1853 - 1931
Baron Kitasato Shibasaburō (北里 柴三郎, January 29 [O.S. 17 January] , 1853 – June 13, 1931) was a Japanese physician and bacteriologist. He is remembered as the co-discoverer of the infectious agent of bubonic plague in Hong Kong during an outbreak in 1894, almost simultaneously with Alexandre Yersin. Kitasato was nominated for the first annual Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kitasato Shibasaburō has received more than 255,468 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Kitasato Shibasaburō is the 172nd most popular physician (down from 138th in 2019), the 222nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 178th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Physician.
Kitasato Shibasaburō was a Japanese bacteriologist who was the first to isolate the bacillus responsible for bubonic plague. He was also the first to identify the bacterium responsible for leprosy.
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Among physicians, Kitasato Shibasaburō ranks 172 out of 502. Before him are Engelbert Kaempfer, Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Leonid Rogozov, Dominique Jean Larrey, Anthony Fauci, and Alexander Bogdanov. After him are Erasistratus, Hans Rosling, Andrew Schally, Thomas Willis, Patch Adams, and Charaka.
1651 - 1716
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 166
1682 - 1771
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 167
1934 - 2000
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 168
1766 - 1842
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 169
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 170
1873 - 1928
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 171
1853 - 1931
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 172
303 BC - 249 BC
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 173
1948 - 2017
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 174
1926 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 175
1621 - 1675
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 176
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 177
50 - Present
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 178
Among people born in 1853, Kitasato Shibasaburō ranks 27. Before him are Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Hans Christian Gram, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Emil Jellinek, Katharina Schratt, and André Michelin. After him are Vladimir Korolenko, Flinders Petrie, Louise Abbéma, Vladimir Shukhov, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, and Pierre Paul Émile Roux. Among people deceased in 1931, Kitasato Shibasaburō ranks 29. Before him are Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Armand Fallières, Martinus Beijerinck, Nathan Söderblom, André Michelin, and Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta. After him are Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Giovanni Boldini, Vincent d'Indy, Wilhelm von Gloeden, and Shibusawa Eiichi.
1853 - 1917
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 21
1853 - 1938
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 22
1853 - 1907
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 23
1853 - 1918
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 24
1853 - 1940
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 25
1853 - 1931
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 26
1853 - 1931
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 27
1853 - 1921
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 28
1853 - 1942
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 29
1853 - 1927
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 30
1853 - 1939
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 31
1853 - 1927
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 32
1853 - 1933
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 33
1865 - 1931
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 23
1841 - 1931
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 24
1851 - 1931
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 25
1866 - 1931
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 26
1853 - 1931
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 27
1869 - 1931
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 28
1853 - 1931
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 29
1848 - 1931
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 30
1906 - 1931
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 31
1842 - 1931
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 32
1851 - 1931
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 33
1856 - 1931
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 34
1840 - 1931
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 35
Among people born in Japan, Kitasato Shibasaburō ranks 222 out of 6,048. Before him are Akira Yoshizawa (1911), Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), Emperor Ninken (449), Antonio Inoki (1943), Ishikawa Goemon (1558), and Eiji Yoshikawa (1892). After him are Emperor Senka (467), Emperor Hanzei (336), Masatoshi Koshiba (1926), Ōkubo Toshimichi (1830), Leo Esaki (1925), and Emperor Seinei (444).
1911 - 2005
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 216
1886 - 1966
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 217
449 - 498
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 218
1943 - 2022
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 219
1558 - 1594
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 220
1892 - 1962
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 221
1853 - 1931
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 222
467 - 539
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 223
336 - 410
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 224
1926 - 2020
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 225
1830 - 1878
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 226
1925 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 227
444 - 484
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 228
Among physicians born in Japan, Kitasato Shibasaburō ranks 2. Before him are Shirō Ishii (1892). After him are Hakaru Hashimoto (1881), Shinya Yamanaka (1962), Tasuku Honjo (1942), Kusumoto Ine (1827), Hiroshi Nakajima (1928), Kiyoshi Shiga (1871), Hiraga Gennai (1728), Sunao Tawara (1873), Kyusaku Ogino (1882), and Shinobu Ishihara (1879).
1892 - 1959
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 1
1853 - 1931
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 2
1881 - 1934
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 3
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 4
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 5
1827 - 1903
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 6
1928 - 2013
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 7
1871 - 1957
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 8
1728 - 1780
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 9
1873 - 1952
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 10
1882 - 1975
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 11
1879 - 1963
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 12