BIOLOGIST

Akira Endo

1933 - 2024

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Akira Endo (遠藤 章, Endō Akira; 14 November 1933 – 5 June 2024) was a Japanese biochemist whose research into the relationship between fungi and cholesterol biosynthesis led to the development of statin drugs, which are some of the best-selling pharmaceuticals in history. Endo received the Japan Prize in 2006, the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award in 2008, the Canada Gairdner International Award in 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Akira Endo is the 475th most popular biologist (up from 750th in 2019), the 881st most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,275th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Akira Endo ranks 475 out of 1,097. Before him are Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur, Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, Salim Ali, Sewall Wright, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, and Julius von Sachs. After him are John Hughlings Jackson, Heinrich Schrader, W. D. Hamilton, Robert Sapolsky, Georg Franz Hoffmann, and Otto Wilhelm Thomé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Akira Endo ranks 200. Before him are Félicien Kabuga, Ercole Baldini, Alan Stacey, Yevgeny Khrunov, Julie Newmar, and Lamine Diack. After him are Edward Bunker, John Aniston, Nexhmije Pagarusha, Françoise Fabian, Diane Cilento, and Nicola Pietrangeli. Among people deceased in 2024, Akira Endo ranks 203. Before him are Dabney Coleman, Aribert Reimann, Josip Manolić, Rebecca Horn, Mahieddine Khalef, and George Rhoden. After him are Carl Andre, Bernard Chiarelli, Daniel Williams, Dallas Long, Saleh al-Arouri, and Wolfgang Rihm.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akira Endo ranks 881 out of 6,245. Before him are Katō Yoshiaki (1563), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), Sakuma Shōzan (1811), Kengo Kuma (1954), Takiji Kobayashi (1903), and Takaji Mori (1943). After him are Tsuda Umeko (1864), Sō Yoshitoshi (1568), Mie Hama (1943), Taisen Deshimaru (1914), Kiyoshi Shiga (1871), and Takizawa Bakin (1767).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Japan

Among biologists born in Japan, Akira Endo ranks 6. Before him are Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945), Susumu Tonegawa (1939), Hideyo Noguchi (1876), Takenoshin Nakai (1882), and Motoo Kimura (1924). After him are Katsuko Saruhashi (1920), Tsuneko Okazaki (1933), Bunzō Hayata (1874), Tomitaro Makino (1862), Akira Miyawaki (1928), and Tokiharu Abe (1911).

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