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Hiroshi Nakajima

1928 - 2013

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Hiroshi Nakajima (中嶋 宏, Nakajima Hiroshi; May 16, 1928 – January 26, 2013) was a Japanese doctor known chiefly for his tenure as Director-General of the World Health Organization. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hiroshi Nakajima is the 455th most popular physician (up from 467th in 2019), the 979th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,022nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Hiroshi Nakajima ranks 455 out of 726Before him are Ferdinand von Mueller, Luca Ghini, Divna Veković, Hans Münch, Anastasia Golovina, and Deborah Birx. After him are Léon Jean Marie Dufour, Bénédict Morel, Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer, Wilhelm Fliess, and René Favaloro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Hiroshi Nakajima ranks 264Before him are Cristina Calderón, Nils Christie, Ara Güler, Frederick Stafford, Bella Davidovich, and Jacques Dupont. After him are Alan Sillitoe, Sohrab Sepehri, Robert M. Pirsig, Roald Aas, Annie Cordy, and Ian Bannen. Among people deceased in 2013, Hiroshi Nakajima ranks 194Before him are Gerrie Mühren, Robert Ressler, Josip Kuže, Emile Griffith, John Tavener, and Alain Mimoun. After him are Saye Zerbo, Anca Petrescu, Yusef Lateef, Richie Havens, Armando Trovajoli, and Aleksandr Serebrov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiroshi Nakajima ranks 979 out of 6,245Before him are Akashi Motojiro (1864), Harukichi Hyakutake (1888), Kanji Ishiwara (1889), Katsuko Saruhashi (1920), Shunichiro Okano (1931), and Norio Ohga (1930). After him are Ango Sakaguchi (1906), Mitsuo Tsukahara (1947), Tanaka Hisashige (1799), Katō Tomosaburō (1861), Kirin Kiki (1943), and Keisuke Kinoshita (1912).

Among PHYSICIANS In Japan

Among physicians born in Japan, Hiroshi Nakajima ranks 10Before him are Tasuku Honjo (1942), Hiraga Gennai (1728), Shinya Yamanaka (1962), Kusumoto Ine (1827), Kiyoshi Shiga (1871), and Shinobu Ishihara (1879). After him are Kyusaku Ogino (1882), Sunao Tawara (1873), Kei Okami (1859), and Yoshioka Yayoi (1871).