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Ahmed Zewail

1946 - 2016

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Ahmed Hassan Zewail (February 26, 1946 – August 2, 2016) was an Egyptian and 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 the second 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 1,107,195 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Ahmed Zewail is the 192nd most popular chemist (up from 196th in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 197th 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 192 out of 509. Before him are Raymond Davis Jr., Stanislao Cannizzaro, Germain Henri Hess, Julius Axelrod, Gerhard Herzberg, and Erwin Chargaff. After him are Otto Wichterle, Johann Deisenhofer, F. Sherwood Rowland, Michael Levitt, Archer Martin, and Johann Josef Loschmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ahmed Zewail ranks 96. Before him are Stan Smith, Wim Jansen, Berti Vogts, Ivan Reitman, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, and Yonatan Netanyahu. After him are Keith Moon, John Heard, Pete Postlethwaite, Stefania Sandrelli, Steve Biko, and Marilyn vos Savant. Among people deceased in 2016, Ahmed Zewail ranks 65. Before him are Viktor Korchnoi, Esma Redžepova, Patricio Aylwin, Vesna Vulović, Takahito, Prince Mikasa, and Sonia Rykiel. After him are Toots Thielemans, Margot Honecker, Michel Tournier, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Gabriele Amorth, and Keith Emerson.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ahmed Zewail ranks 194 out of 582. Before him are Thamphthis (-2600), Al-Adid (1149), Pentawer (-1173), Senakhtenre Ahmose (-1600), Ahmes (-1680), and Merit-Ptah (-2700). After him are Intef III (-2050), Mary the Jewess (100), Basilides (117), Amenhotep, son of Hapu (-1420), Dionysius Thrax (-170), and Berenice III of Egypt (-120).

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Among CHEMISTS In Egypt

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

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