The Most Famous

Chemists from Spain

This page contains a list of the greatest Spanish Chemists. The pantheon dataset contains 602 Chemists, 5 of which were born in Spain. This makes Spain the birth place of the 21st most number of Chemists behind Ireland and Ukraine.

Top 5 Chemists

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

#1
Andrés Manuel del Río
1764 - 1849
HPI 61.6623 langs
#2
Mathieu Orfila
1787 - 1853
HPI 60.9720 langs
#3
Fausto Elhuyar
1755 - 1833
HPI 60.8121 langs
#4
Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois
1820 - 1886
HPI 59.8117 langs
#5
Juan José Elhuyar
1754 - 1796
HPI 59.0219 langs

Overlapping Lives

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

Top 5 Chemists

Andrés Manuel del Río

Mathieu Orfila

Fausto Elhuyar

Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois

Juan José Elhuyar

Overlapping Lives