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Darleane C. Hoffman

1926 - 2025

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Darleane Christian Hoffman (November 8, 1926 – September 4, 2025) was an American nuclear chemist who was among the researchers who confirmed the existence of seaborgium, element 106. She was a faculty senior scientist in the Nuclear Science Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a professor in the graduate school at UC Berkeley. In acknowledgment of her many achievements, Discover magazine recognized her in 2002 as one of the 50 most important women in science. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Darleane C. Hoffman is the 527th most popular chemist (up from 537th in 2024), the 7,837th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,760th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Darleane C. Hoffman ranks 527 out of 602. Before her are Nina Andreyeva, Bruce Ames, James Smithson, Charles Blagden, Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch, and Michael Behe. After her are Eugen Baumann, Oswald Schmiedeberg, Robert Jarvik, Marc Delafontaine, Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, and Nikolai Menshutkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Darleane C. Hoffman ranks 379. Before her are Fred Ramdat Misier, Lily Carlstedt, Hermann Kant, Stig Sollander, Efraín Sánchez, and Paul G. Comba. After her are Bill Sharman, Annie Palmen, Arne Bendiksen, Anahit Tsitsikian, Helene Ahrweiler, and Dietmar Schönherr. Among people deceased in 2025, Darleane C. Hoffman ranks 337. Before her are Miguel Uribe Turbay, Angie Stone, Joseph Wambaugh, Tigran Keosayan, Brian Murphy, and Emam-Ali Habibi. After her are Nikola Pokrivač, Letícia Román, Juan Aguilera, David Souter, Pauli Nevala, and Robert Jarvik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Darleane C. Hoffman ranks 7,839 out of 20,380. Before her are Alfred G. Knudson (1922), Gummo Marx (1893), Robert Armstrong (1890), Lori Singer (1957), Ollie Johnston (1912), and Vanessa Marcil (1968). After her are Gardiner Greene Hubbard (1822), Larry Graham (1946), John Frederick Kensett (1816), Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877), Verna Bloom (1938), and Earl Tupper (1907).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Darleane C. Hoffman ranks 93. Before her are David Baker (1962), Allen J. Bard (1933), Karen Wetterhahn (1948), Helen Murray Free (1923), Bruce Ames (1928), and Michael Behe (1952). After her are Robert Jarvik (1946), Margaret Oakley Dayhoff (1925), Mary L. Good (1931), Bruce Alberts (1938), Emma P. Carr (1880), and Florence B. Seibert (1897).

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