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Marc Van Ranst

Belgian virologist
Person human Q2600921

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
June 20, 1965, 1965[8]
Place of birth
Bornem
Country of citizenship
Belgium[9]
Occupation
physician, virologist, university teacher, immunologist, microbiologist
Employer
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven[11]
Field of work
Belgium[10]
Educated at
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Hasselt University[12][13][14]
Family name
Van Ranst[17]
Given name
Marc[18]
Member of
Wikidata item[15]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject COVID-19[19]
Social media followers
184k (74k–184k, n=4)[20][21][22][23]
🏷️ Also known as
en Marc van Ranst en Marc Van Ranst es Marc van Ranst ko 마르크 판란스트 ru Ван Ранст, Марк ru Марк Ван Ранст
🔖 Identifiers · 26
ISNI
0000000369034332
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1674-4157
VIAF cluster ID
287733419
Library of Congress authority ID
no2021053785
GND ID
1227764774
CANTIC ID
981058615901906706
DDB person (GND) ID
1227764774
Dimensions author ID
01276060465.95
ELNET ID
a1236146x
Facebook username
marc.vanranst
Freebase ID
/m/03nnqtk
GTAA ID
213985
Show all 26 identifiers +14
JRC Names ID
61832
KU Leuven person ID
00015875
Mendeley person ID
marc-van-ranst
NLA Trove people ID
1543402
NUKAT ID
n2021140954
National Library of Korea ID
KAC202360226
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9811774431505606
National Library of Russia ID
770240400
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
305285890
Prabook ID
2260554
Publons author ID
2045671
ResearcherID
P-7522-2017
Springer Nature person ID
01276060465.95
X (Twitter) username
vanranstmarc

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🔗 Connections
Educated at 3
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Hasselt University
Occupation 3
physician, virologist, university teacher
Country of citizenship 1
Belgium
Employer 1
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Field of work 1
Belgium
Given name 1
Marc
Instance of 1
human
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject COVID-19
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Marc Van Ranst was born on June 20, 1965[1], in Bornem[2]. He has worked as a physician[3], virologist[4], university teacher[5], immunologist[6], and microbiologist[7].

FAQs

Where was Marc Van Ranst born?

Marc Van Ranst was born in Bornem[2].

What did Marc Van Ranst do for work?

Marc Van Ranst worked as a physician[3], virologist[4], university teacher[5], immunologist[6], and microbiologist[7].

Where did Marc Van Ranst go to school?

Marc Van Ranst was educated at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven[12], Albert Einstein College of Medicine[13], and Hasselt University[14].

Related Entities

Albert Einstein College of Medicine Belgium

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . kuleuven.be. kuleuven.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Bornem
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    Educated at → Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Hasselt University
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