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BIOLOGIST

Francisco J. Ayala

1934 - 2023

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Francisco José Ayala Pereda (March 12, 1934 – March 3, 2023) was a Spanish-American evolutionary biologist, philosopher, and Catholic priest who was a longtime faculty member at the University of California, Irvine and University of California, Davis. Ayala was previously president and chairman of the board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco J. Ayala has received more than 243,690 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Francisco J. Ayala is the 581st most popular biologist (up from 638th in 2019), the 1,236th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,220th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Spanish Biologist.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Francisco J. Ayala ranks 581 out of 841. Before him are Johann Julius Walbaum, Johan August Wahlberg, Amotz Zahavi, Asa Gray, Émile Duclaux, and Johannes Burman. After him are William Withering, Johann Friedrich Naumann, Edmond de Sélys Longchamps, Franz Unger, Gerrit Smith Miller, and Ignaz Schiffermüller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Francisco J. Ayala ranks 279. Before him are Ronnie Drew, Karl-Josef Rauber, Glenn Davis, Martín Pando, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, and Miroslav Ondříček. After him are Robert Towne, Shirley Douglas, Henry Cooper, Roger Norrington, Lew Hoad, and Vladislao Cap. Among people deceased in 2023, Francisco J. Ayala ranks 223. Before him are Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, Bo Larsson, Giuliano Montaldo, Karl-Josef Rauber, Marouf al-Bakhit, and Vyacheslav Zaytsev. After him are Boniface Alexandre, Denny Laine, Menahem Pressler, Ion Druță, Sherif Ismail, and Geraldo Majella Agnelo.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco J. Ayala ranks 1,236 out of 2,932. Before him are Manuel Olivares (1909), Joan Capdevila (1978), Alejandro Valverde (1980), Carles Busquets (1967), Aritz Aduriz (1981), and José Celestino Mutis (1732). After him are Vicente Espinel (1550), Nacho (1990), Gregorio Fernández (1576), José Bordalás (1964), Rafael Lesmes (1926), and Luis Vélez de Guevara (1579).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Spain

Among biologists born in Spain, Francisco J. Ayala ranks 5. Before him are Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852), Ibn al-Baitar (1197), Antonio José Cavanilles (1745), and Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1515). After him are Francisco Manuel Blanco (1778), Hipólito Ruiz López (1754), Ángel Cabrera (1879), and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez (1754).

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