BIOLOGIST

Akira Endo

1933 - 2024

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Akira Endo (遠藤 章, Endō Akira, 14 November 1933 – 5 June 2024) was a Japanese biochemist whose research into the relationship between fungi and cholesterol biosynthesis led to the development of statin drugs, which are some of the best-selling pharmaceuticals in history. Endo received the Japan Prize in 2006, the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award in 2008, the Canada Gairdner International Award in 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Akira Endo has received more than 8,212 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Akira Endo is the 750th most popular biologist (down from 533rd in 2019), the 1,275th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,171st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Akira Endo ranks 750 out of 1,097. Before him are Wilhelm Weinberg, Auguste Duméril, Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, David Ho, Louis Fraser, and Neil Campbell. After him are George Romanes, Mary F. Lyon, Charles Wyville Thomson, August W. Eichler, Pál Kitaibel, and Michele Tenore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Akira Endo ranks 360. Before him are Leonid Kharitonov, Basdeo Panday, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, Renée Colliard, Richard Williams, and Mike Larrabee. After him are May Britt, Harve Presnell, Gabriel Aresti, Borislav Ivkov, Christa Stubnick, and İsmail Ogan. Among people deceased in 2024, Akira Endo ranks 288. Before him are Bill Walton, James C. Scott, Yehuda Bauer, Jean-Claude Gaudin, Basdeo Panday, and Richard Simmons. After him are Akebono Tarō, Carolyn Schuler, Ron Ely, Zdeněk Pecka, Barbara Rush, and Jacques Roubaud.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akira Endo ranks 1,275 out of 6,245. Before him are Osamu Watanabe (1940), Chūhei Nambu (1904), Nobuyo Fujishiro (1960), Keiko Takemiya (1950), Shoichi Sakata (1911), and Ted Fujita (1920). After him are Masakazu Katsura (1962), Akie Abe (1962), Sola Aoi (1983), Tamlyn Tomita (1966), Kenkichi Iwasawa (1917), and Tite Kubo (1977).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Japan

Among biologists born in Japan, Akira Endo ranks 11. Before him are Motoo Kimura (1924), Katsuko Saruhashi (1920), Takenoshin Nakai (1882), Akira Miyawaki (1928), Tsuneko Okazaki (1933), and Jinzō Matsumura (1856). After him are Bunzō Hayata (1874), Yasutomi Nishizuka (1932), Tokiharu Abe (1911), and Ryuta Kawashima (1959).

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