The Most Famous

Chemists from China

3 notable people

This page contains a list of the greatest Chinese Chemists. The pantheon dataset contains 610 Chemists, 3 of which were born in China. This makes China the birth place of the 24th most number of Chemists behind Norway and Latvia.

Top 3 Chinese Chemists

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

#1
Tu Youyou
b. 1930
HPI 74.8885 languages
Tu youyou was most famous for discovering artemisinin, a drug that has been used to cure malaria.
#2
Ei-ichi Negishi
1935 - 2021
HPI 71.2863 languages
Japanese chemist (1935 - 2021)
#3
Edmond H. Fischer
1920 - 2021
HPI 71.1949 languages
American biochemist (1920–2021)

Overlapping Lives

Which Chemists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 3 most globally memorable Chemists since 1700.

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Top 3 Chinese Chemists

Tu Youyou

Ei-ichi Negishi

Edmond H. Fischer

Overlapping Lives