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): Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. • Babar Azam • José Miguel Carrera • Keyshia Cole • Melki Sedek Huang • Paul Robinson (footballer, born 1979) • Peter Richardson (British director) • Prannoy Roy • Robert Trout • Victoria Spivey • Álvaro de Campos

Born in the same month (October 1940): Alberto Vilar • Christopher Timothy • Cliff Richard • Craig Rodwell • Cynthia Weil • David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville • Eddie Henderson (musician) • J. C. Snead • Jim Smith (footballer, born 1940) • Larry Chance • Manfred Mann (musician) • Peter Stringfellow • Phyllis Chesler • Silvio Marzolini • Steve O'Rourke • Tommy Bishop