Science and Philosophy

• Niels Bohr (born 1885, died 1962)

  Danish physicist who was one of the founders of quantum mechanics.

  • 1922 Nobel Prize winner in Physics (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
• Niels R. Finsen

  Danish physician known for using concentrated light to treat disease.

  • 1903 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
• Niels K. Jerne (born 1911, died 1994)

  Danish immunologist who developed several important theories on the functioning of the immune system.

  • 1984 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine, with César Milstein and Georges Köhler (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)