1795 - 1871
Anselme Payen (French: [pa.jɛ̃]; 6 January 1795 – 12 May 1871) was a French chemist known for discovering the enzyme diastase, and the carbohydrate cellulose. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anselme Payen has received more than 87,056 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Anselme Payen is the 322nd most popular chemist (up from 327th in 2019), the 2,218th most popular biography from France (down from 2,192nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Chemist.
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Among chemists, Anselme Payen ranks 322 out of 509. Before him are François-Marie Raoult, Karl Friedrich Mohr, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, Sendivogius, Clemens Winkler, and Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois. After him are Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, Kristian Birkeland, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, Tapputi, Alexandre Brongniart, and Fritz London.
1830 - 1901
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 316
1806 - 1879
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 317
1740 - 1825
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 318
1566 - 1636
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 319
1838 - 1904
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 320
1820 - 1886
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 321
1795 - 1871
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 322
1795 - 1867
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 323
1867 - 1917
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 324
1816 - 1856
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 325
1200 BC - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 326
1770 - 1847
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 327
1900 - 1954
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 328
Among people born in 1795, Anselme Payen ranks 25. Before him are Maria Schicklgruber, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Heinrich Marschner, Peter Andreas Hansen, Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria, and Augustin Thierry. After him are Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, Antoine-Louis Barye, Charles Barry, Anton Schindler, and Dingane kaSenzangakhona. Among people deceased in 1871, Anselme Payen ranks 22. Before him are Charles Paul de Kock, Filippo Taglioni, Jarosław Dąbrowski, Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, and Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail. After him are Moritz von Schwind, Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt, Pierre Leroux, François-Joseph Fétis, Henry E. Steinway, and Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti.
1795 - 1847
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 19
1795 - 1876
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 20
1795 - 1861
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 21
1795 - 1874
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 22
1795 - 1875
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 23
1795 - 1856
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 24
1795 - 1871
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 25
1795 - 1839
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 26
1795 - 1867
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 27
1795 - 1875
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 28
1795 - 1860
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 29
1795 - 1864
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 30
1795 - 1840
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 31
1793 - 1871
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 16
1777 - 1871
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 17
1836 - 1871
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 18
1815 - 1871
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 19
1847 - 1871
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 20
1829 - 1871
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 21
1795 - 1871
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 22
1804 - 1871
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 23
1794 - 1871
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 24
1797 - 1871
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 25
1784 - 1871
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 26
1797 - 1871
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 27
1846 - 1871
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 28
Among people born in France, Anselme Payen ranks 2,218 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean Bodel (1165), Félix d'Herelle (1873), Claude Berri (1934), Léon Cogniet (1794), Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903), and Constance, Duchess of Brittany (1161). After him are Bernard of Menthon (923), Marc Augé (1935), Émile Boutroux (1845), Philippe Sollers (1936), Matthias of Arras (1290), and Thomas Bérard (1300).
1165 - 1205
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 2,212
1873 - 1949
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 2,213
1934 - 2009
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 2,214
1794 - 1880
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 2,215
1903 - 1987
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 2,216
1161 - 1201
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 2,217
1795 - 1871
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 2,218
923 - 1008
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 2,219
1935 - 2023
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 2,220
1845 - 1921
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 2,221
1936 - 2023
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 2,222
1290 - 1352
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 2,223
1300 - 1273
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 2,224
Among chemists born in France, Anselme Payen ranks 34. Before him are Bernard Courtois (1777), Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), Antoine Baumé (1728), Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy (1755), François-Marie Raoult (1830), and Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois (1820). After him are Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816), Alexandre Brongniart (1770), Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788), Jean-Baptiste Boussingault (1801), Paul Héroult (1863), and Charles Friedel (1822).
1777 - 1838
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 28
1807 - 1867
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 29
1728 - 1804
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 30
1755 - 1809
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 31
1830 - 1901
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 32
1820 - 1886
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 33
1795 - 1871
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 34
1816 - 1856
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 35
1770 - 1847
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 36
1788 - 1842
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 37
1801 - 1887
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 38
1863 - 1914
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 39
1822 - 1899
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 40