Chemists from Belgium

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Belgians Chemists of all time. This list of famous Belgians Chemists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

1. #1

   

   Jan Baptist van Helmont

   1580 - 1644

   HPI 74.7044 langs

   Jan Baptist van Helmont is most famous for his work in the field of chemistry. He was one of the first to study the properties of gases and...Read moreShow less

   Jan Baptist van Helmont is most famous for his work in the field of chemistry. He was one of the first to study the properties of gases and the effects of pressure on gases.

2. #2

   

   Yves Chauvin

   1930 - 2015

   HPI 73.3559 langs

   Yves Chauvin is most famous for his work with the French Resistance during World War II.

3. #3

   

   Ernest Solvay

   1838 - 1922

   HPI 70.6338 langs

   Ernest Solvay was a Belgian chemist and industrialist. He is most famous for inventing a process to produce sodium carbonate, which is used...Read moreShow less

   Ernest Solvay was a Belgian chemist and industrialist. He is most famous for inventing a process to produce sodium carbonate, which is used in the production of glass, paper, soap, and detergents.

4. #4

   

   Leo Baekeland

   1863 - 1944

   HPI 68.9052 langs

   Leo Baekeland is most famous for inventing the first synthetic plastic, Bakelite.

5. #5

   

   George Sarton

   1884 - 1956

   HPI 61.0117 langs

   Belgian-American historian of science (1884–1956)

6. #6

   

   Jean Stas

   1813 - 1891

   HPI 60.3321 langs

   Belgian chemist, co-discoverer of the atomic weight of carbon

7. #7

   

   Gilbert Stork

   1921 - 2017

   HPI 51.9416 langs

   Organic chemist