BIOLOGIST

Flossie Wong-Staal

1946 - 2020

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Flossie Wong-Staal (née Wong Yee Ching, Chinese: 黄以静; pinyin: Huáng Yǐjìng; August 27, 1946 – July 8, 2020) was a Chinese-American virologist and molecular biologist. She was the first scientist to clone HIV and determine the function of its genes, which was a major step in proving that HIV is the cause of AIDS. From 1990 to 2002, she held the Florence Riford Chair in AIDS Research at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Flossie Wong-Staal has received more than 215,603 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Flossie Wong-Staal is the 980th most popular biologist (down from 706th in 2019), the 1,013th most popular biography from China (down from 835th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Chinese Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Flossie Wong-Staals by language

Over the past year Flossie Wong-Staal has had the most page views in the with 27,912 views, followed by Chinese (4,703), and Spanish (1,916). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (109.22%), Simple English (94.60%), and Macedonian (89.56%)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Flossie Wong-Staal ranks 980 out of 1,097. Before her are Gilbert White, Herbert Boyer, Frank Chapman, Wim Crusio, Pieter Willem Korthals, and Helia Bravo Hollis. After her are Richard Spruce, Akhtar Hameed Khan, Hugh Huxley, Lancelot Hogben, Adriana Hoffmann, and Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Flossie Wong-Staal ranks 687. Before her are Michael Coats, Tonicha, Lyudmila Titova, Clive Bunker, Bruce Robinson, and Dan White. After her are Josef Augusta, Bryan D. O'Connor, Bill Plympton, Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, Dennis Muren, and Rick Adelman. Among people deceased in 2020, Flossie Wong-Staal ranks 650. Before her are Péter Marót, Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, Constand Viljoen, Kurt Stettler, Blagoja Georgievski, and Zindzi Mandela. After her are Ang Rita, Haruma Miura, Nicolas Alfonsi, Ahmad NikTalab, Touriya Jabrane, and Pau Donés.

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In China

Among people born in China, Flossie Wong-Staal ranks 1,013 out of 1,610. Before her are Wang Yibo (1997), Zheng Junli (1911), Peng Shuai (1986), Qigang Chen (1951), Ma Ning (1979), and Tashi Namgyal (1893). After her are Liu Xia (1961), Kong Linghui (1975), Angelababy (1989), Liu Guoliang (1976), Deng Yaping (1973), and He Pingping (1988).

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  • Photo of Wang Yibo

    Wang Yibo

    ACTOR

    1997 - Present

    HPI: 43.47

    Rank: 1,007

  • Photo of Zheng Junli

    Zheng Junli

    ACTOR

    1911 - 1969

    HPI: 43.47

    Rank: 1,008

  • Photo of Peng Shuai

    Peng Shuai

    TENNIS PLAYER

    1986 - Present

    HPI: 43.42

    Rank: 1,009

  • Photo of Qigang Chen

    Qigang Chen

    COMPOSER

    1951 - Present

    HPI: 43.33

    Rank: 1,010

  • Photo of Ma Ning

    Ma Ning

    REFEREE

    1979 - Present

    HPI: 43.32

    Rank: 1,011

  • Photo of Tashi Namgyal

    Tashi Namgyal

    POLITICIAN

    1893 - 1963

    HPI: 43.24

    Rank: 1,012

  • Photo of Flossie Wong-Staal

    Flossie Wong-Staal

    BIOLOGIST

    1946 - 2020

    HPI: 43.22

    Rank: 1,013

  • Photo of Liu Xia

    Liu Xia

    WRITER

    1961 - Present

    HPI: 43.14

    Rank: 1,014

  • Photo of Kong Linghui

    Kong Linghui

    TABLE TENNIS PLAYER

    1975 - Present

    HPI: 43.07

    Rank: 1,015

  • Photo of Angelababy

    Angelababy

    ACTOR

    1989 - Present

    HPI: 43.00

    Rank: 1,016

  • Photo of Liu Guoliang

    Liu Guoliang

    POLITICIAN

    1976 - Present

    HPI: 42.74

    Rank: 1,017

  • Photo of Deng Yaping

    Deng Yaping

    TABLE TENNIS PLAYER

    1973 - Present

    HPI: 42.69

    Rank: 1,018

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    He Pingping

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1988 - 2010

    HPI: 42.67

    Rank: 1,019

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Among BIOLOGISTS In China

Among biologists born in China, Flossie Wong-Staal ranks 4. Before her are Leizu (null), Yang Zhongjian (1897), and Shi Zhengli (1964). After her are Xu Xing (1969), and Feng Zhang (1981).

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