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.

Jacobus Vant-Hoff Jacobus Vant-Hoff
Netherlands
Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1901)
Peter Waage Peter Waage
Norway
Norwegian physical chemist and mineralogist.
Hennig Brandt Hennig Brandt
Germany
Legendary German alchemist
Jack Baldwin Jack Baldwin
Great Britain
English chemist
Sunn Bergstrem Sunn Bergstrem
Sweden
Swedish biochemist, academician of the Swedish Academy of Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate.
Ernst Otto Beckmann Ernst Otto Beckmann
Germany
German chemist.
Pierre Bayen Pierre Bayen
France
French chemist and pharmacist.
Richard F. W. Bader Richard F. W. Bader
Canada
Canadian quantum chemist
Anatoliy Babko Anatoliy Babko
Ukraine
Ukrainian Soviet analytical chemist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1957), honored scientist of the Ukrainian SSR (1966).
Henry Edward Armstrong Henry Edward Armstrong
Great Britain
English chemist
Murshud Hanveli Annagiev Murshud Hanveli Annagiev
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Chemical Sciences.
Johann Andreae Johann Andreae
Germany
German naturalist, chemist, pharmacist
Mirza Allahverdev Mirza Allahverdev
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Chemical Sciences.
Alekper Gasan Aliev Alekper Gasan Aliev
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani chemist
Siro Akobori Siro Akobori
Japan
Japanese organic chemist and biochemist
Richard Abegg Richard Abegg
Germany
German chemist, founder of the electronic concept of valence.
Harold Clayton Urey Harold Clayton Urey
USA
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1934
Emil Erlenmeyer Emil Erlenmeyer
Germany
German scientist, organic chemist, synthesized isobutyric acid
Carleton Ellis Carleton Ellis
USA
American inventor
Henry J. Eyring Henry J. Eyring
USA
Mexican-American chemist
Manfred Eigen Manfred Eigen
Germany
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1967 (jointly with R. Norrish and D. Porter).
Hermann Staudinger Hermann Staudinger
Germany
German chemist, awarded the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Karl Shvele Karl Shvele
Sweden
Swedish chemist, since 1775 - member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Togrul Shahtahtinskiy Togrul Shahtahtinskiy
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani petrochemist, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, professor, doctor of chemical sciences.
Jan Czochralski Jan Czochralski
Poland
Polish chemist
Karl Ziegler Karl Ziegler
Germany
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963 (together with D. Natta).
Ge Hong Ge Hong
China
Chinese Taoist scholar and alchemist, famous for his encyclopedic treatises
Albert Hofmann Albert Hofmann
Switzerland
Swiss chemist
Roald Hoffmann Roald Hoffmann
USA
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1981, jointly with Kenichi Fukui
Charles Hall Charles Hall
USA
American chemical engineer.
Dudley Robert Herschbach Dudley Robert Herschbach
USA
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1986 (together with Y. T. Li and D. Polanyi).
Gerhard Herzberg Gerhard Herzberg
Canada
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1971
Richard Fred Heck Richard Fred Heck
USA
American chemist
George De Hevesy George De Hevesy
Hungary
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1943.
Herbert Hauptman Herbert Hauptman
USA
American mathematician, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry 1985
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.
Ernst Otto Fisher Ernst Otto Fisher
Germany
German chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1973
Hermann Emil Fischer Hermann Emil Fischer
Germany
German organic chemist
John Fenn John Fenn
USA
American researcher, professor of analytical chemistry, Nobel laureate.
Iogann Faust Iogann Faust
Germany
Doctor, warlock, who lived in the first half of the 16th century. in Germany.
Alexander Todd Alexander Todd
Great Britain
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1957
Arne Tiselius Arne Tiselius
Sweden
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1948.
Henry Taube Henry Taube
USA
Chemist
Wendell Meredith Stanley Wendell Meredith Stanley
USA
American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry, 1946, (together with D. Sumner and D. Northrop) “for the preparation of pure enzymes and viral proteins.”
William Stein William Stein
USA
Chemist
Susan Solomon Susan Solomon
USA
American scientist, specialist in atmospheric chemistry
Frederick Soddy Frederick Soddy
Great Britain
English radiochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
Michael Smith Michael Smith
Canada
Canadian biochemist
Frederick Sanger Frederick Sanger
Great Britain
English biochemist, the only scientist to twice win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Theodor Svedberg Theodor Svedberg
Sweden
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1926.

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