Osaka University - List of Notable Persons

List of Notable Persons

  • Osamu Hayaishi – The Wolf Prize laureate in Medicine in 1986
  • Osamu Tezuka – Manga author (School of Medicine)
  • Heizo Takenaka – Economist (Graduate School of Economics)
  • Akio Morita – Sony founder (School of Science)
  • Hideki Yukawa – Nobel Prize in Physics (Graduate School of Science)
  • Hantaro Nagaoka – Physicist (First President of Osaka University)
  • Shiba Ryotaro – author (School of Foreign Studies)
  • Michio Morishima – economist, co-founder of International Economic Review
  • Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed – SAARC Secretary-General
  • Koushun Takami – journalist, author of Battle Royale
  • Toru Kumon - developer of Kumon method
  • Akira Yoshino - inventor of lithium-ion battery
  • Seishi Yokomizo - novelist, creator of private detective Kosuke Kindaichi.
  • Toshio Masuda- film director
  • Hiroshi Haruki - mathematician, author of Haruki's theorem and Haruki's Lemma

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