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Tomisaku Kawasaki

1925 - 2020

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Tomisaku Kawasaki (川崎 富作, Kawasaki Tomisaku, February 1, 1925 – June 5, 2020) was a Japanese pediatrician who first described the condition now known as Kawasaki disease in the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomisaku Kawasaki has received more than 123,466 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Tomisaku Kawasaki is the 604th most popular physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

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  • 46.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Tomisaku Kawasaki ranks 604 out of 726. Before him are Greene Vardiman Black, John Ostrom, Didier Raoult, Harry Klinefelter, Gabriele Possanner, and Yevgeniy Chazov. After him are Astley Cooper, Arvo Ylppö, Stuart Kauffman, Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, Nadezhda Suslova, and Walter Reed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Tomisaku Kawasaki ranks 395. Before him are Lyuben Berov, Shrilal Shukla, Sándor Gellér, Ron Tauranac, Károly Makk, and Robert Hirsch. After him are Eddi Arent, Zoot Sims, Oldřich Lajsek, Arne Månsson, István Szondy, and Brandãozinho. Among people deceased in 2020, Tomisaku Kawasaki ranks 475. Before him are Julio Anguita, Ron Tauranac, Ivan Král, Diane di Prima, Shere Hite, and Ben Bova. After him are Nelly Kaplan, Mohammad Mirmohammadi, Sam Lloyd, Benny Chan, Ivan Bohdan, and Caroline Cellier.

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