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Hiroshi Nakajima

1928 - 2013

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Hiroshi Nakajima (中嶋 宏, Nakajima Hiroshi, May 16, 1928 – January 26, 2013) was a Japanese doctor known chiefly for his tenure as Director-General of the World Health Organization. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiroshi Nakajima has received more than 74,156 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Hiroshi Nakajima is the 467th most popular physician (down from 407th in 2019), the 1,022nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 868th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Physician.

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  • 57.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Hiroshi Nakajima ranks 467 out of 726. Before him are John Crawfurd, Charles Best, Fernando J. Corbató, Friedrich von Huene, Arnold Pick, and Aleksandr Bogomolets. After him are James Young Simpson, Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, Wu Lien-teh, Grunya Sukhareva, Friedrich von Esmarch, and Antonio Bertoloni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Hiroshi Nakajima ranks 307. Before him are Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Milka Babović, Sisavath Keobounphanh, Guy Bourdin, Luis Posada Carriles, and Cristina Calderón. After him are Théodore Sindikubwabo, Mikio Sato, Péter Boross, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Akira Miyawaki, and Jacques Dupont. Among people deceased in 2013, Hiroshi Nakajima ranks 236. Before him are Emile Griffith, Norma Bengell, Hans Hass, Daniel Duval, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, and Zdeněk Zikán. After him are Gerda Lerner, John Tavener, Cayetano Ré, Robert N. Bellah, Iain Banks, and José Faria.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiroshi Nakajima ranks 1,022 out of 6,245. Before him are Toyohiro Akiyama (1942), Katsukawa Shunshō (1726), Damo Suzuki (1950), Homare Sawa (1978), Toyohiko Kagawa (1888), and Ogyū Sorai (1666). After him are Moto Hagio (1949), Hisashi Owada (1932), Yuko Shimizu (1946), Tatsumi Kimishima (1950), Ōmura Masujirō (1824), and Edwin O. Reischauer (1910).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Japan

Among physicians born in Japan, Hiroshi Nakajima ranks 10. Before him are Hakaru Hashimoto (1881), Shinya Yamanaka (1962), Hiraga Gennai (1728), Kusumoto Ine (1827), Shinobu Ishihara (1879), and Kiyoshi Shiga (1871). After him are Kyusaku Ogino (1882), Sunao Tawara (1873), Yoshioka Yayoi (1871), and Kei Okami (1859).

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