Trending Biologists in Japan this month
The 100 most-viewed biologists this month on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Akihito.
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31,557
Total Views (this month)
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Akihito
Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019
4,069
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2
Hirohito
emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
3,048
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3
Takeshi Yōrō
Japanese Doctor of Medicine, Anatomist (1937-)
1,058
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4
Hideyo Noguchi
Japanese bacteriologist (1876–1928)
999
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5
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
981
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6
Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan
younger brother and heir presumptive of Emperor Naruhito of Japan
949
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7
Sakana-kun
Japanese illustrator, ichthyologist
748
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8
Paul Walker
American actor (1973–2013)
709
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9
Sayako Kuroda
Japanese Shinto priestess, former ornithologist, and former imperial princess
689
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10
Aristotle
4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
612
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11
Haruko Obokata
Japanese stem-cell researcher (born 1983)
586
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12
Masanori Hata
Japanese zoologist, essayist, and filmmaker (1935-2023)
583
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13
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
583
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14
Kitasato Shibasaburō
Japanese bacteriologist, immunologist
562
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15
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Ethiopian and politician, Director-General of the World Health Organization
475
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16
Minakata Kumagusu
Japanese mycologist, biologist and writer (1867-1941)
465
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17
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
424
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18
Shinya Yamanaka
Japanese doctor and medical scientist (born 1962)
416
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19
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
400
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20
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
389
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21
Yasushi Okada
Japanese biologist
381
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22
Takanori Fukushima
Japanese neurosurgeon (1942–2024)
359
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23
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
358
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24
Jotaro Kujo
fictional character from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
358
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25
Sousuke Aizen
fictional character from Bleach
343
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26
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
338
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27
Matthew C. Perry
American naval officer (1794–1858)
330
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28
Alvin Robert Cahn
American biologist, photographer and boxing manager (1892-1971)
316
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29
Hiraga Gennai
Japanese pharmacologist and writer (1728-1780)
300
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30
Toshitaka Suzuki
Japanese zoologist researching animal behavior
293
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31
Albert Wesker
fictional character from Resident Evil
290
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32
Yoshiki Sasai
Japanese physician, developmental biologist, stem-cell researcher and university teacher (1962–2014)
289
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33
Shin Watanabe
Japanese owarai tarento
272
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34
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
260
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35
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
251
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36
Philipp Franz von Siebold
German biologist and traveller (1796-1866)
243
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37
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
227
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38
Tomitaro Makino
Japanese botanist (1862-1957)
227
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39
Ernest Mason Satow
British diplomat (1843-1929)
221
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40
Greta Thunberg
Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)
217
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41
Satoshi Ōmura
Japanese biochemist, microbiologist, and university teacher (born 1935)
193
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42
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)
192
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43
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
189
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44
Munetoshi Maruyama
Japanese entomologist
188
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45
Shimon Sakaguchi
Japanese immunologist and physician (1951-)
188
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46
Shirō Ishii
Japanese army medical officer and microbiologist, war criminal and director of Unit 731 (a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese
187
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47
Tasuku Honjo
Japanese professor of immunology and genomic medicine (1942–)
184
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48
Claude Shannon
American mathematician and information theorist (1916–2001)
183
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49
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
179
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50
Hiroaki Mitsuya
Japanese virologist (1950-)
173
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51
Thom Yorke
English musician and singer for Radiohead
162
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52
Yoshitsugu Kobayashi
Japanese paleontologist (1971-)
150
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53
William Smith Clark
American chemist, soldier, botanist and university teacher (1826 – 1886)
147
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54
Maximilian I of Mexico
emperor of Mexico (1832-1867)
146
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55
Beatrix Potter
British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943)
146
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56
Tokugawa Yoshichika
Japanese botanist (1886-1976)
144
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57
Masauji Hachisuka
Japanese ornithologist (1903-1953)
142
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58
Hidehiro Inagaki
Japanese botanist
141
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59
Gregor Mendel
Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
138
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60
Viktor Frankl
Austrian Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, philosopher and author (1905–1997)
138
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61
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Japanese molecular biologist (1945 - )
133
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62
John Cage
American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)
129
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63
Robert Koch
German physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910)
126
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64
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
122
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65
Jean Piaget
Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic (1896–1980)
122
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66
James Watson
American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)
121
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67
John Dalton
British chemist and mathematician (1766–1844)
117
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68
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
110
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69
Kaibara Ekken
Japanese Confucianist Philosopher, Pre-Linnaean botanist, physician (1630-1714)
109
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70
Robert Hooke
English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
105
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71
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
104
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72
Vladimir Nabokov
Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)
100
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73
Geoffrey Hinton
British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist
98
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74
Osamu Shimomura
Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist (1928–2018)
97
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75
John Franklin
British naval officer and explorer (1786–1847)
97
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76
Timothy Treadwell
American documentary filmmaker (1957–2003)
96
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77
Ignaz Semmelweis
Hungarian physician, early pioneer of antiseptic procedures (1818–1865)
92
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78
Yūji Ikegaya
researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0003-2260-8191
89
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79
Woo Jang-choon
agricultural scientist, botanist (1898-1959)
88
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80
Yūsuke Nakamura
medical researcher in Japan
88
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81
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
88
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82
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists (1632–1723)
87
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83
Richard Dawkins
English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
87
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84
Jean-Henri Fabre
French entomologist and author (1823-1915)
85
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85
Motoo Kimura
Japanese scientist (1924–1994)
84
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86
Umetarō Suzuki
Japanese agricultural chemist (1874-1943)
81
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87
Engelbert Kaempfer
German botanist (1651–1716)
76
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views
88
Susumu Tonegawa
Japanese biologist, neuroscientist (1939–2026)
75
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89
Henry David Thoreau
American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)
73
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views
90
Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962-2006)
71
views
views
91
Shimazu Tadashige
Japanese admiral
70
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92
Shun'ichi Amari
Japanese engineer
70
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93
Rachel Carson
American marine biologist and conservationist (1907–1964)
69
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94
Trofim Lysenko
Soviet agronomist and biologist (1898-1976)
68
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95
Leopold III of Belgium
king of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951 (1901–1983)
68
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96
Kiyohiro Houkin
Japanese academic
68
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97
Albert I of Belgium
King of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934 (1875–1934)
67
views
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98
Shin-Ichi Fukuoka
Japanese biologist (1959-)
67
views
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99
Itō Genboku
Japanese physician
66
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100
Olivier Messiaen
French composer, organist and ornithologist (1908–1992)
66
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