Famous chemists
scientist trained in the study of chemistry
774 people
Alfred Werner
1866
– 1919
· Age 52
Deceased
Carl Bosch
1874
– 1940
· Age 65
Deceased
Dan Shechtman
1941
· Age 85
Alive
Otto Wallach
1847
– 1931
· Age 83
Deceased
Irving Langmuir
1881
– 1957
· Age 76
Deceased
Ahmed Zewail
1946
– 2016
· Age 70
Deceased
Hermann Staudinger
1881
– 1965
· Age 84
Deceased
Selman Abraham Waksman
1888
– 1973
· Age 85
Deceased
Chaim Weizmann
1874
– 1952
· Age 77
Deceased
John Howard Northrop
1891
– 1987
· Age 95
Deceased
Vladimir Vernadsky
1863
– 1945
· Age 81
Deceased
Dolph Lundgren
1957
· Age 68
Alive
Adolf Butenandt
1903
– 1995
· Age 91
Deceased
Joseph von Fraunhofer
1787
– 1826
· Age 39
Deceased
Paul Sabatier
1854
– 1941
· Age 86
Deceased
Otto Diels
1876
– 1954
· Age 78
Deceased
Mario Molina
1943
– 2020
· Age 77
Deceased
Willard Libby
1908
– 1980
· Age 71
Deceased
Lars Onsager
1903
– 1976
· Age 72
Deceased
August Kekulé
1829
– 1896
· Age 66
Deceased
Gerhard Domagk
1895
– 1964
· Age 68
Deceased
Giulio Natta
1903
– 1979
· Age 76
Deceased
Melvin Calvin
1911
– 1997
· Age 85
Deceased
Friedrich Wöhler
1800
– 1882
· Age 82
Deceased
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
1865
– 1929
· Age 64
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q593644