1935 - Today
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, the world's first endectocide and a safe and highly effective microfilaricide. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Satoshi Ōmura has received more than 322,691 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Satoshi Ōmura is the 158th most popular chemist (up from 284th in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Japan (up from 443rd in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Chemist.
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Among chemists, Satoshi Ōmura ranks 158 out of 509. Before him are Paul Flory, Harry Kroto, George Andrew Olah, John Frederic Daniell, Wilfrid Voynich, and Heinrich Gustav Magnus. After him are Akira Suzuki, Robert Bruce Merrifield, Paul D. Boyer, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Nicolas Leblanc, and Roald Hoffmann.
1910 - 1985
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 152
1939 - 2016
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 153
1927 - 2017
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 154
1790 - 1845
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 155
1865 - 1930
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 156
1802 - 1870
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 157
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 158
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 159
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 160
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 161
1914 - 1994
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 162
1742 - 1806
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 163
1937 - Present
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 164
Among people born in 1935, Satoshi Ōmura ranks 42. Before him are Mirella Freni, Giya Kancheli, David Harvey, Jim Peebles, Jerry Lee Lewis, and William Friedkin. After him are Sylvia Earle, Danilo Kiš, Mylène Demongeot, Wim Duisenberg, Masahito, Prince Hitachi, and Ei-ichi Negishi.
1935 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 36
1935 - 2019
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 37
1935 - Present
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 38
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 39
1935 - 2022
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 40
1935 - 2023
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 41
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 42
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 43
1935 - 1989
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 44
1935 - 2022
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 45
1935 - 2005
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 46
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 47
1935 - 2021
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 48
Among people born in Japan, Satoshi Ōmura ranks 166 out of 6,048. Before him are Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), Mikao Usui (1865), Emperor Ōjin (210), Kitarō (1953), Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918), and Honda Tadakatsu (1548). After him are Emperor Tenji (626), Akira Suzuki (1930), Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952), Sugawara no Michizane (845), Edogawa Ranpo (1894), and Emperor Kanmu (737).
1604 - 1651
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 160
1865 - 1926
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 161
210 - 310
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 162
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 163
1918 - 2019
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 164
1548 - 1610
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 165
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 166
626 - 672
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 167
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 168
1952 - 2023
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 169
845 - 903
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 170
1894 - 1965
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 171
737 - 806
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 172
Among chemists born in Japan, Satoshi Ōmura ranks 1. After him are Akira Suzuki (1930), Osamu Shimomura (1928), Kaoru Ishikawa (1915), Kikunae Ikeda (1864), Hideki Shirakawa (1936), Kenichi Fukui (1918), Ryōji Noyori (1938), Akira Yoshino (1948), Koichi Tanaka (1959), and Masatoshi Shima (1943).
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 1
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