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
France
FranceFrench chemist

Robert Bunsen
Germany
GermanyGerman chemist.

Stepan Zenovich
Professor of Chemistry

Jozef Blek
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish chemist and physicist

Rihard Wilshtetter
Germany
GermanyChemist

Pol Berg
USA
USAAmerican biochemist, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry

Uolter Gilbert
USA
USAChemist

Charles Gerhardt
France
FranceAlsatian chemist, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences in Paris (1856).

Otto Wallah
Germany
GermanyChemist

Kenichi Fukui
Japan
JapanJapanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry "for their development of the theory of chemical reactions" together with Roald Hofmann.

Otto Meyerhof
Germany
GermanyGerman biochemist

Uiliam Lipskomb
USA
USAAmerican physical chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1976

Paul Jozef Crutzen
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch scientist, Nobel laureate, specialist in atmospheric chemistry

Giulio Natta
Italy
ItalyNobel Prize in Chemistry 1963 (together with K. Ziegler).

Andrew Pears
Great Britain
Great BritainInventor of clear (glycerin) soap

Robert Grubbs
USA
USAAmerican chemist

Ivan Gorbachevskiy
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian chemist, biochemist, hygienist and epidemiologist

Herbert Hauptman
USA
USAAmerican mathematician, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry 1985

William Stein
USA
USAChemist

Pierre Bayen
France
FranceFrench chemist and pharmacist.

Antoine de Furkrua
France
FranceFrench chemist and politician

Gilbert Lewis
USA
USAOutstanding American physical chemist.

Feodor Lynen
Germany
GermanyNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1964, jointly with Konrad Bloch

Bernard Vonnegut
USA
USAAmerican meteorologist and chemist, professor of meteorology, inventor

Richard Fred Heck
USA
USAAmerican chemist

Evney Buketov
Kazakhstani scientist in the field of chemistry and metallurgy, writer, poet

August-Vilhelm Hofmann
Germany
GermanyGerman organic chemist.

Frensis Aston
Great Britain
Great BritainChemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922

John Cornforth
Australia
AustraliaAustralian organic chemist

Ahmed Zewail
Egypt
EgyptEgyptian-American chemist, winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Konstantin Krasusky
Russian chemist

Wais Hosseini
France
FranceFrench chemist

Fedor Kaputskiy
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian chemist

Adolf Butenandt
Germany
GermanyGerman organic chemist and biochemist

Peter Waage
Norway
NorwayNorwegian physical chemist and mineralogist.

Emile Shankurtua
France
FranceFrench geologist and chemist.

Cesar Milstein
Argentina
ArgentinaNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1984 jointly with Niels K. Jerne and Georg Köhler

James Batcheller Sumner
USA
USAAmerican biochemist who proved the protein nature of enzymes, Nobel Prize laureate

Adair Crawford
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish physician and chemist.

Antoni Grabowski
Poland
PolandPolish chemical engineer

Mario J. Molina
USA
USAAmerican and Mexican chemist

Antuan Lavoisier
France
FranceFrench chemist

George Porter
Great Britain
Great BritainChemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1967 (shared with M. Eigen and R. Norrish).

Yuriy Buslaev
Russia
RussiaAcademician-Secretary of the Department of Physical Chemistry and Technology of Inorganic Materials

Nikolay Kachalov
Germany
GermanyChemical engineer, specialist in optical glass

Paul Flory
USA
USANobel Prize in Chemistry 1974

Georg Weissel
Austria
AustriaAustrian chemist and fire brigade leader

Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin
France
FranceFrench chemist and pharmacist

Ieremiia-Veniamin Rihter
Germany
GermanyGerman chemist

Charles Adolphe Wurtz
France
FranceFrench chemist