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Kei Okami

1859 - 1941

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Kei Okami (岡見 京, Okami Kei; 11 September 1859 – 2 September 1941) was a Japanese physician. She was the first Japanese woman to obtain a degree in Western medicine from a Western university (Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, USA). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kei Okami is the 646th most popular physician (up from 667th in 2019), the 1,581st most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,621st in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Kei Okami ranks 646 out of 726. Before her are Astley Cooper, Leila Denmark, Giovanni Saldarini, Fidel Pagés, Zhong Nanshan, and William H. Welch. After her are Harry Benjamin, Gabriele Possanner, George E. P. Box, Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet, William C. Gorgas, and Walter Reed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Kei Okami ranks 132. Before her are Cass Gilbert, Alfredo Baquerizo, Victor Herbert, Juan Antonio Escurra, José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez, and Vincenzo Cerulli. After her are Alice Eastwood, Paolo Orsi, Vjenceslav Novak, August von Gödrich, Sigurd Ibsen, and Theobald Smith. Among people deceased in 1941, Kei Okami ranks 192. Before her are Wilhelm Leichum, Friedrich Engel, Élie Blanchard, Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos, John Stanley Plaskett, and Matt McGrath. After her are Helmut Hamann, Diederik Korteweg, Ibrahim Tuqan, Simon Guggenheim, Cecilio Báez, and Hamilton Harty.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kei Okami ranks 1,581 out of 6,245. Before her are Takashi Ishimoto (1935), Sola Aoi (1983), Yuki Tazawa (1979), Toshio Hosokawa (1955), Yasumasa Kanada (1948), and Yasutomi Nishizuka (1932). After her are Masanao Sasaki (1962), Michio Mado (1909), Ryoichi Kawakatsu (1958), Yuriko Mizuma (1970), Ted Fujita (1920), and William Phillips (null).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Japan

Among physicians born in Japan, Kei Okami ranks 13. Before her are Kusumoto Ine (1827), Kiyoshi Shiga (1871), Shinobu Ishihara (1879), Hiroshi Nakajima (1928), Kyusaku Ogino (1882), and Sunao Tawara (1873). After her are Yoshioka Yayoi (1871).

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