1944 - 2023
Sir Ian Wilmut (7 July 1944 – 10 September 2023) was a British embryologist and the chair of the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He is best known as the leader of the research group that in 1996 first cloned a mammal from an adult somatic cell, a Finnish Dorset lamb named Dolly.Wilmut was appointed OBE in 1999 for services to embryo development and knighted in the 2008 New Year Honours. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Wilmut has received more than 291,600 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Ian Wilmut is the 331st most popular biologist (down from 279th in 2019), the 1,975th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,689th in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Biologist.
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Among biologists, Ian Wilmut ranks 331 out of 841. Before him are Nehemiah Grew, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, Philibert Commerson, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, Carl Ludwig Blume, and Alexander von Nordmann. After him are François-Alphonse Forel, Takenoshin Nakai, Emil Christian Hansen, Karl Koch, John Stevens Henslow, and John Needham.
1641 - 1712
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 325
1767 - 1851
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 326
1727 - 1773
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 327
1725 - 1776
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 328
1796 - 1862
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 329
1803 - 1866
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 330
1944 - 2023
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 331
1841 - 1912
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 332
1882 - 1952
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 333
1842 - 1909
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 334
1809 - 1879
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 335
1796 - 1861
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 336
1713 - 1781
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 337
Among people born in 1944, Ian Wilmut ranks 229. Before him are Craig T. Nelson, Kay Parker, Odd Nerdrum, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Ivica Račan, and Brian Weiss. After him are Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro, Gregory Jarvis, Jill Clayburgh, Yury Romanenko, Robert Hanssen, and Donald Tsang. Among people deceased in 2023, Ian Wilmut ranks 124. Before him are Hans Albert, Roberto Dinamite, Adolf Scherer, Andrés García, Henri Konan Bédié, and Arnaldo Forlani. After him are Martin Walser, Carla Bley, Chuck Feeney, Tom Sizemore, Robert Hanssen, and Matteo Messina Denaro.
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 223
1944 - 2022
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 224
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 225
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 226
1944 - 2007
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 227
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 228
1944 - 2023
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 229
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 230
1944 - 1986
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 231
1944 - 2010
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 232
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 233
1944 - 2023
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 234
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 235
1921 - 2023
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 118
1954 - 2023
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 119
1938 - 2023
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 120
1941 - 2023
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 121
1934 - 2023
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 122
1925 - 2023
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 123
1944 - 2023
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 124
1927 - 2023
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 125
1936 - 2023
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 126
1931 - 2023
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 127
1961 - 2023
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 128
1944 - 2023
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 129
1962 - 2023
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 130
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Wilmut ranks 1,975 out of 7,765. Before him are Charles Kay Ogden (1889), Louisa Adams (1775), Harold Laski (1893), Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516), Frederick Scott Archer (1813), and Caratacus (15). After him are Mother Shipton (1488), Margaret of England (1240), Adam Sedgwick (1785), Anthony Asquith (1902), James Wolfe (1727), and Leonard Woolf (1880).
1889 - 1957
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 1,969
1775 - 1852
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 1,970
1893 - 1950
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 1,971
1516 - 1571
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 1,972
1813 - 1857
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 1,973
15 - 54
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 1,974
1944 - 2023
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 1,975
1488 - 1561
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 1,976
1240 - 1275
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 1,977
1785 - 1873
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 1,978
1902 - 1968
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 1,979
1727 - 1759
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 1,980
1880 - 1969
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 1,981
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Ian Wilmut ranks 51. Before him are Richard Henderson (1945), George Robert Gray (1808), Patrick Geddes (1854), Robert Fortune (1812), Roderick Murchison (1792), and Nehemiah Grew (1641). After him are John Stevens Henslow (1796), John Needham (1713), John Sulston (1942), William Speirs Bruce (1867), John Maynard Smith (1920), and Paul Nurse (1949).
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 45
1808 - 1872
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 46
1854 - 1932
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 47
1812 - 1880
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 48
1792 - 1871
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 49
1641 - 1712
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 50
1944 - 2023
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 51
1796 - 1861
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 52
1713 - 1781
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 53
1942 - 2018
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 54
1867 - 1921
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 55
1920 - 2004
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 56
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 57