Chemistry

Discover a curated list of renowned celebrities who have made significant contributions to the field of Chemistry. From Nobel laureates to pioneering researchers, explore their fascinating journeys and the impact they have had on scientific advancements.

Ahmed Zewail
Ahmed Zewail
Egypt
Egyptian-American chemist, winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Fric Gaber
Fric Gaber
Poland
Chemist
Uolter Gilbert
Uolter Gilbert
USA
Chemist
Boris Byzov
Boris Byzov
Russian chemist
Alexander Ginsberg
Alexander Ginsberg
Russian chemist, pharmacist, teacher, professor
Arcadi Boix
Arcadi Boix
USA
Spanish perfumer and writer
Artury Wirtanen
Artury Wirtanen
Finland
Chemist
Valeriy Antonovich
Valeriy Antonovich
Ukraine
Ukrainian chemist
Dudley Robert Herschbach
Dudley Robert Herschbach
USA
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1986 (together with Y. T. Li and D. Polanyi).
Ieremiia-Veniamin Rihter
Ieremiia-Veniamin Rihter
Germany
German chemist
Ricardo Wolf
Ricardo Wolf
Germany
Chemist, inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, diplomat.
Richard Abegg
Richard Abegg
Germany
German chemist, founder of the electronic concept of valence.
Fedor Kaputskiy
Fedor Kaputskiy
Belarus
Belarusian chemist
Karl Bosh
Karl Bosh
Germany
Chemist
Josiah-Parsons Cooke
Josiah-Parsons Cooke
USA
American chemist.
Semen Volfkovich
Semen Volfkovich
Soviet chemist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Josiah Willard Gibbs
Josiah Willard Gibbs
USA
American theoretical physicist one of the creators of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
Lui-Zhak Thenard
Lui-Zhak Thenard
France
French chemist
Stuart Pivar
Stuart Pivar
USA
American chemist, art collector and writer
James Crafts
James Crafts
USA
American chemist.
Boris Arbuzov
Boris Arbuzov
Soviet organic chemist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Fritz Pregl
Fritz Pregl
Austria
Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1923.
Jerom Karle
Jerom Karle
USA
American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1985
Otto Heinrich Warburg
Otto Heinrich Warburg
Germany
German biochemist and physiologist
Carl Cori
Carl Cori
USA
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947 jointly with Gerty T. Cori and Bernardo Usai
Yuriy Buslaev
Yuriy Buslaev
Russia
Academician-Secretary of the Department of Physical Chemistry and Technology of Inorganic Materials
Henri Moissan
Henri Moissan
France
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1906.
John Daniell
John Daniell
Great Britain
English scientist, chemist and physicist.
Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin
Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin
Great Britain
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1964.
Johann Becher
Johann Becher
Germany
German chemist and doctor
Galina Tabulevich
Galina Tabulevich
Soviet teacher, chemist
Marcellin Berthelot
Marcellin Berthelot
France
French chemist and public figure
Nicholas Leblanc
Nicholas Leblanc
France
Chemist
William Stein
William Stein
USA
Chemist
Xenophon Kocheshkov
Xenophon Kocheshkov
Soviet organic chemist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Siro Akobori
Siro Akobori
Japan
Japanese organic chemist and biochemist
Otto Wichterle
Otto Wichterle
Czech
Czech chemist
Andrew Pears
Andrew Pears
Great Britain
Inventor of clear (glycerin) soap
Wendell Meredith Stanley
Wendell Meredith Stanley
USA
American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry, 1946, (together with D. Sumner and D. Northrop) “for the preparation of pure enzymes and viral proteins.”
Donald James Cram
Donald James Cram
USA
American chemist
Wilhelm Ostwald
Wilhelm Ostwald
Germany
Former professor at the Riga Polytechnic, Nobel laureate in 1909 in chemistry.
Ilia Borshov
Ilia Borshov
Russia
Russian botanist and chemist
Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle
Great Britain
English chemist, physicist and philosopher, one of the founders of the Royal Society of London
Heinrich Hlasiwetz
Heinrich Hlasiwetz
Austria
Austrian chemist
Edward Kendall
Edward Kendall
USA
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1950, jointly with Philip Hench and Thaddeus Reichstein
Antoni Grabowski
Antoni Grabowski
Poland
Polish chemical engineer
Charles Hall
Charles Hall
USA
American chemical engineer.
Paul Karrer
Paul Karrer
Switzerland
Swiss chemist
Friedrich August Kekule
Friedrich August Kekule
Germany
German Chemist
Edward Acheson
Edward Acheson
USA
American chemist