Chemists from Czechia

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

1. #1

   

   Gerty Cori

   1896 - 1957

   HPI 75.2380 langs

   Gerty Cori was a biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in 1947. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She...Read moreShow less

   Gerty Cori was a biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in 1947. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She was most famous for her research on the metabolism of glycogen, which is the storage form of glucose in the body.

2. #2

   

   Carl Ferdinand Cori

   1896 - 1984

   HPI 72.8158 langs

   Czech Nobel prize laureate and scientist (1896–1984)

3. #3

   

   Jaroslav Heyrovský

   1890 - 1967

   HPI 72.2862 langs

   Czech chemist (1890-1967)

4. #4

   

   Johann Josef Loschmidt

   1821 - 1895

   HPI 68.3137 langs

   Johann Josef Loschmidt was a German physicist who is most famous for his work on the kinetic theory of gases. He was able to show that the...Read moreShow less

   Johann Josef Loschmidt was a German physicist who is most famous for his work on the kinetic theory of gases. He was able to show that the volume of a gas is proportional to the pressure and temperature and that the number of molecules in a gas is proportional to the volume.

5. #5

   

   Franz von Soxhlet

   1848 - 1926

   HPI 59.9018 langs

   German agricultural chemist (1848–1926)

6. #6

   

   Otto Wichterle

   1913 - 1998

   HPI 59.8723 langs

   Czech member of Czech National Council, politician, academic, chemical engineer, professor and inventor (1913-1998)

7. #7

   

   Hans Tropsch

   1889 - 1935

   HPI 59.1820 langs

   German chemist (1889-1935)

8. #8

   

   Zdenko Hans Skraup

   1850 - 1910

   HPI 55.8916 langs

   Czech chemist (1850–1910)

9. #9

   

   Jiří Drahoš

   b. 1949

   HPI 52.0616 langs

   Czech physical chemist and politician