CHEMIST

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 410,952 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Kaoru Ishikawa is the 263rd most popular chemist (down from 217th in 2019), the 339th most popular biography from Japan (down from 237th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Chemist.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 263 out of 602. Before him are Dudley R. Herschbach, Emil Abderhalden, Michael Smith, Feodor Lynen, Richard Smalley, and Edward W. Morley. After him are Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Martin Karplus, Locusta, Joachim Sauer, Edwin G. Krebs, and Peter D. Mitchell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 50. Before him are Rashid Behbudov, Denis Thatcher, Mario Monicelli, Modibo Keïta, Takahito, Prince Mikasa, and Terence Young. After him are Marie-Louise von Franz, Peter Medawar, Helmut Schön, Miroslav Filipović, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, and Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este. Among people deceased in 1989, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 61. Before him are Rashid Behbudov, Carlos Arias Navarro, Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, Irving Stone, Hamani Diori, and Countess Georgina von Wilczek. After him are Karel Zeman, A. J. Ayer, Leonardo Sciascia, Werner Best, Franklin J. Schaffner, and Bernard Blier.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 339 out of 6,245. Before him are Tokugawa Ieharu (1737), Emperor Go-Hanazono (1419), Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), Saburō Sakai (1916), Kenji Doihara (1883), and Saionji Kinmochi (1849). After him are Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855), Izumo no Okuni (1572), Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127), Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962), Emperor Chōkei (1343), and Kiyonosuke Marutani (null).

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Among CHEMISTS In Japan

Among chemists born in Japan, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 8. Before him are Osamu Shimomura (1928), Kenichi Fukui (1918), Satoshi Ōmura (1935), Hideki Shirakawa (1936), Ryōji Noyori (1938), and Kikunae Ikeda (1864). After him are Akira Yoshino (1948), Koichi Tanaka (1959), Takamine Jōkichi (1854), and Masatoshi Shima (1943).

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