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Robert Jarvik

1946 - Today

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Robert Koffler Jarvik (born May 11, 1946) is an American scientist, researcher, and entrepreneur known for his role in developing the Jarvik-7 artificial heart. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Jarvik has received more than 440,471 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Robert Jarvik is the 532nd most popular chemist (down from 512th in 2019), the 8,658th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,916th in 2019) and the 90th most popular American Chemist.

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  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Robert Jarvik ranks 532 out of 602. Before him are Robin Hill, Hans von Pechmann, Leslie Orgel, Sabir Yunusov, Peter Armbruster, and Neil Bartlett. After him are John Mayow, Wallace Smith Broecker, Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov, Aleksandr Arbuzov, Darleane C. Hoffman, and Nikodem Caro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Robert Jarvik ranks 606. Before him are Boz Burrell, Stanisław Barańczak, Richard LeParmentier, Isamu Sonoda, Oganes Zanazanyan, and Lennox Miller. After him are Justin Hayward, Simeon Simeonov, Kjell Johansson, Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, John Aylward, and Jacques Sylla.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Jarvik ranks 8,658 out of 20,380. Before him are Pat Carroll (1927), Nancy Richey (1942), Edmund White (1940), Ann Richards (1933), Clint Howard (1959), and Shelly Manne (1920). After him are Todd Field (1964), David Jenkins (1936), Matthew McGrory (1973), Alexander Courage (1919), Liz Torres (1947), and Don Patinkin (1922).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Robert Jarvik ranks 90. Before him are James Crafts (1839), Maclyn McCarty (1911), Isabella Karle (1921), Michael Behe (1952), Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856), and Karen Wetterhahn (1948). After him are Wallace Smith Broecker (1931), Darleane C. Hoffman (1926), Helen Murray Free (1923), Bruce Alberts (1938), Florence B. Seibert (1897), and Mildred Cohn (1913).

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