1907 - 1997
Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd (2 October 1907 – 10 January 1997) was a British biochemist whose research on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleotide coenzymes gained him the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1957. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander R. Todd has received more than 112,140 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Alexander R. Todd is the 211th most popular chemist (up from 232nd in 2019), the 918th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,043rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Chemist.
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Among chemists, Alexander R. Todd ranks 211 out of 509. Before him are Ascanio Sobrero, Emil Erlenmeyer, Johan August Arfwedson, William Henry Perkin, Locusta, and Feodor Lynen. After him are Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Derek Barton, Aziz Sancar, Elias James Corey, Osamu Shimomura, and Kaoru Ishikawa.
1812 - 1888
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 205
1825 - 1909
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 206
1792 - 1841
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 207
1838 - 1907
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 208
1 - 100
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 209
1911 - 1979
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 210
1907 - 1997
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 211
1897 - 1978
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 212
1918 - 1998
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 213
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 214
1928 - Present
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 215
1928 - 2018
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 216
1915 - 1989
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 217
Among people born in 1907, Alexander R. Todd ranks 55. Before him are Roman Shukhevych, Lê Duẩn, Zarah Leander, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Yoshiko Kawashima, and W. H. Auden. After him are Ernesto Geisel, Cesar Romero, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Miklós Rózsa, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, and Emilie Schindler. Among people deceased in 1997, Alexander R. Todd ranks 56. Before him are Bulat Okudzhava, Gerda Christian, Carl Gustav Hempel, Stéphane Grappelli, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, and Amado Carrillo Fuentes. After him are Yuri Nikulin, Miguel Najdorf, Narciso Yepes, Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, Marco Ferreri, and Masaru Ibuka.
1907 - 1950
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 49
1907 - 1986
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 50
1907 - 1981
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 51
1907 - 1938
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 52
1907 - 1948
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 53
1907 - 1973
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 54
1907 - 1997
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 55
1907 - 1996
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 56
1907 - 1994
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 57
1907 - 1967
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 58
1907 - 1995
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 59
1907 - 1980
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 60
1907 - 2001
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 61
1924 - 1997
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 50
1913 - 1997
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 51
1905 - 1997
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 52
1908 - 1997
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 53
1928 - 1997
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 54
1956 - 1997
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 55
1907 - 1997
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 56
1921 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 57
1910 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 58
1927 - 1997
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 59
1903 - 1997
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 60
1928 - 1997
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 61
1908 - 1997
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 62
Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander R. Todd ranks 918 out of 7,765. Before him are Dave Gahan (1962), Antony Hewish (1924), David I of Scotland (1084), John McLaughlin (1942), Dua Lipa (1995), and Jim Broadbent (1949). After him are Colin Chapman (1928), Sarah Brightman (1960), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), Ewan McGregor (1971), Steve Harris (1956), and Isabella of England (1214).
1962 - Present
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 912
1924 - 2021
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 913
1084 - 1153
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 914
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 915
1995 - Present
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 916
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 917
1907 - 1997
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 918
1928 - 1982
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 919
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 920
1872 - 1958
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 921
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 922
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 923
1214 - 1241
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 924
Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Alexander R. Todd ranks 26. Before him are John Vane (1927), Rodney Robert Porter (1917), George Porter (1920), Archer Martin (1910), Peter D. Mitchell (1920), and William Henry Perkin (1838). After him are Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), Derek Barton (1918), Michael Smith (1932), John Pople (1925), Herbert C. Brown (1912), and William Hyde Wollaston (1766).
1927 - 2004
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 20
1917 - 1985
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 21
1920 - 2002
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 22
1910 - 2002
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 23
1920 - 1992
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 24
1838 - 1907
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 25
1907 - 1997
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 26
1897 - 1978
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 27
1918 - 1998
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 28
1932 - 2000
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 29
1925 - 2004
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 30
1912 - 2004
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 31
1766 - 1828
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 32