1915 - 1989
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 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 310,741 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Kaoru Ishikawa is the 234th most popular chemist (down from 221st in 2019), the 308th most popular biography from Japan (down from 235th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Chemist.
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Among chemists, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 234 out of 510. Before him are Friedrich Sertürner, Robert W. Holley, Michael Polanyi, James Dewar, Alexander R. Todd, and Aaron Klug. After him are Ida Noddack, Thomas Graham, John E. Walker, William Standish Knowles, Erwin Chargaff, and Vladimir Markovnikov.
1783 - 1841
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 228
1922 - 1993
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 229
1891 - 1976
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 230
1842 - 1923
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 231
1907 - 1997
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 232
1926 - 2018
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 233
1915 - 1989
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 234
1896 - 1978
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 235
1805 - 1869
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 236
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 237
1917 - 2012
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 238
1905 - 2002
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 239
1838 - 1904
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 240
Among people born in 1915, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 53. Before him are Terence Young, Konstantin Simonov, Mario Monicelli, Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Henry Taube, and Rashid Behbudov. After him are Denis Thatcher, Joseph Greenberg, Alicia Rhett, Miroslav Filipović, László Csatáry, and Thomas Huckle Weller. Among people deceased in 1989, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 61. Before him are Minoru Genda, Jerzy Kukuczka, A. J. Ayer, Carlos Arias Navarro, Rashid Behbudov, and Giuseppe Siri. After him are Luis Carlos Galán, Ahmadou Ahidjo, Pérez Prado, Gaetano Scirea, Uichiro Hatta, and R. D. Laing.
1915 - 1994
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 47
1915 - 1979
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 48
1915 - 2010
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 49
1915 - 2016
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 50
1915 - 2005
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 51
1915 - 1989
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 52
1915 - 1989
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 53
1915 - 2003
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 54
1915 - 2001
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 55
1915 - 2014
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 56
1915 - 1946
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 57
1915 - 2013
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 58
1915 - 2008
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 59
1904 - 1989
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 55
1948 - 1989
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 56
1910 - 1989
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 57
1908 - 1989
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 58
1915 - 1989
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 59
1906 - 1989
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 60
1915 - 1989
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 61
1943 - 1989
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 62
1924 - 1989
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 63
1916 - 1989
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 64
1953 - 1989
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 65
1903 - 1989
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 66
1927 - 1989
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 67
Among people born in Japan, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 308 out of 5,560. Before him are Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), Shunichi Kumai (1910), Emperor Ninken (449), Takashi Kano (1920), Setsu Sawagata (null), and Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596). After him are Megumu Tamura (1927), Emperor Sushun (520), Takeichi Nishi (1902), Usaburo Hidaka (null), Sugawara no Michizane (845), and Hisaichi Terauchi (1879).
1886 - 1966
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 302
1910 - Present
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 303
449 - 498
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 304
1920 - 2000
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 305
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 306
1596 - 1680
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 307
1915 - 1989
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 308
1927 - 1986
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 309
520 - 592
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 310
1902 - 1945
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 311
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 312
845 - 903
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 313
1879 - 1946
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 314
Among chemists born in Japan, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 3. Before him are Akira Suzuki (1930) and Osamu Shimomura (1928). After him are Kenichi Fukui (1918), Kikunae Ikeda (1864), Hideki Shirakawa (1936), Ryōji Noyori (1938), Satoshi Ōmura (1935), Akira Yoshino (1948), Koichi Tanaka (1959), and Masatoshi Shima (1943).
1930 - Present
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 1
1928 - 2018
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 2
1915 - 1989
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 3
1918 - 1998
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 4
1864 - 1936
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 5
1936 - Present
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 6
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 7
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 8
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 9
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 10
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 11