1933 - Today
Akira Endo (遠藤 章, Endō Akira, born 14 November 1933) is 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. He 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 7,478 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Akira Endo is the 534th most popular physician (down from 464th in 2019), the 1,174th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,095th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Physician.
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Among physicians, Akira Endo ranks 534 out of 502. Before him are John Arbuthnot, Paul Hermann, Joseph Schröter, Bidhan Chandra Roy, Léon Jean Marie Dufour, and Walter Reed. After him are Eva Klein, Thomas Erastus, Astley Cooper, Édouard Gagnon, Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar, and Leila Denmark.
1667 - 1735
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 528
1646 - 1695
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 529
1837 - 1894
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 530
1882 - 1962
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 531
1780 - 1865
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 532
1851 - 1902
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 533
1933 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 534
1925 - Present
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 535
1524 - 1583
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 536
1768 - 1841
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 537
1918 - 2007
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 538
1786 - 1845
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 539
1898 - 2012
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 540
Among people born in 1933, Akira Endo ranks 319. Before him are Don Thompson, Helmut Senekowitsch, May Britt, Mark Damon, Georgi Atanasov, and Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann. After him are Franco Marini, Nicette Bruno, Galina Volchek, Valentin Bubukin, Annie Easley, and Imants Ziedonis.
1933 - 2006
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 313
1933 - 2007
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 314
1933 - Present
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 315
1933 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 316
1933 - 2022
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 317
1933 - 2017
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 318
1933 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 319
1933 - 2021
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 320
1933 - 2020
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 321
1933 - 2019
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 322
1933 - 2008
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 323
1933 - 2011
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 324
1933 - 2013
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 325
Among people born in Japan, Akira Endo ranks 1,174 out of 6,048. Before him are Kaori Momoi (1951), Junko Takeuchi (1972), Yuto Nagatomo (1986), Hirotugu Akaike (1927), Yasushi Akashi (1931), and Yoshio Kikugawa (1944). After him are Masakazu Katsura (1962), Tite Kubo (1977), Hitoshi Sasaki (1891), Megumi Yokota (1964), Chūhei Nambu (1904), and Kotono Mitsuishi (1967).
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 1,168
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 1,169
1986 - Present
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 1,170
1927 - 2009
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 1,171
1931 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 1,172
1944 - 2022
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 1,173
1933 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 1,174
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 1,175
1977 - Present
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 1,176
1891 - 1982
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 1,177
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 1,178
1904 - 1997
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 1,179
1967 - Present
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 1,180
Among physicians born in Japan, Akira Endo ranks 13. Before him are Hiroshi Nakajima (1928), Kiyoshi Shiga (1871), Hiraga Gennai (1728), Sunao Tawara (1873), Kyusaku Ogino (1882), and Shinobu Ishihara (1879). After him are Yoshioka Yayoi (1871).
1928 - 2013
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 7
1871 - 1957
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 8
1728 - 1780
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 9
1873 - 1952
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 10
1882 - 1975
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 11
1879 - 1963
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 12
1933 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 13
1871 - 1959
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 14