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Kaoru Ishikawa

1915 - 1989

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Kaoru Ishikawa (石川 馨, Ishikawa Kaoru, July 13, 1915 – April 16, 1989) was a Japanese organizational theorist and a professor in the engineering faculty at the University of Tokyo who was noted for his quality management innovations. He is considered a key figure in the development of quality initiatives in Japan, particularly the quality circle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kaoru Ishikawa has received more than 387,348 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Kaoru Ishikawa is the 217th most popular chemist (up from 234th in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from Japan (up from 308th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 217 out of 509. Before him are Alexander R. Todd, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Derek Barton, Aziz Sancar, Elias James Corey, and Osamu Shimomura. After him are Jacques Dubochet, Leo Baekeland, Michael Smith, Arieh Warshel, John Pople, and Alfred G. Gilman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 47. Before him are Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, Helmut Schön, Mario Del Monaco, Franz Josef Strauss, Rudolf Kirchschläger, and Alan Watts. After him are Terence Young, Laurent Schwartz, Peter Medawar, Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este, Modibo Keïta, and Mario Monicelli. Among people deceased in 1989, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 55. Before him are John Payne, Lucille Ball, Cornel Wilde, Graham Chapman, James Bond, and Countess Georgina von Wilczek. After him are Valentin Glushko, Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, Carlos Arias Navarro, Charles J. Pedersen, Luis Carlos Galán, and Rashid Behbudov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 239 out of 6,048. Before him are Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927), Issey Miyake (1938), Emperor Shōkō (1401), Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (1887), Osamu Shimomura (1928), and Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965). After him are Susumu Tonegawa (1939), Nobuyoshi Araki (1940), Shintaro Ishihara (1932), Mōri Motonari (1497), Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596), and Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887).

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Among CHEMISTS In Japan

Among chemists born in Japan, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 4. Before him are Satoshi Ōmura (1935), Akira Suzuki (1930), and Osamu Shimomura (1928). After him are Kikunae Ikeda (1864), Hideki Shirakawa (1936), Kenichi Fukui (1918), Ryōji Noyori (1938), Akira Yoshino (1948), Koichi Tanaka (1959), and Masatoshi Shima (1943).

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