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.
Vladimir Kistyakovsky
Russian and Soviet physical chemist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Antoine-Jerome Balard
France
FranceFrench chemist, member of the Paris Academy of Sciences
Hara Gobind Khorana
USA
USAAmerican biochemist (of Indian descent)
Robert Bunsen
Germany
GermanyGerman chemist.
John Fenn
USA
USAAmerican researcher, professor of analytical chemistry, Nobel laureate.
Nicolas Flamel
France
FranceA French alchemist known as the inventor of the Philosopher's Stone
Ernst Otto Beckmann
Germany
GermanyGerman chemist.
Yacov Bickerman
USA
USAAmerican and German chemist
Hans Adolf Krebs
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish biochemist
Charles K. Bliss
Australia
AustraliaSemiotics specialist
Frank Clarke
USA
USAAmerican geochemist
Joseph Weiss
Austria
AustriaAustrian-British chemist.
Michael Goryaev
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanChemist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR
Joseph Bienaime Caventou
France
FranceFrench chemist and pharmacist
Svante Arrhenius
Sweden
SwedenChemist
Artur Harden
USA
USAChemist
Jacobus Vant-Hoff
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch chemist, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry (1901)
George De Hevesy
Hungary
HungaryNobel Prize in Chemistry, 1943.
Walter Norman Haworth
Great Britain
Great BritainNobel Prize in Chemistry, 1937, jointly with Paul Karrer
Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin
France
FranceFrench chemist and pharmacist
Melvin Calvin
USA
USAAmerican biochemist
Richard Smalley
USA
USAChemist, Nobel laureate in 1996
Richard Synge
Great Britain
Great BritainChemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1952 (jointly with A. Martin).
Johan Gadolin
Finland
FinlandFinnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist
Nikolay Menshutkin
Russia
RussiaRussian chemist.
Jons Jakob Berzelius
Sweden
SwedenSwedish chemist.
Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner
Germany
GermanyGerman chemist
Archibald Scott Couper
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish chemist
Albert Hofmann
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss chemist
Grace Calvert
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish chemist.
Pol Berg
USA
USAAmerican biochemist, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry
Juris Hmelnickis
Latvia
LatviaLatvian chemist
Aaron Klug
Lithuania
LithuaniaChemist
Hans Fischer
Germany
GermanyNobel Prize in Chemistry, 1930.
Henry J. Eyring
USA
USAMexican-American chemist
Murshud Hanveli Annagiev
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Chemical Sciences.
Paul Sabatier
France
FranceNobel Prize in Chemistry, 1912, jointly with Victor Grignard
Hans Kuhn
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss physical chemist, professor emeritus
Hennig Brand
Germany
GermanyHe is believed to have discovered phosphorus in 1669.
Johann Andreae
Germany
GermanyGerman naturalist, chemist, pharmacist
Richard Fred Heck
USA
USAAmerican chemist
John Dorrance
USA
USAAmerican chemist and entrepreneur
William Cumberland Cruickshank
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish chemist and physician.
Julius Lothar Meyer
Germany
GermanyGerman chemist
Ruth Benerito
USA
USAAmerican chemist and inventor
Herbert Hauptman
USA
USAAmerican mathematician, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry 1985
Viktor Grignard
France
FranceChemist
Emil Erlenmeyer
Germany
GermanyGerman scientist, organic chemist, synthesized isobutyric acid
Nikolay Zhavoronkov
Soviet scientist in the field of inorganic chemistry and chemical technology
Myrtle Bachelder
USA
USAAmerican chemist and Women's Army Corps officer