BIOLOGIST
Ada Yonath
1939 - Today
Ada Yonath
Ada E. Yonath (Hebrew: עדה יונת, pronounced [ˈada joˈnat]; born 22 June 1939) is an Israeli crystallographer and Nobel laureate in Chemistry, best known for her pioneering work on the structure of ribosomes. She is the current director of the Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly of the Weizmann Institute of Science. In 2009, Yonath received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ada Yonath has received more than 377,582 page views. Her biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Ada Yonath is the 30th most popular biologist (up from 40th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Israel (up from 75th in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Biologist.
Ada Yonath is most famous for being the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2009 for her work in understanding the ribosome.
Memorability Metrics
380k
Page Views (PV)
68.27
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
79
Languages Editions (L)
12.41
Effective Languages (L*)
3.45
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among BIOLOGISTS
Among biologists, Ada Yonath ranks 30 out of 1,097. Before her are Conrad Gessner, Jules Bordet, Rachel Carson, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Katherine Oppenheimer, and Theodor Schwann. After her are Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Barbara McClintock, Albrecht Kossel, Charles Richet, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, and Harald zur Hausen.
Most Popular Biologists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsConrad Gessner
1516 - 1565
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 24
Jules Bordet
1870 - 1961
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 25
Rachel Carson
1907 - 1964
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 26
Yoshinori Ohsumi
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 27
Katherine Oppenheimer
1910 - 1972
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 28
Theodor Schwann
1810 - 1882
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 29
Ada Yonath
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 30
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
1852 - 1934
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 31
Barbara McClintock
1902 - 1992
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 32
Albrecht Kossel
1853 - 1927
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 33
Charles Richet
1850 - 1935
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 34
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
1804 - 1881
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 35
Harald zur Hausen
1936 - 2023
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 36
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1939, Ada Yonath ranks 15. Before her are Amos Oz, Amanda Lear, Reuven Rivlin, Giovanni Falcone, Giovanni Trapattoni, and Harvey Keitel. After her are Romano Prodi, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Karel Gott, Margaret Atwood, and Ralph Lauren.
Others Born in 1939
Go to all RankingsAmos Oz
WRITER
1939 - 2018
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 9
Amanda Lear
SINGER
1939 - Present
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 10
Reuven Rivlin
POLITICIAN
1939 - Present
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 11
Giovanni Falcone
JUDGE
1939 - 1992
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 12
Giovanni Trapattoni
COACH
1939 - Present
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 13
Harvey Keitel
ACTOR
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 14
Ada Yonath
BIOLOGIST
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 15
Romano Prodi
POLITICIAN
1939 - Present
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 16
Zviad Gamsakhurdia
POLITICIAN
1939 - 1993
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 17
Valeriy Lobanovskyi
COACH
1939 - 2002
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 18
Karel Gott
SINGER
1939 - 2019
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 19
Margaret Atwood
WRITER
1939 - Present
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 20
Ralph Lauren
FASHION DESIGNER
1939 - Present
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 21
In Israel
Among people born in Israel, Ada Yonath ranks 64 out of 466. Before her are Barabbas (1), Baldwin III of Jerusalem (1130), Mahmoud Darwish (1941), Zedekiah (-617), Nehemiah (-490), and Isaac Herzog (1960). After her are Micah (-737), Ezer Weizman (1924), Rabbi Akiva (50), Uzziah (-900), Manasseh of Judah (-800), and Haggai (-550).
Others born in Israel
Go to all RankingsBarabbas
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1 - 100
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 58
Baldwin III of Jerusalem
POLITICIAN
1130 - 1163
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 59
Mahmoud Darwish
WRITER
1941 - 2008
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 60
Zedekiah
POLITICIAN
617 BC - 550 BC
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 61
Nehemiah
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
490 BC - 403 BC
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 62
Isaac Herzog
POLITICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 63
Ada Yonath
BIOLOGIST
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 64
Micah
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
737 BC - 696 BC
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 65
Ezer Weizman
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2005
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 66
Rabbi Akiva
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
50 - 136
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 67
Uzziah
POLITICIAN
900 BC - 900 BC
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 68
Manasseh of Judah
POLITICIAN
800 BC - 642 BC
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 69
Haggai
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
550 BC - Present
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 70
Among BIOLOGISTS In Israel
Among biologists born in Israel, Ada Yonath ranks 1. After her are Aaron Ciechanover (1947), Amotz Zahavi (1928), and Ruth Arnon (1933).
Ada Yonath
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 1
Aaron Ciechanover
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 2
Amotz Zahavi
1928 - 2017
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 3
Ruth Arnon
1933 - Present
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 4