Henrik Dam
1895 - 1976
HPI 73.5060 languages
Henrik Dam is most famous for his design of the Henrik Dam Bridge, which spans the Little Belt on the Danish island of Funen. The bridge is a single-span suspension bridge, and was completed in 1937.
The Most Famous
Chemists from Denmark
8 notable people
Top 8 Danish Chemists
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Danish Chemists of all time. This list of famous Danish Chemists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
#1 #2 
S. P. L. Sørensen
1868 - 1939
HPI 72.5236 languagesSørensen is most famous for his discovery of the Sørensen effect. This discovery states that the rate of chemical reaction is proportional to the product of the concentrations of the reactants.
#3 
Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted
1879 - 1947
HPI 70.1140 languagesBrønsted is most famous for his discovery of the Brønsted-Lowry theory. This theory states that acids are proton donors and bases are proton acceptors.
#4 
Sophia Brahe
1556 - 1643
HPI 68.9138 languagesDanish horticulturalist
#5 
Rasmus Bartholin
1625 - 1698
HPI 65.6725 languagesDanish scientist, physician and grammarian (1625-1698)
#6 
Morten P. Meldal
b. 1954
HPI 63.7145 languagesDanish chemist (born 1954)
#7 
Johan Kjeldahl
1849 - 1900
HPI 58.9320 languagesDanish chemist (1849–1900)
#8 
Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen
1826 - 1909
HPI 57.9220 languagesDanish chemist and scientist (1826-1909)
Overlapping Lives
Which Chemists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 6 most globally memorable Chemists since 1700.
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