CHEMIST
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
1952 - Today
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (born 1952) is a British-American structural biologist. He shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas A. Steitz and Ada Yonath for research on the structure and function of ribosomes.Since 1999, he has worked as a group leader at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, UK and is a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has received more than 1,105,117 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is the 357th most popular chemist (up from 362nd in 2019), the 304th most popular biography from India (up from 323rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Chemist.
Memorability Metrics
1.1M
Page Views (PV)
54.80
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
66
Languages Editions (L)
3.94
Effective Languages (L*)
5.60
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Venkatraman Ramakrishnans by language
Over the past year Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has had the most page views in the Hindi wikipedia edition with 25,272 views, followed by English (21,972), and Spanish (4,218). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (273.51%), Tatar (72.88%), and Hakka (70.97%)
Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan ranks 357 out of 602. Before him are Viktor Meyer, George Sarton, Leo Sternbach, Roderick MacKinnon, Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois, and Charles Frédéric Gerhardt. After him are Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Nikolay Zelinsky, Otto Schott, Paul Walden, Paul Héroult, and Paul Ulrich Villard.
Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia
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Viktor Meyer
1848 - 1897
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 351
George Sarton
1884 - 1956
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 352
Leo Sternbach
1908 - 2005
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 353
Roderick MacKinnon
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 354
Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois
1820 - 1886
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 355
Charles Frédéric Gerhardt
1816 - 1856
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 356
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 357
Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau
1737 - 1816
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 358
Nikolay Zelinsky
1861 - 1953
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 359
Otto Schott
1851 - 1935
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 360
Paul Walden
1863 - 1957
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 361
Paul Héroult
1863 - 1914
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 362
Paul Ulrich Villard
1860 - 1934
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 363
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1952, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan ranks 154. Before him are Petar Stoyanov, Nikolai Andrianov, Rafael Caro Quintero, Anote Tong, Jean-Dominique Bauby, and Per Petterson. After him are Edward Zwick, Sergei Stepashin, Klaus Teuber, Samir Geagea, Ahmed Nazif, and Geraldo Alckmin.
Others Born in 1952
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Petar Stoyanov
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 148
Nikolai Andrianov
GYMNAST
1952 - 2011
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 149
Rafael Caro Quintero
EXTREMIST
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 150
Anote Tong
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 151
Jean-Dominique Bauby
WRITER
1952 - 1997
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 152
Per Petterson
WRITER
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 153
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
CHEMIST
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 154
Edward Zwick
FILM DIRECTOR
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 155
Sergei Stepashin
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 156
Klaus Teuber
GAME DESIGNER
1952 - 2023
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 157
Samir Geagea
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 158
Ahmed Nazif
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 159
Geraldo Alckmin
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 160
In India
Among people born in India, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan ranks 304 out of 1,861. Before him are Inayat Khan (1882), Nana Sahib (1824), Michael Radford (1946), Harilal Gandhi (1888), M. Karunanidhi (1924), and Savitri (1936). After him are Asha Bhosle (1933), K. Kamaraj (1903), Zail Singh (1916), Telesphore Toppo (1939), Chandra Shekhar (1927), and Rajinikanth (1950).
Others born in India
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Inayat Khan
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1882 - 1927
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 298
Nana Sahib
POLITICIAN
1824 - 1859
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 299
Michael Radford
FILM DIRECTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 300
Harilal Gandhi
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1888 - 1948
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 301
M. Karunanidhi
WRITER
1924 - 2018
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 302
Savitri
ACTOR
1936 - 1981
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 303
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
CHEMIST
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 304
Asha Bhosle
SINGER
1933 - Present
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 305
K. Kamaraj
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1975
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 306
Zail Singh
POLITICIAN
1916 - 1994
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 307
Telesphore Toppo
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1939 - 2023
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 308
Chandra Shekhar
POLITICIAN
1927 - 2007
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 309
Rajinikanth
ACTOR
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 310
Among CHEMISTS In India
Among chemists born in India, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan ranks 2. Before him are Kamala Sohonie (1912). After him are Asima Chatterjee (1917), C. N. R. Rao (1934), Yellapragada Subbarow (1895), and Darshan Ranganathan (1941).
Kamala Sohonie
1912 - 1998
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 1
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 2
Asima Chatterjee
1917 - 2006
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 3
C. N. R. Rao
1934 - Present
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 4
Yellapragada Subbarow
1895 - 1948
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 5
Darshan Ranganathan
1941 - 2001
HPI: 34.75
Rank: 6
