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Hiroshi Amano

1960 - Today

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Hiroshi Amano (天野 浩, Amano Hiroshi; born September 11, 1960) is a Japanese physicist, engineer and inventor specializing in the field of semiconductor technology. For his work he was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics together with Isamu Akasaki and Shuji Nakamura for "the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources". Amano was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2016 for the development of p-type gallium nitride (GaN) doping, enabling blue semiconductor LEDs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hiroshi Amano is the 392nd most popular physicist (down from 383rd in 2019), the 600th most popular biography from Japan (down from 563rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Hiroshi Amano ranks 392 out of 851. Before him are George Johnstone Stoney, Qian Xuesen, Donna Strickland, Christopher Polhem, Manfred von Ardenne, and Léon Brillouin. After him are Moritz von Jacobi, Walter A. Shewhart, Stefan Hell, Jean-Antoine Nollet, John Kerr, and Arpad Elo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Hiroshi Amano ranks 88. Before him are Taneti Mamau, Hideaki Anno, Jennifer Grey, Gazebo, Jonas Gahr Støre, and Daryl Hannah. After him are John Schneider, Gary Lineker, Simonetta Sommaruga, Nicoletta Braschi, Leos Carax, and José Maria Neves.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiroshi Amano ranks 600 out of 6,245. Before him are Otozō Yamada (1881), Emperor Junnin (733), George W. Casey Jr. (1948), Dom Justo Takayama (1552), Kunihiko Kodaira (1915), and Sadaharu Oh (1940). After him are Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192), Zenkō Suzuki (1911), Emperor Chūkyō (1218), Emperor Suzaku (923), Takeo Takagi (1892), and Yuki Fushimi (1950).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Japan

Among physicists born in Japan, Hiroshi Amano ranks 11. Before him are Makoto Kobayashi (1944), Leo Esaki (1925), Toshihide Maskawa (1940), Masatoshi Koshiba (1926), Syukuro Manabe (1931), and Shuji Nakamura (1954). After him are Takaaki Kajita (1959), Yoshio Nishina (1890), Hantaro Nagaoka (1865), Toshiko Yuasa (1909), Sumio Iijima (1939), and Shoichi Sakata (1911).

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