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Jonas Salk

Inventor · born October 28, 1914 · died 1995

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Jonas Edward Salk was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. He was born in New York City and attended the City College of New York and New York University School of Medicine.

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  1. ~61Received the Congressional Gold Medal1975
  2. ~61Received the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding1975
  3. ~63Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom1977

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$96.5Bolder estimate, as of 2019 · Forbes

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1930 · United Kingdom

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Actor

1967 · United States

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Caitlyn Jenner
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