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Kaoru Ishikawa

1915 - 1989

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Kaoru Ishikawa (石川 馨, Ishikawa Kaoru; July 13, 1915 – April 16, 1989) was a Japanese organizational theorist and a professor in the engineering faculty at the University of Tokyo who was noted for his quality management innovations. He is considered a key figure in the development of quality initiatives in Japan, particularly the quality circle. He is best known outside Japan for the Ishikawa or cause and effect diagram (also known as the fishbone diagram), often used in the analysis of industrial processes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kaoru Ishikawa is the 306th most popular chemist (down from 263rd in 2019), the 457th most popular biography from Japan (down from 339th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 306 out of 602. Before him are Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, Rasmus Bartholin, Thomas Cech, Germain Henri Hess, Antoine Baumé, and Alexandre Brongniart. After him are Kamala Sohonie, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, Andreas Libavius, Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, and William Henry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 62. Before him are Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, Rashid Behbudov, Joseph Greenberg, Gretl Braun, Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este, and Terence Young. After him are Miroslav Filipović, James Tiptree Jr., László Csatáry, Priscilla Lane, Abba Eban, and Don Budge. Among people deceased in 1989, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 64. Before him are Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, Franklin J. Schaffner, A. J. Ayer, Rashid Behbudov, R. D. Laing, and Werner Best. After him are Kazimierz Deyna, Karel Zeman, Princess Deokhye, Luis Carlos Galán, Leonardo Sciascia, and Lucille Ball.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 457 out of 6,245. Before him are Atsuyoshi Furuta (1952), Yusuke Omi (1946), Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641), Noboru Takeshita (1924), Toshiki Kaifu (1931), and Emperor Monmu (683). After him are Keizō Obuchi (1937), Yuriko, Princess Mikasa (1923), Hitoshi Imamura (1886), Masashi Watanabe (1936), Rihei Sano (1912), and Emperor Ninmyō (808).

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Among CHEMISTS In Japan

Among chemists born in Japan, Kaoru Ishikawa ranks 9. Before him are Osamu Shimomura (1928), Hideki Shirakawa (1936), Ryōji Noyori (1938), Akira Yoshino (1948), Satoshi Ōmura (1935), and Kikunae Ikeda (1864). After him are Koichi Tanaka (1959), Masatoshi Shima (1943), and Takamine Jōkichi (1854).

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