The Most Famous
Chemists from Canada
This page contains a list of the greatest Canadians Chemists. The pantheon dataset contains 602 Chemists, 6 of which were born in Canada. This makes Canada the birth place of the 18th most number of Chemists behind Italy and Netherlands.
Top 6 Chemists
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
William Giauque
1895 - 1982
HPI 74.9459 langsWilliam Giauque was a Canadian chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1949 for his work in the liquefaction of hydrogen.
- #2
Sidney Altman
1939 - 2022
HPI 70.5056 langsSidney 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.
Overlapping Lives
Which Chemists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 5 most globally memorable Chemists since 1700.
