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.

Henry Cavendish
Henry Cavendish
Great Britain
English physicist and chemist who discovered hydrogen
Heinrich Hlasiwetz
Heinrich Hlasiwetz
Austria
Austrian chemist
Rihard Zsigmondy
Rihard Zsigmondy
Austria
Austrian-German chemist
Geinrih Wiland
Geinrih Wiland
Germany
Chemist
Harry Coover
Harry Coover
USA
American chemist, inventor of Superglue
Tadeusz Reichstein
Tadeusz Reichstein
Poland
Swiss chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1950
ictor Moritz Goldschmidt
ictor Moritz Goldschmidt
Norway
Chemist and geophysicist
John Fenn
John Fenn
USA
American researcher, professor of analytical chemistry, Nobel laureate.
Mary Morgan
Mary Morgan
USA
American scientist
Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner
Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner
Germany
German chemist
Robert Bruce Merrifield
Robert Bruce Merrifield
USA
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1984.
Vladimir Kistyakovsky
Vladimir Kistyakovsky
Russian and Soviet physical chemist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Eduard Buhner
Eduard Buhner
Germany
Chemist
John Hogward Northrop
John Hogward Northrop
USA
Chemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1946, shared with Wendell M. Stanley and James B. Sumner
Roger Kornberg
Roger Kornberg
USA
American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry (2006)
Auguste Laurent
Auguste Laurent
France
French organic chemist
Jan Czochralski
Jan Czochralski
Poland
Polish chemist
Gerhard Shrader
Gerhard Shrader
Germany
German chemist.
Albert Hofmann
Albert Hofmann
Switzerland
Swiss chemist
Pol Emil Buabodran
Pol Emil Buabodran
France
French chemist who discovered the elements gallium, samarium and dysprosium
Lui-Zhak Thenard
Lui-Zhak Thenard
France
French chemist
Johann Andreae
Johann Andreae
Germany
German naturalist, chemist, pharmacist
Leopold Ruzicka
Leopold Ruzicka
Switzerland
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1939 (together with A. Butenandt).
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe
Germany
German chemist
Gustav Giemsa
Gustav Giemsa
Germany
He is known for creating a solution used in the Romanovsky-Giemsa staining process.
John Daniell
John Daniell
Great Britain
English scientist, chemist and physicist.
Mary Engle Pennington
Mary Engle Pennington
USA
American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer
Carleton Ellis
Carleton Ellis
USA
American inventor
Rafiga Aliyeva
Rafiga Aliyeva
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Chemical Sciences
Johann Dobereiner
Johann Dobereiner
Germany
German chemist
Henry Bent
Henry Bent
USA
Chemist
Togrul Shahtahtinskiy
Togrul Shahtahtinskiy
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani petrochemist, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, professor, doctor of chemical sciences.
Nicholas Leblanc
Nicholas Leblanc
France
Chemist
Arcadi Boix
Arcadi Boix
USA
Spanish perfumer and writer
Ricardo Wolf
Ricardo Wolf
Germany
Chemist, inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, diplomat.
Nikolay Menshutkin
Nikolay Menshutkin
Russia
Russian chemist.
Roald Hoffmann
Roald Hoffmann
USA
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1981, jointly with Kenichi Fukui
Arthur Kornberg
Arthur Kornberg
USA
American biochemist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959 (together with S. Ochoa) for the discovery of the mechanism of nucleic acid biosynthesis
Adolf fon Bayer
Adolf fon Bayer
Germany
Chemist
Nicolas Flamel
Nicolas Flamel
France
A French alchemist known as the inventor of the Philosopher's Stone
Xenophon Kocheshkov
Xenophon Kocheshkov
Soviet organic chemist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Paul Sabatier
Paul Sabatier
France
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1912, jointly with Victor Grignard
John Polanyi
John Polanyi
Canada
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1986 (together with D. Herschbach and Y. T. Lee).
Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin
Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin
Great Britain
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1964.
James Crafts
James Crafts
USA
American chemist.
Henry J. Eyring
Henry J. Eyring
USA
Mexican-American chemist
Jan Baptista van Helmont
Jan Baptista van Helmont
Belgium
Chemist, physiologist, physician and mystic. Along with Paracelsus and Sylvius, he is the most prominent representative of the "iatrochemists".
Theodor Svedberg
Theodor Svedberg
Sweden
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1926.
Hans Bunte
Hans Bunte
Germany
German chemical engineer, professor of chemical engineering
Hans Adolf Krebs
Hans Adolf Krebs
Great Britain
English biochemist