John Stith Pemberton
1831 - 1888
HPI 80.5053 languages
John Stith Pemberton is most famous for inventing Coca-Cola.
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Chemists from United States
128 notable people
This page contains a list of the greatest Americans Chemists. The pantheon dataset contains 610 Chemists, 128 of which were born in United States.
Top 10 American Chemists
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary American Chemists of all time. This list of famous American Chemists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of American Chemists.
#1 #2 
Edwin McMillan
1907 - 1991
HPI 80.4962 languagesEdwin McMillan was most famous for the discovery of the first transuranium element, neptunium.
#3 
Raymond Davis Jr.
1914 - 2006
HPI 80.1263 languagesRaymond Davis Jr. is most famous for the Davis Incident, in which he shot two men in Lahore, Pakistan, and was imprisoned for two years before being released in 2011.
#4 
George Washington Carver
1864 - 1943
HPI 78.7053 languagesAmerican botanist and inventor
#5 
John Fenn
1917 - 2010
HPI 78.4758 languagesJohn Fenn is most famous for his discovery of the Fenn Treasure, which he found in 1982.
#6 
F. Sherwood Rowland
1927 - 2012
HPI 77.3057 languagesF. Sherwood Rowland is most famous for his work on the ozone layer and his discovery of the harmful effects of CFCs.
#7 
Linus Pauling
1901 - 1994
HPI 77.1998 languagesLinus Pauling is most famous for his work in chemistry, specifically in the field of quantum chemistry. He is the only person to have won two unshared Nobel Prizes.
#8 
Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr.
1915 - 1974
HPI 75.6548 languagesAmerican pharmacologist (1915–1974)
#9 
John Howard Northrop
1891 - 1987
HPI 75.4969 languagesJohn Howard Northrop is most famous for inventing the flying wing.
#10 
Wendell Meredith Stanley
1904 - 1971
HPI 75.3061 languagesWendell Meredith Stanley was most famous for his discovery of the cause of the disease known as sleeping sickness. Sleeping sickness is a parasitic disease that is transmitted by tsetse flies.
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Americans Chemists grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
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1940s(15)
1930s(16)
1920s(18)
1910s(28)
1900s(7)
1890s(10)
1850s(1)
1770s(1)
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Overlapping Lives
Which Chemists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Chemists since 1700.
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