
Tu Youyou
b. 1930
Tu youyou was most famous for discovering artemisinin, a drug that has been used to cure malaria.
The Most Famous
3 notable people
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.

b. 1930
Tu youyou was most famous for discovering artemisinin, a drug that has been used to cure malaria.

1935 - 2021
Japanese chemist (1935 - 2021)

1920 - 2021
American biochemist (1920–2021)
Which Chemists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 3 most globally memorable Chemists since 1700.