BIOLOGIST

Susumu Tonegawa

1939 - Today

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Susumu Tonegawa (利根川 進, Tonegawa Susumu, born September 5, 1939) is a Japanese scientist who was the sole recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1987 for his discovery of V(D)J recombination, the genetic mechanism which produces antibody diversity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Susumu Tonegawa has received more than 277,143 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Susumu Tonegawa is the 163rd most popular biologist (down from 150th in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from Japan (down from 238th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Biologist.

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  • 280k

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  • 65.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Susumu Tonegawa ranks 163 out of 1,097. Before him are Salvador Luria, Olaus Rudbeck, Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, Michel Adanson, Charles Bonnet, and Joshua Lederberg. After him are Robert Whittaker, Johan Christian Fabricius, Renato Dulbecco, Georges J. F. Köhler, Pierre André Latreille, and Erik Acharius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Susumu Tonegawa ranks 74. Before him are Gangubai Kothewali, Leland H. Hartwell, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Helmut Haller, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, and Dariush Mehrjui. After him are Claudio Magris, Joaquim Chissano, Ratko Janev, Milva, Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, and Yael Dayan.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Susumu Tonegawa ranks 276 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Go-Fushimi (1288), Hideki Shirakawa (1936), Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), Empress Shōken (1849), Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537), and Emperor Seinei (444). After him are Inejiro Asanuma (1898), Kentaro Miura (1966), Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641), Tomiichi Murayama (1924), Emperor Shōmu (701), and Takashi Kano (1920).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Japan

Among biologists born in Japan, Susumu Tonegawa ranks 2. Before him are Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945). After him are Tomitaro Makino (1862), Hideyo Noguchi (1876), Motoo Kimura (1924), Katsuko Saruhashi (1920), Takenoshin Nakai (1882), Akira Miyawaki (1928), Tsuneko Okazaki (1933), Jinzō Matsumura (1856), Akira Endo (1933), and Bunzō Hayata (1874).

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