1873 - 1952
Sunao Tawara (田原 淳, Tawara Sunao, July 5, 1873 – January 19, 1952) was a Japanese pathologist known for the discovery of the atrioventricular node. Tawara was born in Ōita Prefecture and studied at the Medical School, Imperial University of Tokyo in Tokyo, graduating in 1901 and receiving his Doctorate of Medical Science in 1908. Between 1903 and 1906 he spent in Philipps University of Marburg in Marburg, studying pathology and pathological anatomy with Ludwig Aschoff. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sunao Tawara has received more than 31,439 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sunao Tawara is the 433rd most popular physician, the 921st most popular biography from Japan and the 10th most popular Japanese Physician.
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Among physicians, Sunao Tawara ranks 433 out of 502. Before him are Mehmet Oz, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel, Vivien Thomas, Ernst von Bergmann, and Luigi Carlo Farini. After him are Didier Raoult, Caspar Peucer, William Turner, Nikolay Gamaleya, Zofia Zamenhof, and Yevgeniy Chazov.
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 427
1744 - 1774
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 428
1783 - 1856
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 429
1910 - 1985
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 430
1836 - 1907
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 431
1812 - 1866
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 432
1873 - 1952
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 433
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 434
1525 - 1602
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 435
1510 - 1568
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 436
1859 - 1949
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 437
1889 - 1942
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 438
1929 - 2021
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 439
Among people born in 1873, Sunao Tawara ranks 107. Before him are Willa Cather, Margaret Bondfield, Charles Fox Parham, Cesare Orsenigo, Rudolf Charousek, and Gabriel Terra. After him are Mariano Azuela, W. C. Handy, Gyula Peidl, Antun Gustav Matoš, Max Švabinský, and Richard von Kühlmann. Among people deceased in 1952, Sunao Tawara ranks 93. Before him are Alberto Savinio, Adolf Busch, Josephine Tey, Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Albert Bassermann, and Nikos Beloyannis. After him are Elmo Lincoln, Silvio Cator, Constant Permeke, Mariano Azuela, Karel Lamač, and David Bergelson.
1873 - 1947
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 101
1873 - 1953
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 102
1873 - 1929
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 103
1873 - 1946
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 104
1873 - 1900
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 105
1873 - 1942
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 106
1873 - 1952
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 107
1873 - 1952
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 108
1873 - 1958
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 109
1873 - 1943
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 110
1873 - 1914
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 111
1873 - 1962
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 112
1873 - 1948
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 113
1891 - 1952
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 87
1891 - 1952
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 88
1896 - 1952
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 89
1866 - 1952
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 90
1867 - 1952
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 91
1915 - 1952
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 92
1873 - 1952
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 93
1889 - 1952
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 94
1900 - 1952
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 95
1886 - 1952
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 96
1873 - 1952
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 97
1897 - 1952
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 98
1884 - 1952
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 99
Among people born in Japan, Sunao Tawara ranks 921 out of 6,048. Before him are Ennin (793), Akira Matsunaga (1948), Minoru Kobata (1946), Shigeo Yaegashi (1933), Yoshiro Nakamatsu (1928), and Hiratsuka Raichō (1886). After him are Kengo Kuma (1954), Kiyonao Ichiki (1892), Shigemi Ishii (1951), Natsuo Kirino (1951), Ai Yazawa (1967), and Toyohiko Kagawa (1888).
793 - 864
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 915
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 916
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 917
1933 - 2011
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 918
1928 - Present
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 919
1886 - 1971
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 920
1873 - 1952
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 921
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 922
1892 - 1942
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 923
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 924
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 925
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 926
1888 - 1960
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 927
Among physicians born in Japan, Sunao Tawara ranks 10. Before him are Shinya Yamanaka (1962), Tasuku Honjo (1942), Kusumoto Ine (1827), Hiroshi Nakajima (1928), Kiyoshi Shiga (1871), and Hiraga Gennai (1728). After him are Kyusaku Ogino (1882), Shinobu Ishihara (1879), Akira Endo (1933), and Yoshioka Yayoi (1871).
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 4
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 5
1827 - 1903
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 6
1928 - 2013
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 7
1871 - 1957
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 8
1728 - 1780
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 9
1873 - 1952
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 10
1882 - 1975
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 11
1879 - 1963
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 12
1933 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 13
1871 - 1959
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 14