1952 - Today
Jack William Szostak (born November 9, 1952) is a Canadian American biologist of Polish British descent, Nobel Prize laureate, University Professor at the University of Chicago, former Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, and Alexander Rich Distinguished Investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Szostak has made significant contributions to the field of genetics. His achievement helped scientists to map the location of genes in mammals and to develop techniques for manipulating genes. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack W. Szostak has received more than 286,230 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Jack W. Szostak is the 295th most popular biologist (up from 412th in 2019), the 1,768th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,187th in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Biologist.
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Among biologists, Jack W. Szostak ranks 295 out of 841. Before him are Othenio Abel, René Louiche Desfontaines, Josif Pančić, Carol W. Greider, John Gould, and Joel Asaph Allen. After him are Phillip Allen Sharp, Ludwik Fleck, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Christian Ludwig Brehm, Lev Berg, and Motoo Kimura.
1875 - 1946
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 289
1750 - 1833
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 290
1814 - 1888
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 291
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 292
1804 - 1881
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 293
1838 - 1921
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 294
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 295
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 296
1896 - 1961
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 297
1797 - 1848
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 298
1787 - 1864
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 299
1876 - 1950
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 300
1924 - 1994
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 301
Among people born in 1952, Jack W. Szostak ranks 127. Before him are Eduardo Souto de Moura, Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, Alfre Woodard, Fatos Nano, François Berléand, and Christiane Taubira. After him are Yoshitaka Amano, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Clive Barker, David A. Stewart, Rex Tillerson, and Semyon Bychkov.
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 121
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 122
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 123
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 124
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 125
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 126
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 127
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 128
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 129
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 130
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 131
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 132
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 133
Among people born in United Kingdom, Jack W. Szostak ranks 1,768 out of 7,765. Before him are William Boyce (1711), John Gould (1804), Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), Edith Tolkien (1889), George Whitefield (1714), and Peter Capaldi (1958). After him are Naomie Harris (1976), John Adams (1767), James Gillray (1756), Edward Balliol (1283), Augustus Pugin (1812), and Bill Foulkes (1932).
1711 - 1779
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 1,762
1804 - 1881
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 1,763
1868 - 1956
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 1,764
1889 - 1971
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 1,765
1714 - 1770
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 1,766
1958 - Present
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 1,767
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 1,768
1976 - Present
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 1,769
1767 - 1829
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 1,770
1756 - 1815
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 1,771
1283 - 1364
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 1,772
1812 - 1852
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 1,773
1932 - 2013
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 1,774
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Jack W. Szostak ranks 44. Before him are June Almeida (1930), Arthur Tansley (1871), Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1942), Marie Stopes (1880), John Hughlings Jackson (1835), and John Gould (1804). After him are Richard Henderson (1945), George Robert Gray (1808), Patrick Geddes (1854), Robert Fortune (1812), Roderick Murchison (1792), and Nehemiah Grew (1641).
1930 - 2007
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 38
1871 - 1955
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 39
1942 - 2021
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 40
1880 - 1958
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 41
1835 - 1911
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 42
1804 - 1881
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 43
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 44
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