1943 - Today
Sir Richard John Roberts (born 6 September 1943) is a British biochemist and molecular biologist. He was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Phillip Allen Sharp for the discovery of introns in eukaryotic DNA and the mechanism of gene-splicing. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard J. Roberts has received more than 218,625 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Richard J. Roberts is the 281st most popular chemist (up from 308th in 2019), the 1,235th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,410th in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Chemist.
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Among chemists, Richard J. Roberts ranks 281 out of 509. Before him are Thomas A. Steitz, Alexander Shulgin, William Henry, Torbern Bergman, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, and Bernard Courtois. After him are S. P. L. Sørensen, Ryōji Noyori, Hartmut Michel, Georg Brandt, Andreas Libavius, and William C. Campbell.
1940 - 2018
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 275
1925 - 2014
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 276
1774 - 1836
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 277
1735 - 1784
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 278
1838 - 1912
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 279
1777 - 1838
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 280
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 281
1868 - 1939
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 282
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 283
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 284
1694 - 1768
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 285
1555 - 1616
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 286
1930 - Present
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 287
Among people born in 1943, Richard J. Roberts ranks 126. Before him are Jack Bruce, Mohammed Badie, Griselda Blanco, Oskar Lafontaine, Robert Lefkowitz, and Ken Norton. After him are Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh, John Nettles, Lorenzo Sanz, Blythe Danner, Masafumi Hara, and Fouad Siniora.
1943 - 2014
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 120
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 121
1943 - 2012
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 122
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 123
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 124
1943 - 2013
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 125
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 126
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 127
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 128
1943 - 2020
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 129
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 130
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 131
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 132
Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard J. Roberts ranks 1,235 out of 7,765. Before him are Bear Grylls (1974), Eddie Redmayne (1982), Victoria Beckham (1974), Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810), Elizabeth Siddal (1829), and Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874). After him are Carol Reed (1906), Hugh Griffith (1912), Joan Plowright (1929), Alexander I of Scotland (1078), John Nettles (1943), and Catherine Eddowes (1842).
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 1,229
1982 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 1,230
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 1,231
1810 - 1895
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 1,232
1829 - 1862
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 1,233
1874 - 1899
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 1,234
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 1,235
1906 - 1976
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 1,236
1912 - 1980
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 1,237
1929 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 1,238
1078 - 1124
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,239
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,240
1842 - 1888
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,241
Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Richard J. Roberts ranks 39. Before him are John E. Walker (1941), Ida Noddack (1896), Thomas Graham (1805), Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921), Fraser Stoddart (1942), and William Henry (1774). After him are Martin Lowry (1874), Edward Frankland (1825), M. Stanley Whittingham (1941), Smithson Tennant (1761), Charles Macintosh (1766), and William Prout (1785).
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 33
1896 - 1978
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 34
1805 - 1869
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 35
1921 - 1996
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 36
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 37
1774 - 1836
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 38
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 39
1874 - 1936
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 40
1825 - 1899
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 41
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 42
1761 - 1815
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 43
1766 - 1843
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 44
1785 - 1850
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 45