1922 - 1995
Clair Cameron Patterson (June 2, 1922 – December 5, 1995) was an American geochemist. Born in Mitchellville, Iowa, Patterson graduated from Grinnell College. He later received his Ph.D. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clair Cameron Patterson has received more than 750,787 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Clair Cameron Patterson is the 184th most popular biologist (up from 228th in 2019), the 1,862nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,103rd in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Biologist.
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Among biologists, Clair Cameron Patterson ranks 184 out of 844. Before him are Ferdinand Cohn, Oldfield Thomas, Antoine Béchamp, Nettie Stevens, John Lindley, and Mikhail Tsvet. After him are Edward B. Lewis, Hermann Schlegel, Daniel Nathans, Bert Sakmann, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, and Robert Gallo.
1828 - 1898
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 178
1858 - 1929
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 179
1816 - 1908
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 180
1861 - 1912
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 181
1799 - 1865
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 182
1872 - 1919
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 183
1922 - 1995
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 184
1918 - 2004
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 185
1804 - 1884
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 186
1928 - 1999
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 187
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 188
1922 - 2018
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 189
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 190
Among people born in 1922, Clair Cameron Patterson ranks 101. Before him are Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Kim Hunter, Leo Tindemans, Patrick Macnee, Guy Hamilton, and Carlos Andrés Pérez. After him are Taro Kagawa, John Edward Williams, Yvonne De Carlo, Eleanor Parker, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, and Rajko Mitić. Among people deceased in 1995, Clair Cameron Patterson ranks 66. Before him are Heiner Müller, César Rodríguez Álvarez, Joseph Needham, Günter Guillaume, Mária Telkes, and Morarji Desai. After him are Yves Congar, Selena, Georges Canguilhem, Takeo Fukuda, Mehdi Bazargan, and Chen Yun.
1922 - 2009
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 95
1922 - 2002
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 96
1922 - 2014
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 97
1922 - 2015
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 98
1922 - 2016
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 99
1922 - 2010
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 100
1922 - 1995
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 101
1922 - 1990
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 102
1922 - 1994
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 103
1922 - 2007
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 104
1922 - 2013
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 105
1922 - 2018
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 106
1922 - 2008
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 107
1929 - 1995
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 60
1920 - 1995
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 61
1900 - 1995
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 62
1927 - 1995
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 63
1900 - 1995
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 64
1896 - 1995
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 65
1922 - 1995
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 66
1904 - 1995
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 67
1971 - 1995
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 68
1904 - 1995
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 69
1905 - 1995
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 70
1907 - 1995
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 71
1905 - 1995
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 72
Among people born in United States, Clair Cameron Patterson ranks 1,862 out of 15,968. Before him are Diane Lane (1965), Donald E. Westlake (1933), Russell Alan Hulse (1950), Michael Bay (1965), Viola Davis (1965), and Marilyn vos Savant (1946). After him are Edward B. Lewis (1918), Richard Rodgers (1902), Beyoncé (1981), Luis Walter Alvarez (1911), Selena (1971), and Annie Leibovitz (1949).
1965 - Present
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 1,856
1933 - 2008
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 1,857
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 1,858
1965 - Present
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 1,859
1965 - Present
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 1,860
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 1,861
1922 - 1995
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 1,862
1918 - 2004
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 1,863
1902 - 1979
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 1,864
1981 - Present
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 1,865
1911 - 1988
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 1,866
1971 - 1995
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 1,867
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 1,868
Among biologists born in United States, Clair Cameron Patterson ranks 29. Before him are Temple Grandin (1947), George Davis Snell (1903), David Baltimore (1938), Joshua Lederberg (1925), Thomas Huckle Weller (1915), and Nettie Stevens (1861). After him are Edward B. Lewis (1918), Daniel Nathans (1928), Robert Gallo (1937), Paul Greengard (1925), James Dwight Dana (1813), and Leland H. Hartwell (1939).
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 23
1903 - 1996
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 24
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 25
1925 - 2008
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 26
1915 - 2008
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 27
1861 - 1912
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 28
1922 - 1995
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 29
1918 - 2004
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 30
1928 - 1999
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 31
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 32
1925 - 2019
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 33
1813 - 1895
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 34
1939 - Present
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 35