CHEMIST

Ahmed Zewail

1946 - 2016

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Ahmed Hassan Zewail (February 26, 1946 – August 2, 2016) was an Egyptian-American chemist, known as the "father of femtochemistry". He was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry and became the first Egyptian and Arab to win a Nobel Prize in a scientific field, and also first African to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmed Zewail has received more than 1,169,797 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Ahmed Zewail is the 149th most popular chemist (up from 192nd in 2019), the 167th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 193rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Chemist.

Ahmed Zewail is most famous for his work on femtochemistry. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1999 for his work on femtochemistry.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Ahmed Zewail ranks 149 out of 602. Before him are John Newlands, Christian B. Anfinsen, James Dewar, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Jaroslav Heyrovský, and Arthur Kornberg. After him are Edmond H. Fischer, Julius Axelrod, Yves Chauvin, Georg Ernst Stahl, Johann Deisenhofer, and George Porter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ahmed Zewail ranks 81. Before him are Nicos Anastasiades, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Lasse Hallström, Julian Barnes, Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, and Xanana Gusmão. After him are Philip Pullman, Marilyn vos Savant, Howard Shore, Brian Cox, Daniel Goleman, and Ed O'Neill. Among people deceased in 2016, Ahmed Zewail ranks 50. Before him are Ray Tomlinson, Esma Redžepova, René Angélil, George Martin, Michael Cimino, and Michel Galabru. After him are Michèle Morgan, George Gaynes, Junko Tabei, Viktor Korchnoi, Ettore Scola, and Harry Kroto.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ahmed Zewail ranks 167 out of 642. Before him are Mentuhotep III (-2050), Neferefre (-2500), Smendes (-1200), Intef II (-2150), Faten Hamama (1931), and Nazli Sabri (1894). After him are Fuad II of Egypt (1952), Meritamen (-1400), As-Salih Ayyub (1205), Djedkare Isesi (-2500), Hussein Kamel of Egypt (1853), and Abbas II of Egypt (1874).

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Among CHEMISTS In Egypt

Among chemists born in Egypt, Ahmed Zewail ranks 2. Before him are Dorothy Hodgkin (1910). After him are Rashad Khalifa (1935).

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