Trending Biologists in Japan this year
The 100 most-viewed biologists this year on Wikipedia (Japan). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Akihito.
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Ranked
47,993
Total Views (this year)
1
Akihito
Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019
5,284
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2
Hirohito
emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
4,574
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3
Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan
younger brother and heir presumptive of Emperor Naruhito of Japan
1,794
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4
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
1,468
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5
Paul Walker
American actor (1973–2013)
1,387
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6
Hideyo Noguchi
Japanese bacteriologist (1876–1928)
1,350
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7
Takeshi Yōrō
Japanese Doctor of Medicine, Anatomist (1937-)
1,324
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8
Sakana-kun
Japanese illustrator, ichthyologist
1,298
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views
9
Sayako Kuroda
Japanese Shinto priestess, former ornithologist, and former imperial princess
1,291
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10
Haruko Obokata
Japanese stem-cell researcher (born 1983)
1,051
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11
Kitasato Shibasaburō
Japanese bacteriologist, immunologist
925
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12
Toshitaka Suzuki
Japanese zoologist researching animal behavior
889
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13
Aristotle
4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
880
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14
Masanori Hata
Japanese zoologist, essayist, and filmmaker (1935-2023)
809
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15
Jotaro Kujo
fictional character from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
796
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16
Minakata Kumagusu
Japanese mycologist, biologist and writer (1867-1941)
695
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17
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
660
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18
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
654
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19
Sousuke Aizen
fictional character from Bleach
642
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views
20
Shinya Yamanaka
Japanese doctor and medical scientist (born 1962)
623
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views
21
David Attenborough
British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)
613
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views
22
Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
584
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views
23
Takanori Fukushima
Japanese neurosurgeon (1942–2024)
560
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views
24
Hiraga Gennai
Japanese pharmacologist and writer (1728-1780)
555
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views
25
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
552
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26
Yasushi Okada
Japanese biologist
547
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27
Matthew C. Perry
American naval officer (1794–1858)
543
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28
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
512
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views
29
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Ethiopian and politician, Director-General of the World Health Organization
500
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30
Albert Wesker
fictional character from Resident Evil
494
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31
Yoshiki Sasai
Japanese physician, developmental biologist, stem-cell researcher and university teacher (1962–2014)
483
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views
32
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
412
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33
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
407
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34
Philipp Franz von Siebold
German biologist and traveller (1796-1866)
399
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35
Tomitaro Makino
Japanese botanist (1862-1957)
368
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views
36
Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
360
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37
Shin Watanabe
Japanese owarai tarento
340
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38
Ernest Mason Satow
British diplomat (1843-1929)
332
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39
Alvin Robert Cahn
American biologist, photographer and boxing manager (1892-1971)
318
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views
40
Greta Thunberg
Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)
313
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views
41
Satoshi Ōmura
Japanese biochemist, microbiologist, and university teacher (born 1935)
312
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42
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
308
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43
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)
284
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44
Thom Yorke
English musician and singer for Radiohead
284
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45
Shimon Sakaguchi
Japanese immunologist and physician (1951-)
283
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46
Tasuku Honjo
Japanese professor of immunology and genomic medicine (1942–)
266
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views
47
Shirō Ishii
Japanese army medical officer and microbiologist, war criminal and director of Unit 731 (a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese
264
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48
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
257
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49
Katsura Ōyama
Japanese Paleontologist and Malacologist
251
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views
50
William Smith Clark
American chemist, soldier, botanist and university teacher (1826 – 1886)
247
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51
Claude Shannon
American mathematician and information theorist (1916–2001)
236
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views
52
Viktor Frankl
Austrian Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, philosopher and author (1905–1997)
232
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53
Maximilian I of Mexico
emperor of Mexico (1832-1867)
208
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54
Tokugawa Yoshichika
Japanese botanist (1886-1976)
204
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55
Munetoshi Maruyama
Japanese entomologist
201
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56
Masauji Hachisuka
Japanese ornithologist (1903-1953)
200
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57
Beatrix Potter
British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943)
191
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58
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Japanese molecular biologist (1945 - )
191
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59
Robert Koch
German physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910)
188
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60
Geoffrey Hinton
British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist
187
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61
John Cage
American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)
183
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62
Woo Jang-choon
agricultural scientist, botanist (1898-1959)
182
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63
Gregor Mendel
Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
177
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64
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists (1632–1723)
175
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65
Vladimir Nabokov
Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)
175
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66
Hiroaki Mitsuya
Japanese virologist (1950-)
174
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67
Kaibara Ekken
Japanese Confucianist Philosopher, Pre-Linnaean botanist, physician (1630-1714)
172
views
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68
Yoshitsugu Kobayashi
Japanese paleontologist (1971-)
171
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views
69
Antoine Lavoisier
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
169
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70
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)
168
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71
Jean Piaget
Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic (1896–1980)
161
views
views
72
James Watson
American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)
161
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73
Hidehiro Inagaki
Japanese botanist
160
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74
Richard Dawkins
English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
159
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75
Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
158
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76
Robert Hooke
English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
151
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77
Jean-Henri Fabre
French entomologist and author (1823-1915)
146
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78
Osamu Shimomura
Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist (1928–2018)
139
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79
John Dalton
British chemist and mathematician (1766–1844)
138
views
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80
Nobuo Tsurusaki
Japanese arachnologist
135
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81
Ignaz Semmelweis
Hungarian physician, early pioneer of antiseptic procedures (1818–1865)
129
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82
Masanari Takagi
Japanese entomologist
128
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83
Takeshi Naganuma
Japanese biologist
128
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84
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
127
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85
Rachel Carson
American marine biologist and conservationist (1907–1964)
126
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views
86
Shimazu Tadashige
Japanese admiral
125
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87
Trofim Lysenko
Soviet agronomist and biologist (1898-1976)
125
views
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88
John Franklin
British naval officer and explorer (1786–1847)
123
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89
Umetarō Suzuki
Japanese agricultural chemist (1874-1943)
121
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90
Susumu Tonegawa
Japanese biologist, neuroscientist (1939–2026)
120
views
views
91
Timothy Treadwell
American documentary filmmaker (1957–2003)
115
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views
92
Leopold III of Belgium
king of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951 (1901–1983)
113
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93
Shun'ichi Amari
Japanese engineer
113
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94
Albert I of Belgium
King of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934 (1875–1934)
112
views
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95
Yūji Ikegaya
researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0003-2260-8191
112
views
views
96
Doctor Strange
fictional character in Marvel Comics
110
views
views
97
Yūsuke Nakamura
medical researcher in Japan
109
views
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98
David Rockefeller
American banker and philanthropist (1915–2017)
109
views
views
99
Itō Genboku
Japanese physician
108
views
views
100
Henry David Thoreau
American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)
106
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