1947 - Today
Howard Robert Horvitz ForMemRS NAS AAA&S APS NAM (born May 8, 1947) is an American biologist best known for his research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Sydney Brenner and John E. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of H. Robert Horvitz has received more than 160,558 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). H. Robert Horvitz is the 225th most popular biologist (up from 327th in 2019), the 2,399th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,141st in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Biologist.
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Among biologists, H. Robert Horvitz ranks 225 out of 841. Before him are Michael W. Young, Erik Acharius, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Adolf Engler, Eva Ekeblad, and Bruce Beutler. After him are Peter Forsskål, John Lindley, Francisco Varela, Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, Craig Venter, and Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim.
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 219
1757 - 1819
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 220
1765 - 1812
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 221
1844 - 1930
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 222
1724 - 1786
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 223
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 224
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 225
1732 - 1763
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 226
1799 - 1865
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 227
1946 - 2001
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 228
1748 - 1831
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 229
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 230
1771 - 1853
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 231
Among people born in 1947, H. Robert Horvitz ranks 139. Before him are Henri Michel, Ángel Nieto, Kevin Farrell, Greg Lake, Su Tseng-chang, and Va'aletoa Sualauvi II. After him are Robert Cailliau, Branko Oblak, Yukiya Amano, Włodzimierz Lubański, Jaume Cabré, and Nevio Scala.
1947 - 2018
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 133
1947 - 2017
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 134
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 135
1947 - 2016
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 136
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 137
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 138
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 139
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 140
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 141
1947 - 2019
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 142
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 143
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 144
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 145
Among people born in United States, H. Robert Horvitz ranks 2,399 out of 18,182. Before him are Donna Karan (1948), Erin Brockovich (1960), Lionel Barrymore (1878), Tom Fogerty (1941), Cannonball Adderley (1928), and Stanley Kamel (1943). After him are Barbara Hershey (1948), Lindsay Wagner (1949), Leslie White (1900), Tracy Chapman (1964), Baby Face Nelson (1908), and Steve Guttenberg (1958).
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 2,393
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 2,394
1878 - 1954
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 2,395
1941 - 1990
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 2,396
1928 - 1975
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 2,397
1943 - 2008
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 2,398
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 2,399
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 2,400
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 2,401
1900 - 1971
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 2,402
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 2,403
1908 - 1934
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 2,404
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 2,405
Among biologists born in United States, H. Robert Horvitz ranks 47. Before him are Henrietta Lacks (1920), Robert Gallo (1937), David Baltimore (1938), Michael Rosbash (1944), Michael W. Young (1949), and Bruce Beutler (1957). After him are Craig Venter (1946), James Dwight Dana (1813), Martin Chalfie (1947), David Julius (1955), Wilder Penfield (1891), and Clair Cameron Patterson (1922).
1920 - 1951
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 41
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 42
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 43
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 44
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 45
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 46
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 47
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 48
1813 - 1895
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 49
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 50
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 51
1891 - 1976
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 52
1922 - 1995
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 53