The Most Famous
Chemists from Austria
This page contains a list of the greatest Austrians Chemists. The pantheon dataset contains 602 Chemists, 9 of which were born in Austria. This makes Austria the birth place of the 10th most number of Chemists behind Switzerland and Japan.
Top 9 Chemists
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Austrians Chemists of all time. This list of famous Austrians Chemists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
- #1
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
1865 - 1929
HPI 76.6664 langsRichard Adolf Zsigmondy is most famous for his work in the field of chemistry. He is best known for his work with colloids, and the...Read moreShow less
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy is most famous for his work in the field of chemistry. He is best known for his work with colloids, and the invention of the ultramicroscope.
- #2
Fritz Pregl
1869 - 1930
HPI 76.4661 langsFritz Pregl is most famous for his work in the field of chromatography. He was the first to identify the use of paper chromatography in...Read moreShow less
Fritz Pregl is most famous for his work in the field of chromatography. He was the first to identify the use of paper chromatography in separating chemical compounds.
- #3
Richard Kuhn
1900 - 1967
HPI 72.5460 langsRichard Kuhn is most famous for his synthesis of the chemical elements hafnium and zirconium.
- #4
Max Perutz
1914 - 2002
HPI 70.7259 langsMax Perutz was most famous for his work in protein crystallography and for his discovery of the alpha helix structure of proteins.
Overlapping Lives
Which Chemists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 9 most globally memorable Chemists since 1700.
