinkernagel (1944-)

Deceased

• Kiril Bratanov (1911-1986), pioneer in the area of immunology of reproduction
• Albert Coons (1912–1978), developed immunofluorescent techniques for labelling antibodies
• Michael Heidelberger (1888–1991), showed that antibodies are proteins.
• Miroslav Holub (1923-1998)
• Charles Janeway (1943-2003), wrote the standard textbook Immunobiology
• Jules T. Freund (1890-1960)

Contemporary Immunologists

• Abul Abbas
• Soman Abraham
• Rafi Ahmed
• Shizuo Akira, innate immunity
• James Allison
• Fred Alt
• K. Frank Austen
• Steinnun Baekkeskov
• Jacques Banchereau
• John I. Bell
• Bruce Beutler, innate immunity, pioneer of mammalian ENU mutagenesis
• Albert Bendelac, natural killer cells
• Christophe Benoist, husband of Diane Mathis
• Michael J. Bevan
• Barry Bloom
• Jeffrey Bluestone
• Thierry Boon
• Jeremy Boss
• Alfred Bothwell
• Kim Bottomly, widow of Charles Janeway
• Edward Boyse
• Thomas J. Braciale
• Michael Brenner
• Frances Brodsky
• Eugene Butcher
• Harvey Cantor
• Michael Carroll
• Rachel Caspi
• John Cebra
• Jan Cerny
• Vincenzo Cerundolo
• Lieping Chen
• Marco Colonna
• Max Cooper
• António Coutinho
• Gerald Crabtree
• Joseph Craft
• Peter Cresswell
• Jason Cyster
• Mark Davis, T cells
• Anthony DeFranco
• Terri Delovitch
• Stephen Desiderio
• Frank Dixon
• Martin Dorf
• Glen Dranoff
• Michael Edidin
• Herman Eisen
• C. Garrison Fathman
• Douglas T. Fearon
• Marc Feldmann
• Alain Fischer, clinical immunodeficiencies
• Richard Flavell
• James Forman
• Shu Man Fu
• Steve Galli
• K. Christopher Garcia
• Nicholas Gascognie
• Raif Geha
• Patricia Gearhart
• Ron Germain
• Sankar Ghosh
• Laurie Glimcher
• Christopher Goodnow, immunological tolerance, pioneer of mammalian ENU mutagenesis
• Siamon Gordon
• James Gowans
• Mark Greene
• Warner Greene
• Howard Grey
• Diane Griffin
• Cynthia Guidos
• David Hafler
• Wayne Hancock
• Martin Hemler
• Pierre Henkart
• Leonard Herzenberg
• Richard Hodes
• Tasuku Honjo
• Leroy Hood
• Kimishige Ishizaka
• Michael Julius
• Carl June
• John Kappler
• Michael Karin
• Paula Kavathas
• Jean-Pierre Kinet
• Garnett Kelsoe
• Tadamitsu Kishimoto
• Gary Koretsky
• Michael Krangel
• Lewis Lanier
• Antonio Lanzavecchia
• Robert Lechler
• Michael Lenardo
• Lawrence Lichtenstein
• Richard Locksley
• Andrew Luster
• Bernard Mach
• Andrew McMichael
• Tak Wah Mak
• Bernard Malissen, T cells
• David Margulies
• Philippa Marrack
• Diane Mathis, immunological tolerance
• Polly Matzinger, immunological tolerance
• Hugh McDevitt
• Ruslan Medzhitov, innate immunity, former student of Charles Janeway
• Fritz Melchers
• Ira Mellman
• Henry Metzger
• Jacques Miller
• N. Avrion Mitchison
• David Nemazee
• Michael Neuberger
• John Monroe
• Gustav Nossal
• Marjorie Oettinger
• Anne O'Garra
• Pamela Ohashi
• Lloyd Old
• Santa Jeremy Ono
• Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg
• Keiko Ozato
• Christopher Paige
• Drew Pardoll, dendritic cells
• Peter Parham, natural killer cells
• Jane Parnes
• William Paul
• Roberta Pelanda
• Joseph Penninger
• Hidde Ploegh
• Jordan Pober
• Steven A.Porcelli
• Fiona Powrie, regulatory T cells
• Ellen Pure
• Anjana Rao
• Michael Ratcliffe
• Klaus Rajewsky
• Hans-Georg Rammensee
• Jeffrey Ravetch
• Steven Reiner
• Ellis Reinherz
• Noel Rose
• Fred Rosen
• Marc Rothenberg
• Sarah Rowland-Jones
• Nancy Ruddle
• Alexander Rudensky, regulatory T cells
• Larry Samelson, T cell signaling
• David Sachs
• Shimon Sakaguchi, regulatory T cells
• Nora Sarvetnick
• David Schatz
• Mark Schlissel
• Mark Shlomchik
• Stuart Schlossman
• Alan Schreiber
• David Scott
• Robert A. Seder
• Brian Seed
• Ranjan Sen
• Eli Sercarz
• Arlene Sharpe
• Stephen Shaw
• Ethan Shevach, regulatory T cells
• Yoji Shimizu
• Ken Shortman
• Robert Siliciano
• Alfred Singer, T cells
• Thomas Spies
• Timothy Springer
• Lawrence Steinman
• Ralph Steinman, dendritic cells
• Richard L. Stevens
• Ursala Storb
• J. Wayne Streilein
• Jack Strominger
• Megan Sykes
• Tomio Tada
• Tadatsugu Taniguchi
• Thomas Tedder
• Cox Terhorst
• Craig Thompson
• Raul Torres
• Alain Townsend
• Giorgio Trinchieri
• Jürg Tschopp, innate immunity
• Dale Umetsu
• Emil Unanue
• Johannes van Rood
• Ulrich von Adrian
• Harold von Boehmer
• Matthias Wabl
• Howard Weiner
• Ellen Vitetta
• Thomas Waldmann
• Martin Weigert
• Arthur Weiss
• Irving Weissman
• Linda S. Wicker
• Don Wiley
• Hans Wigzell
• Tim S. Williams
• Ian Wilson
• Kai W. Wucherpfennig
• Wayne M. Yokoyama

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