1939 - Today
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 258,635 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Susumu Tonegawa is the 151st most popular biologist (down from 140th in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Japan (up from 263rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Biologist.
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Among biologists, Susumu Tonegawa ranks 151 out of 841. Before him are Gerald Edelman, Wilhelm Johannsen, Daniel Nathans, Robert Whittaker, Desmond Morris, and Charles Scott Sherrington. After him are Theodor Escherich, John James Audubon, Mario Capecchi, Mikhail Tsvet, J. Michael Bishop, and Jakob von Uexküll.
1929 - 2014
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 145
1857 - 1927
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 146
1928 - 1999
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 147
1920 - 1980
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 148
1928 - Present
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 149
1952 - 1952
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 150
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 151
1857 - 1911
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 152
1785 - 1851
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 153
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 154
1872 - 1919
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 155
1936 - Present
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 156
1864 - 1944
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 157
Among people born in 1939, Susumu Tonegawa ranks 66. Before him are Fikret Abdić, Carolina Herrera, Beate Klarsfeld, Princess Irene of the Netherlands, Milva, and Kathryn Joosten. After him are Dale T. Mortensen, Eugene Fama, Claudio Magris, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Emil Constantinescu, and Pak Pong-ju.
1939 - Present
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 60
1939 - Present
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 61
1939 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 62
1939 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 63
1939 - 2021
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 64
1939 - 2012
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 65
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 66
1939 - 2014
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 67
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 68
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 69
1939 - 2018
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 70
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 71
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 72
Among people born in Japan, Susumu Tonegawa ranks 240 out of 6,048. Before him are Issey Miyake (1938), Emperor Shōkō (1401), Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (1887), Osamu Shimomura (1928), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), and Kaoru Ishikawa (1915). After him are Nobuyoshi Araki (1940), Shintaro Ishihara (1932), Mōri Motonari (1497), Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), and Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1464).
1938 - 2022
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 234
1401 - 1428
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 235
1887 - 1990
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 236
1928 - 2018
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 237
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 238
1915 - 1989
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 239
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 240
1940 - Present
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 241
1932 - 2022
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 242
1497 - 1571
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 243
1596 - 1680
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 244
1887 - 1981
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 245
1464 - 1526
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 246
Among biologists born in Japan, Susumu Tonegawa ranks 2. Before him are Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945). After him are Hideyo Noguchi (1876), Motoo Kimura (1924), Takenoshin Nakai (1882), Tsuneko Okazaki (1933), Tomitaro Makino (1862), Katsuko Saruhashi (1920), Bunzō Hayata (1874), Tokiharu Abe (1911), and Ryuta Kawashima (1959).
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 1
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 2
1876 - 1928
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 3
1924 - 1994
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 4
1882 - 1952
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 5
1933 - Present
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 6
1862 - 1957
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 7
1920 - 2007
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 8
1874 - 1934
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 9
1911 - 1996
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 10
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 11