Makoto Kumada Scientist
Makoto Kumada (熊田 誠, Kumada Makoto, 17 January 1920 – 28 June 2007) was a Japanese chemist and was a Professor of Chemistry first at Osaka City University and till his retirement in 1983 at Kyoto University in Japan. In 1972, Kumada's group reported nickel-catalyed cross coupling reactions nearly concurrently with the Corriu group working in France. The Kumada coupling now bears his name.