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Alan MacDiarmid
1927 - 2007
Alan MacDiarmid
Alan Graham MacDiarmid, ONZ FRS (14 April 1927 – 7 February 2007) was a New Zealand-born American chemist, and one of three recipients of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2000. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan MacDiarmid has received more than 158,307 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Alan MacDiarmid is the 269th most popular chemist (down from 248th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 9th in 2019) and the most popular New Zealander Chemist.
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Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Alan MacDiarmid ranks 269 out of 509. Before him are Alexander Butlerov, Martin Rodbell, Luis Federico Leloir, Carl Gustaf Mosander, Vladimir Markovnikov, and Hideki Shirakawa. After him are Richard Smalley, Kenichi Fukui, Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, Edmond H. Fischer, Fraser Stoddart, and Thomas A. Steitz.
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HPI: 58.09
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HPI: 57.94
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Alan MacDiarmid
1927 - 2007
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 269
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HPI: 57.90
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HPI: 57.83
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HPI: 57.76
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Fraser Stoddart
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HPI: 57.65
Rank: 274
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1940 - 2018
HPI: 57.63
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1927, Alan MacDiarmid ranks 87. Before him are Dana Elcar, Jupp Derwall, Megumu Tamura, Thomas Luckmann, Gabdulkhay Akhatov, and Eartha Kitt. After him are Claude Gensac, Lee Grant, Ram Narayan, Pierre Alechinsky, Günter Guillaume, and Alfredo Kraus. Among people deceased in 2007, Alan MacDiarmid ranks 68. Before him are Lady Bird Johnson, Jean-Marie Lustiger, Ashraf Marwan, Ira Levin, Michel Serrault, and Maurice Papon. After him are Yvonne De Carlo, Rudolf Arnheim, Kiichi Miyazawa, Al Oerter, Khun Sa, and Vilma Espín.
Others Born in 1927
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Dana Elcar
1927 - 2005
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 81
Jupp Derwall
1927 - 2007
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 82
Megumu Tamura
1927 - 1986
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 83
Thomas Luckmann
1927 - 2016
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 84
Gabdulkhay Akhatov
1927 - 1986
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 85
Eartha Kitt
1927 - 2008
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 86
Alan MacDiarmid
1927 - 2007
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 87
Claude Gensac
1927 - 2016
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 88
Lee Grant
1927 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 89
Ram Narayan
1927 - Present
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 90
Pierre Alechinsky
1927 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 91
Günter Guillaume
1927 - 1995
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 92
Alfredo Kraus
1927 - 1999
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 93
Others Deceased in 2007
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Lady Bird Johnson
1912 - 2007
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 62
Jean-Marie Lustiger
1926 - 2007
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 63
Ashraf Marwan
1944 - 2007
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 64
Ira Levin
1929 - 2007
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 65
Michel Serrault
1928 - 2007
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 66
Maurice Papon
1910 - 2007
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 67
Alan MacDiarmid
1927 - 2007
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 68
Yvonne De Carlo
1922 - 2007
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 69
Rudolf Arnheim
1904 - 2007
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 70
Kiichi Miyazawa
1919 - 2007
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 71
Al Oerter
1936 - 2007
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 72
Khun Sa
1934 - 2007
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 73
Vilma Espín
1930 - 2007
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 74
In New Zealand
Among people born in New Zealand, Alan MacDiarmid ranks 15 out of 248. Before him are Burt Munro (1899), Wallace Fard Muhammad (1893), Jane Campion (1954), Martin Campbell (1943), John Money (1921), and Kiri Te Kanawa (1944). After him are Chris Amon (1943), Lucy Lawless (1968), Bruce Spence (1945), Rosé (1997), Karl Urban (1972), and Nancy Wake (1912).
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Burt Munro
1899 - 1978
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 9
Wallace Fard Muhammad
1893 - 1934
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 10
Jane Campion
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 11
Martin Campbell
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 12
John Money
1921 - 2006
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 13
Kiri Te Kanawa
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 14
Alan MacDiarmid
1927 - 2007
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 15
Chris Amon
1943 - 2016
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 16
Lucy Lawless
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 17
Bruce Spence
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 18
Rosé
1997 - Present
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 19
Karl Urban
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 20
Nancy Wake
1912 - 2011
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 21
Among CHEMISTS In New Zealand
Among chemists born in New Zealand, Alan MacDiarmid ranks 1.
