CHEMIST

Ryōji Noyori

1938 - Today

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Ryōji Noyori (野依 良治, Noyori Ryōji; born September 3, 1938) is a Japanese chemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001, Noyori shared a half of the prize with William S. Knowles for the study of chirally catalyzed hydrogenations; the second half of the prize went to K. Barry Sharpless for his study in chirally catalyzed oxidation reactions (Sharpless epoxidation). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ryōji Noyori is the 252nd most popular chemist (down from 244th in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 303rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Chemist. Learn more about Ryōji Noyori's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Ryōji Noyori ranks 252 out of 602. Before him are Henri Victor Regnault, Luis Federico Leloir, Mario J. Molina, Kary Mullis, Emil Abderhalden, and Jacques Dubochet. After him are Johan August Arfwedson, Richard Smalley, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Mária Telkes, Ida Noddack, and Alfred G. Gilman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Ryōji Noyori ranks 77. Before him are Terry Wogan, Georg Baselitz, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Etta James, Angelo Amato, and Ayaz Mutallibov. After him are Marcello Gandini, Murtala Mohammed, Tatsuya Shiji, Leonardo Boff, Keith O'Brien, and Charles Simic.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ryōji Noyori ranks 253 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Hanzei (336), Inejiro Asanuma (1898), Emperor Ankō (401), Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1464), Yasukazu Tanaka (1933), and Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (1887). After him are Mori Ōgai (1862), Kitasato Shibasaburō (1853), Arata Isozaki (1931), Kiyonosuke Marutani (null), Masahiro Hamazaki (1940), and Empress Jingū (169).

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Among CHEMISTS In Japan

Among chemists born in Japan, Ryōji Noyori ranks 5. Before him are Akira Suzuki (1930), Kenichi Fukui (1918), Osamu Shimomura (1928), and Hideki Shirakawa (1936). After him are Akira Yoshino (1948), Satoshi Ōmura (1935), Kikunae Ikeda (1864), Kaoru Ishikawa (1915), Koichi Tanaka (1959), Masatoshi Shima (1943), and Takamine Jōkichi (1854).

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