Chemists from Canada

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

1. #1

   

   William Giauque

   1895 - 1982

   HPI 74.9459 langs

   William Giauque was a Canadian chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1949 for his work in the liquefaction of hydrogen.

2. #2

   

   Sidney Altman

   1939 - 2022

   HPI 70.5056 langs

   Sidney Altman is most famous for his discovery of catalytic RNA, which showed that RNA molecules can act as enzymes and catalyze chemical...Read moreShow less

   Sidney Altman is most famous for his discovery of catalytic RNA, which showed that RNA molecules can act as enzymes and catalyze chemical reactions. This discovery earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1989.

3. #3

   

   Henry Taube

   1915 - 2005

   HPI 70.0256 langs

   Canadian-born American chemist (1915–2005)

4. #4

   

   Rudolph A. Marcus

   b. 1923

   HPI 66.8152 langs

   Canadian chemist

5. #5

   

   Maud Menten

   1879 - 1960

   HPI 59.4931 langs

   Canadian physician and chemist

6. #6

   

   Martin Kamen

   1913 - 2002

   HPI 52.1215 langs

   American biochemist and molecular biologist (1913–2002)