Chemist

Charles Adolphe Wurtz

1817 - 1884

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Charles Adolphe Wurtz

His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Adolphe Wurtz is the 183rd most popular chemist (up from 205th in 2024), the 829th most popular biography from France (up from 1,259th in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Chemist.

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Among Chemists

Among chemists, Charles Adolphe Wurtz ranks 183 out of 602. Before him are Robert Curl, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Felix Hoffmann, Peter J. Ratcliffe, Marcellin Berthelot, and Ernest Solvay. After him are Fritz Albert Lipmann, Sidney Altman, Gerhard Herzberg, Robert Huber, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, and Thomas A. Steitz.

Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia

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Robert Curl
1933 - 2022
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 177
Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky
1863 - 1944
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 178
Felix Hoffmann
1868 - 1946
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 179
Peter J. Ratcliffe
1954 - Present
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 180
Marcellin Berthelot
1827 - 1907
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 181
Ernest Solvay
1838 - 1922
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 182
Charles Adolphe Wurtz
1817 - 1884
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 183
Fritz Albert Lipmann
1899 - 1986
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 184
Sidney Altman
1939 - 2022
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 185
Gerhard Herzberg
1904 - 1999
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 186
Robert Huber
1937 - Present
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 187
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin
1763 - 1829
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 188
Thomas A. Steitz
1940 - 2018
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 189

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Charles Adolphe Wurtz ranks 10. Before him are Ivan Aivazovsky, William III of the Netherlands, Syed Ahmad Khan, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Charles-François Daubigny. After him are Carl Nägeli, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Niels Gade, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, and Princess Clémentine of Orléans. Among people deceased in 1884, Charles Adolphe Wurtz ranks 10. Before him are Elias Lönnrot, Marie Taglioni, Hermann Kolbe, Cetshwayo kaMpande, Paul Morphy, and Johann Gustav Droysen. After him are Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Marie Bashkirtseff, Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal, Fanny Elssler, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, and Alfred Brehm.

Others Born in 1817

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Ivan Aivazovsky
PAINTER
1817 - 1900
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 4
William III of the Netherlands
POLITICIAN
1817 - 1890
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 5
Syed Ahmad Khan
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1817 - 1898
HPI: 73.23
Rank: 6
Louise of Hesse-Kassel
COMPANION
1817 - 1898
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 7
Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
POLITICIAN
1817 - 1905
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 8
Charles-François Daubigny
PAINTER
1817 - 1878
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 9
Charles Adolphe Wurtz
CHEMIST
1817 - 1884
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 10
Carl Nägeli
BIOLOGIST
1817 - 1891
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 11
Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1817 - 1895
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 12
Niels Gade
COMPOSER
1817 - 1890
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 13
Joseph Dalton Hooker
BIOLOGIST
1817 - 1911
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 14
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
WRITER
1817 - 1875
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 15
Princess Clémentine of Orléans
COMPANION
1817 - 1907
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 16

Others Deceased in 1884

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Elias Lönnrot
PHYSICIAN
1802 - 1884
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 4
Marie Taglioni
DANCER
1804 - 1884
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 5
Hermann Kolbe
CHEMIST
1818 - 1884
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 6
Cetshwayo kaMpande
POLITICIAN
1826 - 1884
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 7
Paul Morphy
CHESS PLAYER
1837 - 1884
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 8
Johann Gustav Droysen
HISTORIAN
1808 - 1884
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 9
Charles Adolphe Wurtz
CHEMIST
1817 - 1884
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 10
Jean-Baptiste Dumas
CHEMIST
1800 - 1884
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 11
Marie Bashkirtseff
PAINTER
1858 - 1884
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 12
Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal
COMPANION
1843 - 1884
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 13
Fanny Elssler
POLITICIAN
1810 - 1884
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 14
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
POLITICIAN
1853 - 1884
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 15
Alfred Brehm
WRITER
1829 - 1884
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 16