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Satoshi Ōmura

1935 - Today

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Satoshi Ōmura (大村 智, Ōmura Satoshi, [oːmɯɾa saꜜtoɕi]; born 12 July 1935) is a Japanese biochemist. He is known for the discovery and development of hundreds of pharmaceuticals originally occurring in microorganisms. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with William C. Campbell for their role in the discovery of avermectins and ivermectin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Satoshi Ōmura has received more than 338,933 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Satoshi Ōmura is the 212th most popular chemist (down from 158th in 2019), the 244th most popular biography from Japan (down from 166th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Satoshi Ōmura ranks 212 out of 602. Before him are Kenichi Fukui, John Fenn, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Gerhard Herzberg, Wallace Carothers, and Friedrich Sertürner. After him are Aziz Sancar, Antoni Grabowski, Alan J. Heeger, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, Donald J. Cram, and Stephanie Kwolek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Satoshi Ōmura ranks 54. Before him are Harvey J. Alter, Harrison Schmitt, Pepe, David Harvey, Zhelyu Zhelev, and John Saxon. After him are Masahito, Prince Hitachi, Monique Wittig, Ernesto Laclau, John G. Avildsen, Forough Farrokhzad, and Udo Lattek.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Satoshi Ōmura ranks 244 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Ninken (449), Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358), Iwasaki Yatarō (1835), Fujiwara no Michinaga (966), Masahiko Kimura (1917), and Masamune (1300). After him are Ken Noritake (1922), Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), Katō Kiyomasa (1561), Ko Yong-hui (1952), Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596), and Hideo Kojima (1963).

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Among CHEMISTS In Japan

Among chemists born in Japan, Satoshi Ōmura ranks 4. Before him are Akira Suzuki (1930), Osamu Shimomura (1928), and Kenichi Fukui (1918). After him are Hideki Shirakawa (1936), Ryōji Noyori (1938), Kikunae Ikeda (1864), Kaoru Ishikawa (1915), Akira Yoshino (1948), Koichi Tanaka (1959), Takamine Jōkichi (1854), and Masatoshi Shima (1943).

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