1927 - 2004
Sir John Robert Vane (29 March 1927 – 19 November 2004) was a British pharmacologist who was instrumental in the understanding of how aspirin produces pain-relief and anti-inflammatory effects and his work led to new treatments for heart and blood vessel disease and introduction of ACE inhibitors. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Vane has received more than 125,478 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). John Vane is the 172nd most popular chemist (up from 215th in 2019), the 799th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 988th in 2019) and the 20th most popular British Chemist.
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Among chemists, John Vane ranks 172 out of 509. Before him are Robert Huber, Robert S. Mulliken, Sophia Brahe, Katalin Karikó, Wallace Carothers, and August Wilhelm von Hofmann. After him are Rodney Robert Porter, Stephanie Kwolek, Arthur Kornberg, George Porter, Georg Wittig, and Jean-Pierre Sauvage.
1937 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 166
1896 - 1986
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 167
1556 - 1643
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 168
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 169
1896 - 1937
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 170
1818 - 1892
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 171
1927 - 2004
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 172
1917 - 1985
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 173
1923 - 2014
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 174
1918 - 2007
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 175
1920 - 2002
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 176
1897 - 1987
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 177
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 178
Among people born in 1927, John Vane ranks 56. Before him are Lois Maxwell, Daniel Keyes, Phil Hill, Robert Noyce, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, and Sydney Brenner. After him are Harry Mulisch, Jacques Mayol, Maurice Ronet, Raúl Alfonsín, Leszek Kołakowski, and Romano Mussolini. Among people deceased in 2004, John Vane ranks 34. Before him are Laura Branigan, Jerry Goldsmith, Ingrid Thulin, Sune Bergström, Godfrey Hounsfield, and Gérard Debreu. After him are Thomas Klestil, Robert Merle, Matthäus Hetzenauer, Julius Axelrod, Andriyan Nikolayev, and Edward B. Lewis.
1927 - 2007
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 50
1927 - 2014
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 51
1927 - 2008
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 52
1927 - 1990
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 53
1927 - 2021
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 54
1927 - 2019
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 55
1927 - 2004
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 56
1927 - 2010
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 57
1927 - 2001
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 58
1927 - 1983
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 59
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 60
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 61
1927 - 2006
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 62
1952 - 2004
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 28
1929 - 2004
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 29
1926 - 2004
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 30
1916 - 2004
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 31
1919 - 2004
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 32
1921 - 2004
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 33
1927 - 2004
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 34
1932 - 2004
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 35
1908 - 2004
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 36
1924 - 2004
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 37
1912 - 2004
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 38
1929 - 2004
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 39
1918 - 2004
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 40
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Vane ranks 799 out of 7,765. Before him are Richard Stone (1913), Stephen Gray (1666), Archibald Hill (1886), David Cameron (1966), Bernard Cornwell (1944), and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689). After him are Wentworth Miller (1972), Edgar F. Codd (1923), Rob Roy MacGregor (1671), Francis Hutcheson (1694), David McCallum (1933), and Oliver Smithies (1925).
1913 - 1991
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 793
1666 - 1736
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 794
1886 - 1977
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 795
1966 - Present
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 796
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 797
1689 - 1762
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 798
1927 - 2004
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 799
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 800
1923 - 2003
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 801
1671 - 1734
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 802
1694 - 1746
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 803
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 804
1925 - 2017
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 805
Among chemists born in United Kingdom, John Vane ranks 20. Before him are John Macleod (1876), Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897), Arthur Harden (1865), Harry Kroto (1939), John Frederic Daniell (1790), and Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914). After him are Rodney Robert Porter (1917), George Porter (1920), Archer Martin (1910), Peter D. Mitchell (1920), William Henry Perkin (1838), and Alexander R. Todd (1907).
1876 - 1935
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 14
1897 - 1967
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 15
1865 - 1940
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 16
1939 - 2016
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 17
1790 - 1845
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 18
1914 - 1994
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 19
1927 - 2004
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 20
1917 - 1985
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 21
1920 - 2002
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 22
1910 - 2002
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 23
1920 - 1992
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 24
1838 - 1907
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 25
1907 - 1997
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 26