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.

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
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).
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".
Hans Bunte
Hans Bunte
Germany
German chemical engineer, professor of chemical engineering
Hans Adolf Krebs
Hans Adolf Krebs
Great Britain
English biochemist
Christian Shenbeyn
Christian Shenbeyn
Germany
German chemist.
Donald James Cram
Donald James Cram
USA
American chemist
Max Ferdinand Perutz
Max Ferdinand Perutz
Great Britain
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1962 (shared with D. Kendrew)
Henri Dreyfus
Henri Dreyfus
Switzerland
Swiss scientist, chemist.
Nicolae Teclu
Nicolae Teclu
Romania
Romanian chemist
Mirza Allahverdev
Mirza Allahverdev
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Chemical Sciences.
Ge Hong
Ge Hong
China
Chinese Taoist scholar and alchemist, famous for his encyclopedic treatises
Josiah Willard Gibbs
Josiah Willard Gibbs
USA
American theoretical physicist one of the creators of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
Abaskuli Kuliev
Abaskuli Kuliev
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor
Henry Edward Armstrong
Henry Edward Armstrong
Great Britain
English chemist
Harold Kroto
Harold Kroto
Great Britain
British chemist
Stephanie Kwolek
Stephanie Kwolek
USA
American chemist, inventor of polyparaphenylene terephthalamide
Johann Rudolph Glauber
Johann Rudolph Glauber
Germany
German alchemist, chemist, apothecary and physician.
Charles K. Bliss
Charles K. Bliss
Australia
Semiotics specialist
Joseph Achille Le Bel
Joseph Achille Le Bel
France
French chemist
Otto Wichterle
Otto Wichterle
Czech
Czech chemist
Johann Becher
Johann Becher
Germany
German chemist and doctor
Paul Karrer
Paul Karrer
Switzerland
Swiss chemist
Herman Hess
Herman Hess
Russia
Russian chemist
Kristian Anfinsen
Kristian Anfinsen
USA
American biochemist
Jons Jakob Berzelius
Jons Jakob Berzelius
Sweden
Swedish chemist.
David MacMillan
David MacMillan
British-American organic chemist
Anry Le Chatelier
Anry Le Chatelier
France
French physicist and chemist.
Germaine Cellier
Germaine Cellier
France
French perfumer
Marcellin Berthelot
Marcellin Berthelot
France
French chemist and public figure
Derek Barton
Derek Barton
USA
English chemist, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry (1969).
Dudley Robert Herschbach
Dudley Robert Herschbach
USA
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1986 (together with Y. T. Li and D. Polanyi).
Galina Tabulevich
Galina Tabulevich
Soviet teacher, chemist
Friedrich Ludwig Knapp
Friedrich Ludwig Knapp
Germany
German chemical technologist.
Robert Vudvord
Robert Vudvord
USA
American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1965
John Dorrance
John Dorrance
USA
American chemist and entrepreneur
Eugene Anatole Demarcay
Eugene Anatole Demarcay
France
French chemist
Robert Bunsen
Robert Bunsen
Germany
German chemist.
Stepan Zenovich
Stepan Zenovich
Professor of Chemistry
Jozef Blek
Jozef Blek
Great Britain
Scottish chemist and physicist
Rihard Wilshtetter
Rihard Wilshtetter
Germany
Chemist
Pol Berg
Pol Berg
USA
American biochemist, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry