PHYSICIAN

Richard Axel

1946 - Today

Photo of Richard Axel

Icon of person Richard Axel

Richard Axel (born July 2, 1946) is an American molecular biologist and university professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Columbia University and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Axel has received more than 249,893 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Richard Axel is the 269th most popular physician (up from 340th in 2019), the 2,291st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,272nd in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Richard Axel ranks 269 out of 726. Before him are Leon Pinsker, Constantine the African, John Harvey Kellogg, Cicely Saunders, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, and May-Britt Moser. After him are Bian Que, James Barry, Gavriil Ilizarov, Rembert Dodoens, Michael DeBakey, and Edmond Locard.

Most Popular Physicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Richard Axel ranks 170. Before him are Petre Roman, Hanan Ashrawi, Martin Kove, Donovan, Brigitte Fossey, and Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester. After him are Stig Blomqvist, Dan McCafferty, Jim Hines, Alejandro Toledo, Alison Steadman, and Ti Lung.

Others Born in 1946

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Axel ranks 2,291 out of 20,380. Before him are Lorraine Bracco (1954), Pat Hingle (1924), Charles Dow (1851), Matt Dillon (1964), Frederik Pohl (1919), and William E. Moerner (1953). After him are Paul P. Harris (1868), Stella Adler (1901), Paul Sorvino (1939), Lee Grant (1927), Diana Nyad (1949), and Treat Williams (1951).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Richard Axel ranks 31. Before him are Randy Schekman (1948), Henry Heimlich (1920), Robert Lefkowitz (1943), John O'Keefe (1939), John Harvey Kellogg (1852), and Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923). After him are Michael DeBakey (1908), Drew Weissman (1959), Horace Wells (1815), James Curtis Hepburn (1815), Jack Kevorkian (1928), and William Bates (1860).

American born Physicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous