PHYSICIST
Makoto Kobayashi
1944 - Today
Makoto Kobayashi
Makoto Kobayashi (小林 誠, Kobayashi Makoto, born April 7, 1944, in Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese physicist known for his work on CP-violation who was awarded one-fourth of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature.. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Makoto Kobayashi has received more than 22,690 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Makoto Kobayashi is the 230th most popular physicist (up from 292nd in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 265th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Physicist.
Makoto Kobayashi is most famous for being the first person to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen.
Memorability Metrics
23k
Page Views (PV)
63.21
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
61
Languages Editions (L)
8.77
Effective Languages (L*)
3.54
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among PHYSICISTS
Among physicists, Makoto Kobayashi ranks 230 out of 851. Before him are Sheldon Lee Glashow, Roy J. Glauber, Frederick Reines, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Theodor W. Hänsch, and Edme Mariotte. After him are Burton Richter, Joseph Plateau, Serge Haroche, Horst Ludwig Störmer, William Shockley, and Rolf Maximilian Sievert.
Most Popular Physicists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsSheldon Lee Glashow
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 224
Roy J. Glauber
1925 - 2018
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 225
Frederick Reines
1918 - 1998
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 226
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
1933 - Present
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 227
Theodor W. Hänsch
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 228
Edme Mariotte
1620 - 1684
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 229
Makoto Kobayashi
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 230
Burton Richter
1931 - 2018
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 231
Joseph Plateau
1801 - 1883
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 232
Serge Haroche
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 233
Horst Ludwig Störmer
1949 - Present
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 234
William Shockley
1910 - 1989
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 235
Rolf Maximilian Sievert
1896 - 1966
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 236
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1944, Makoto Kobayashi ranks 65. Before him are Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Peter Weir, John Holmes, Askar Akayev, Bora Milutinović, and Leila Khaled. After him are Udo Kier, Serge Haroche, Abdul Hamid, Klaus Nomi, Claudia Mori, and Bernhard Schlink.
Others Born in 1944
Go to all RankingsJean-Pierre Sauvage
CHEMIST
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 59
Peter Weir
FILM DIRECTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 60
John Holmes
ACTOR
1944 - 1988
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 61
Askar Akayev
POLITICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 62
Bora Milutinović
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 63
Leila Khaled
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 64
Makoto Kobayashi
PHYSICIST
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 65
Udo Kier
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 66
Serge Haroche
PHYSICIST
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 67
Abdul Hamid
POLITICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 68
Klaus Nomi
MUSICIAN
1944 - 1983
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 69
Claudia Mori
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 70
Bernhard Schlink
WRITER
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 71
In Japan
Among people born in Japan, Makoto Kobayashi ranks 143 out of 6,245. Before him are Tokugawa Hidetada (1579), Kakuichi Mimura (1931), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), Tameo Ide (1908), Yamagata Aritomo (1838), and Kuniaki Koiso (1880). After him are Sakichi Toyoda (1867), Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), Emperor Sujin (-147), Ishikawa Goemon (1558), Emperor Kanmu (737), and Emperor Kōrei (-341).
Others born in Japan
Go to all RankingsTokugawa Hidetada
POLITICIAN
1579 - 1632
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 137
Kakuichi Mimura
SOCCER PLAYER
1931 - 2022
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 138
Ishida Mitsunari
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1559 - 1600
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 139
Tameo Ide
SOCCER PLAYER
1908 - 1998
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 140
Yamagata Aritomo
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1838 - 1922
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 141
Kuniaki Koiso
POLITICIAN
1880 - 1950
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 142
Makoto Kobayashi
PHYSICIST
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 143
Sakichi Toyoda
INVENTOR
1867 - 1930
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 144
Toyotomi Hideyori
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1593 - 1615
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 145
Emperor Sujin
POLITICIAN
147 BC - 29 BC
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 146
Ishikawa Goemon
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1558 - 1594
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 147
Emperor Kanmu
POLITICIAN
737 - 806
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 148
Emperor Kōrei
POLITICIAN
341 BC - 214 BC
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 149
Among PHYSICISTS In Japan
Among physicists born in Japan, Makoto Kobayashi ranks 5. Before him are Isamu Akasaki (1929), Hideki Yukawa (1907), Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (1906), and Yoichiro Nambu (1921). After him are Masatoshi Koshiba (1926), Syukuro Manabe (1931), Leo Esaki (1925), Toshihide Maskawa (1940), Shuji Nakamura (1954), Yoshio Nishina (1890), and Hiroshi Amano (1960).
Isamu Akasaki
1929 - 2021
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 1
Hideki Yukawa
1907 - 1981
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 2
Shin'ichirō Tomonaga
1906 - 1979
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 3
Yoichiro Nambu
1921 - 2015
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 4
Makoto Kobayashi
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 5
Masatoshi Koshiba
1926 - 2020
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 6
Syukuro Manabe
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 7
Leo Esaki
1925 - Present
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 8
Toshihide Maskawa
1940 - 2021
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 9
Shuji Nakamura
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 10
Yoshio Nishina
1890 - 1951
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 11
Hiroshi Amano
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 12