Peter Doherty (immunologist)

Peter Charles Doherty is an Australian immunologist and Nobel laureate. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1995, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Rolf M. Zinkernagel in 1996 and was named Australian of the Year in 1997. In the Australia Day Honours of 1997, he was named a Companion of the Order of Australia for his work with Zinkernagel. He is also a National Trust Australian Living Treasure. In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, Doherty's immune system research was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as an iconic "innovation and invention".

15 October 1940

Born on the same birth date (15 October 1940): Tommy Bishop

Born on the same birth day (15 October): Betsy Clifford • Blue Adams • Charly Musonda (footballer, born 1996) • Italo Calvino • Maria Hjorth • Mikhail Lermontov • Roscoe Tanner • Steve Bracks • Todd Solondz • Trent Zimmerman

Born in the same month (October 1940): Dave DeBusschere • Galen Weston • Gordon J. Humphrey • Jack Shepherd (actor) • Jane Holzer • Kathy Kirby • Marita Petersen • Martin Campbell • Steve O'Rourke • Steve Swallow • Terry Trotter • Vic Hadfield