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.

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
Uolter Gilbert
Uolter Gilbert
USA
Chemist
Charles Gerhardt
Charles Gerhardt
France
Alsatian chemist, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences in Paris (1856).
Otto Wallah
Otto Wallah
Germany
Chemist
Kenichi Fukui
Kenichi Fukui
Japan
Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry "for their development of the theory of chemical reactions" together with Roald Hofmann.
Otto Meyerhof
Otto Meyerhof
Germany
German biochemist
Uiliam Lipskomb
Uiliam Lipskomb
USA
American physical chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1976
Paul Jozef Crutzen
Paul Jozef Crutzen
Netherlands
Dutch scientist, Nobel laureate, specialist in atmospheric chemistry
Giulio Natta
Giulio Natta
Italy
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963 (together with K. Ziegler).
Andrew Pears
Andrew Pears
Great Britain
Inventor of clear (glycerin) soap
Robert Grubbs
Robert Grubbs
USA
American chemist
Ivan Gorbachevskiy
Ivan Gorbachevskiy
Ukraine
Ukrainian chemist, biochemist, hygienist and epidemiologist
Herbert Hauptman
Herbert Hauptman
USA
American mathematician, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry 1985
William Stein
William Stein
USA
Chemist
Pierre Bayen
Pierre Bayen
France
French chemist and pharmacist.
Antoine de Furkrua
Antoine de Furkrua
France
French chemist and politician
Gilbert Lewis
Gilbert Lewis
USA
Outstanding American physical chemist.
Feodor Lynen
Feodor Lynen
Germany
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1964, jointly with Konrad Bloch
Bernard Vonnegut
Bernard Vonnegut
USA
American meteorologist and chemist, professor of meteorology, inventor
Richard Fred Heck
Richard Fred Heck
USA
American chemist
Evney Buketov
Evney Buketov
Kazakhstani scientist in the field of chemistry and metallurgy, writer, poet
August-Vilhelm Hofmann
August-Vilhelm Hofmann
Germany
German organic chemist.
Frensis Aston
Frensis Aston
Great Britain
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922
John Cornforth
John Cornforth
Australia
Australian organic chemist
Ahmed Zewail
Ahmed Zewail
Egypt
Egyptian-American chemist, winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Konstantin Krasusky
Konstantin Krasusky
Russian chemist
Wais Hosseini
Wais Hosseini
France
French chemist
Fedor Kaputskiy
Fedor Kaputskiy
Belarus
Belarusian chemist
Adolf Butenandt
Adolf Butenandt
Germany
German organic chemist and biochemist
Peter Waage
Peter Waage
Norway
Norwegian physical chemist and mineralogist.
Emile Shankurtua
Emile Shankurtua
France
French geologist and chemist.
Cesar Milstein
Cesar Milstein
Argentina
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1984 jointly with Niels K. Jerne and Georg Köhler
James Batcheller Sumner
James Batcheller Sumner
USA
American biochemist who proved the protein nature of enzymes, Nobel Prize laureate
Adair Crawford
Adair Crawford
Great Britain
Scottish physician and chemist.
Antoni Grabowski
Antoni Grabowski
Poland
Polish chemical engineer
Mario J. Molina
Mario J. Molina
USA
American and Mexican chemist
Antuan Lavoisier
Antuan Lavoisier
France
French chemist
George Porter
George Porter
Great Britain
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1967 (shared with M. Eigen and R. Norrish).
Yuriy Buslaev
Yuriy Buslaev
Russia
Academician-Secretary of the Department of Physical Chemistry and Technology of Inorganic Materials
Nikolay Kachalov
Nikolay Kachalov
Germany
Chemical engineer, specialist in optical glass
Paul Flory
Paul Flory
USA
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1974
Georg Weissel
Georg Weissel
Austria
Austrian chemist and fire brigade leader
Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin
Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin
France
French chemist and pharmacist
Ieremiia-Veniamin Rihter
Ieremiia-Veniamin Rihter
Germany
German chemist
Charles Adolphe Wurtz
Charles Adolphe Wurtz
France
French chemist