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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Jarvik is the 529th most popular chemist (up from 532nd in 2019), the 7,967th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,657th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Robert Jarvik ranks 529 out of 602Before 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 561Before 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 210Before him are Joseph Wambaugh, Brian Murphy, Nikola Pokrivač, Juan Aguilera, David Souter, and Pauli Nevala. After him are Wings Hauser, Natalya Shikolenko, Andrija Delibašić, Peter Yarrow, Dick Barnett, and Clodagh Rodgers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Jarvik ranks 7,969 out of 20,380Before 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).

Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Robert Jarvik ranks 93Before 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).