1920 - 2021
Edmond Henri Fischer (April 6, 1920 – August 27, 2021) was a Swiss-American biochemist. He and his collaborator Edwin G. Krebs were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins and regulate various cellular processes. From 2007 until 2014, he was the Honorary President of the World Cultural Council. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmond H. Fischer has received more than 168,922 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Edmond H. Fischer is the 273rd most popular chemist (down from 219th in 2019), the 422nd most popular biography from China (down from 357th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Chemist.
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Among chemists, Edmond H. Fischer ranks 273 out of 509. Before him are Vladimir Markovnikov, Hideki Shirakawa, Alan MacDiarmid, Richard Smalley, Kenichi Fukui, and Andreas Sigismund Marggraf. After him are Fraser Stoddart, Thomas A. Steitz, Alexander Shulgin, William Henry, Torbern Bergman, and Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran.
1838 - 1904
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 267
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 268
1927 - 2007
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 269
1943 - 2005
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 270
1918 - 1998
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 271
1709 - 1782
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 272
1920 - 2021
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 273
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 274
1940 - 2018
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 275
1925 - 2014
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 276
1774 - 1836
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 277
1735 - 1784
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 278
1838 - 1912
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 279
Among people born in 1920, Edmond H. Fischer ranks 90. Before him are Henri Verneuil, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Henry Heimlich, Karl Albrecht, Vilém Flusser, and Chiara Lubich. After him are Mehdi Ben Barka, Marcial Maciel, Gottfried Böhm, P. D. James, Meliton Kantaria, and Väinö Linna. Among people deceased in 2021, Edmond H. Fischer ranks 126. Before him are Dusty Hill, Yaphet Kotto, Carmen Salinas, Olympia Dukakis, Didier Ratsiraka, and Justo Gallego Martínez. After him are Jehan Sadat, Yukhym Zvyahilsky, Alan Lancaster, Libuše Šafránková, Horst Eckel, and Gottfried Böhm.
1920 - 2002
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 84
1920 - 1984
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 85
1920 - 2016
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 86
1920 - 2014
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 87
1920 - 1991
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 88
1920 - 2008
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 89
1920 - 2021
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 90
1920 - 1965
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 91
1920 - 2008
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 92
1920 - 2021
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 93
1920 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 94
1920 - 1993
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 95
1920 - 1992
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 96
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 120
1939 - 2021
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 121
1939 - 2021
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 122
1931 - 2021
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 123
1936 - 2021
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 124
1925 - 2021
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 125
1920 - 2021
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 126
1933 - 2021
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 127
1933 - 2021
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 128
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 129
1953 - 2021
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 130
1932 - 2021
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 131
1920 - 2021
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 132
Among people born in China, Edmond H. Fischer ranks 422 out of 1,392. Before him are Zhang Lu (101), Zhang Zhongjing (150), Wang Qishan (1948), Emperor Houshao of Han (null), Ma Dai (183), and Emperor Chong of Han (143). After him are Zhou Tai (163), Yang Kaihui (1901), Demchugdongrub (1902), Langdarma (803), Gampopa (1079), and Xu Da (1332).
101 - 216
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 416
150 - 219
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 417
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 418
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 419
183 - 300
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 420
143 - 145
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 421
1920 - 2021
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 422
163 - 223
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 423
1901 - 1930
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 424
1902 - 1966
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 425
803 - 842
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 426
1079 - 1153
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 427
1332 - 1385
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 428
Among chemists born in China, Edmond H. Fischer ranks 3. Before him are Tu Youyou (1930) and Ei-ichi Negishi (1935).
1930 - Present
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 1
1935 - 2021
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 2
1920 - 2021
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 3