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Robert Jarvik

1946 - 2025

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Robert Koffler Jarvik (May 11, 1946 – May 26, 2025) was an American scientist, researcher and businessman known for his role in developing the Jarvik-7 artificial heart. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Robert Jarvik is the 530th most popular chemist (up from 532nd in 2024), the 7,971st most popular biography from United States (up from 8,654th in 2019) and the 94th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Robert Jarvik ranks 530 out of 602. Before him are Charles Blagden, Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch, Michael Behe, Darleane C. Hoffman, Eugen Baumann, and Oswald Schmiedeberg. After him are Marc Delafontaine, Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, Nikolai Menshutkin, Ida Freund, Friedrich Accum, and Aleksandr Arbuzov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Robert Jarvik ranks 561. Before him are Dori Ghezzi, Daniel Carnevali, Stephen Hunter, Gilda Radner, Jimmy Buffett, and Rudy Rucker. After him are Hrvoje Horvat, Ramazan Abdulatipov, Hadi Dahane, Alan Dean Foster, Michael Aris, and Jasna Diklić. Among people deceased in 2025, Robert Jarvik ranks 333. Before him are Emam-Ali Habibi, Darleane C. Hoffman, Nikola Pokrivač, Juan Aguilera, David Souter, and Pauli Nevala. After him are Mats Wahl, Loni Anderson, Wings Hauser, Eldar Shengelaia, Alexander Dityatin, and Julio César Cortés.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Jarvik ranks 7,973 out of 20,380. Before him are Tisha Campbell-Martin (1968), Nancy Kress (1948), Mumia Abu-Jamal (1954), William Ellery Channing (1780), Casey Kasem (1932), and Constance Towers (1933). After him are Rick Warren (1954), Theodore Roberts (1861), Herman Glass (1880), Roger Clark (1978), Lawrence Weiner (1942), and Isaac Israel Hayes (1832).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Robert Jarvik ranks 94. Before him are Allen J. Bard (1933), Karen Wetterhahn (1948), Helen Murray Free (1923), Bruce Ames (1928), Michael Behe (1952), and Darleane C. Hoffman (1926). After him are Margaret Oakley Dayhoff (1925), Mary L. Good (1931), Bruce Alberts (1938), Emma P. Carr (1880), Florence B. Seibert (1897), and Edith M. Flanigen (1929).

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