1938 - Today
Ryōji Noyori (野依 良治, Noyori Ryōji, born September 3, 1938) is a Japanese chemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001, Noyori shared a half of the prize with William S. Knowles for the study of chirally catalyzed hydrogenations; the second half of the prize went to K. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ryōji Noyori has received more than 146,442 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Ryōji Noyori is the 283rd most popular chemist, the 411th most popular biography from Japan (up from 439th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Chemist.
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Among chemists, Ryōji Noyori ranks 283 out of 509. Before him are William Henry, Torbern Bergman, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Bernard Courtois, Richard J. Roberts, and S. P. L. Sørensen. After him are Hartmut Michel, Georg Brandt, Andreas Libavius, William C. Campbell, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, and Rasmus Bartholin.
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
1818 - 1901
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 288
1625 - 1698
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 289
Among people born in 1938, Ryōji Noyori ranks 108. Before him are Larry Scott, Ed Lauter, Jean-Claude Mézières, Tereza Kesovija, Ted Turner, and Cabu. After him are Guy Roux, Keith O'Brien, Girish Karnad, Morihiro Hosokawa, Lill-Babs, and Willy Claes.
1938 - 2014
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 102
1938 - 2013
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 103
1938 - 2022
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 104
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 105
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 106
1938 - 2015
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 107
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 108
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 109
1938 - 2018
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 110
1938 - 2019
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 111
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 112
1938 - 2018
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 113
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 114
Among people born in Japan, Ryōji Noyori ranks 411 out of 6,048. Before him are Kinjiro Shimizu (null), Shumpei Inoue (null), Koichi Sugiyama (1931), Masuzo Madono (null), Michiyo Taki (null), and Nagayasu Honda (null). After him are Enomoto Takeaki (1836), Takeo Kurita (1889), Konishi Yukinaga (1555), Saburo Shinosaki (null), Ishirō Honda (1911), and Noboru Takeshita (1924).
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 405
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 406
1931 - 2021
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 407
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 408
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 409
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 410
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 411
1836 - 1908
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 412
1889 - 1977
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 413
1555 - 1600
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 414
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 415
1911 - 1993
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 416
1924 - 2000
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 417
Among chemists born in Japan, Ryōji Noyori ranks 8. Before him are Akira Suzuki (1930), Osamu Shimomura (1928), Kaoru Ishikawa (1915), Kikunae Ikeda (1864), Hideki Shirakawa (1936), and Kenichi Fukui (1918). After him are Akira Yoshino (1948), Koichi Tanaka (1959), and Masatoshi Shima (1943).
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 2
1928 - 2018
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 3
1915 - 1989
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 4
1864 - 1936
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 5
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 6
1918 - 1998
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 7
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 8
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 9
1959 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 10
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 11