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 70,946 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Anselme Payen is the 327th most popular chemist (up from 328th in 2019), the 2,195th most popular biography from France (down from 2,136th in 2019) and the 36th most popular French Chemist.
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Among chemists, Anselme Payen ranks 327 out of 510. Before him are Lars Fredrik Nilson, Fritz London, Théophile-Jules Pelouze, Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, and Fraser Stoddart. After him are C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Viktor Meyer, Auguste Laurent, Pierre Joseph Pelletier, Karl Ernst Claus, and Paul Ulrich Villard.
1840 - 1899
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 321
1900 - 1954
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 322
1807 - 1867
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 323
1767 - 1813
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 324
1816 - 1856
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 325
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 326
1795 - 1871
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 327
1817 - 1890
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 328
1848 - 1897
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 329
1807 - 1853
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 330
1788 - 1842
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 331
1796 - 1864
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 332
1860 - 1934
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 333
Among people born in 1795, Anselme Payen ranks 26. Before him are Heinrich Marschner, James Barry, Peter Andreas Hansen, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, Augustin Thierry, and Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria. After him are Thomas Arnold, Anton Schindler, Antoine-Louis Barye, James Braid, Charles Barry, and Ghazi Muhammad. Among people deceased in 1871, Anselme Payen ranks 23. Before him are Charles Paul de Kock, Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, Jarosław Dąbrowski, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, Moritz von Schwind, and Pierre Leroux. After him are Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt, François-Joseph Fétis, Henry E. Steinway, and Étienne Constantin de Gerlache.
1795 - 1861
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 20
1795 - 1865
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 21
1795 - 1874
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 22
1795 - 1867
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 23
1795 - 1856
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 24
1795 - 1875
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 25
1795 - 1871
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 26
1795 - 1842
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 27
1795 - 1864
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 28
1795 - 1875
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 29
1795 - 1860
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 30
1795 - 1860
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 31
1795 - 1832
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 32
1793 - 1871
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 17
1815 - 1871
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 18
1836 - 1871
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 19
1811 - 1871
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 20
1804 - 1871
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 21
1797 - 1871
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 22
1795 - 1871
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 23
1829 - 1871
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 24
1847 - 1871
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 25
1794 - 1871
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 26
1784 - 1871
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 27
1797 - 1871
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 28
1785 - 1871
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 29
Among people born in France, Anselme Payen ranks 2,195 out of 5,234. Before him are Charles Vanel (1892), Peter John Olivi (1248), Gonzalo Higuaín (1987), Jacques-François Menou (1750), Louis Feuillade (1873), and Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748). After him are Henri Michel (1947), Charles Diehl (1859), Robert Surcouf (1773), Adolphe Monticelli (1824), Jacques Villon (1875), and Sébastien Japrisot (1931).
1892 - 1989
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 2,189
1248 - 1298
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 2,190
1987 - Present
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 2,191
1750 - 1810
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 2,192
1873 - 1925
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 2,193
1748 - 1845
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 2,194
1795 - 1871
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 2,195
1947 - 2018
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 2,196
1859 - 1944
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 2,197
1773 - 1827
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 2,198
1824 - 1886
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 2,199
1875 - 1963
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 2,200
1931 - 2003
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 2,201
Among chemists born in France, Anselme Payen ranks 36. Before him are Alexandre Brongniart (1770), François-Marie Raoult (1830), Charles Friedel (1822), Jean-Baptiste Boussingault (1801), Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807), and Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816). After him are Auguste Laurent (1807), Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788), Paul Ulrich Villard (1860), Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737), Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy (1755), and Paul Héroult (1863).
1770 - 1847
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 30
1830 - 1901
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 31
1822 - 1899
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 32
1801 - 1887
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 33
1807 - 1867
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 34
1816 - 1856
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 35
1795 - 1871
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 36
1807 - 1853
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 37
1788 - 1842
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 38
1860 - 1934
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 39
1737 - 1816
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 40
1755 - 1809
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 41
1863 - 1914
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 42