The Most Famous

Chemists from Denmark

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This page contains a list of the greatest Danish Chemists. The pantheon dataset contains 602 Chemists, 8 of which were born in Denmark. This makes Denmark the birth place of the 12th most number of Chemists behind Austria and Czechia.

Top 8 Chemists

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

  1. #1
    Photo of Henrik Dam

    Henrik Dam

    1895 - 1976

    HPI 73.5060 langs
    Henrik Dam is most famous for his design of the Henrik Dam Bridge, which spans the Little Belt on the Danish island of Funen. The bridge is...Read moreShow less

    Henrik Dam is most famous for his design of the Henrik Dam Bridge, which spans the Little Belt on the Danish island of Funen. The bridge is a single-span suspension bridge, and was completed in 1937.

  2. #2
    Photo of S. P. L. Sørensen

    S. P. L. Sørensen

    1868 - 1939

    HPI 72.5236 langs
    Sørensen is most famous for his discovery of the Sørensen effect. This discovery states that the rate of chemical reaction is proportional...Read moreShow less

    Sørensen is most famous for his discovery of the Sørensen effect. This discovery states that the rate of chemical reaction is proportional to the product of the concentrations of the reactants.

  3. #3
    Photo of Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted

    Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted

    1879 - 1947

    HPI 70.1140 langs
    Brønsted is most famous for his discovery of the Brønsted-Lowry theory. This theory states that acids are proton donors and bases are proton...Read moreShow less

    Brønsted is most famous for his discovery of the Brønsted-Lowry theory. This theory states that acids are proton donors and bases are proton acceptors.

Overlapping Lives

Which Chemists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 5 most globally memorable Chemists since 1700.

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