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David MacMillan

1968 - Today

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Sir David William Cross MacMillan (born 16 March 1968) is a Scottish chemist and the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University, where he was also the chair of the Department of Chemistry from 2010 to 2015. He shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Benjamin List "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David MacMillan has received more than 241,446 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. David MacMillan is the 493rd most popular chemist, the 3,859th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 67th most popular British Chemist.

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  • 240k

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  • 45.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, David MacMillan ranks 493 out of 509Before him are C. N. R. Rao, Edward Goodrich Acheson, Gustav Rose, Helen Murray Free, Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann, and Zdenko Hans Skraup. After him are Nikodem Caro, Rainer Ludwig Claisen, Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès, Jiří Drahoš, George M. Whitesides, and Albert Ladenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, David MacMillan ranks 206Before him are Pete Docter, Ray Wilson, Klas Ingesson, Chayanne, Oliver Masucci, and Akihiko Hoshide. After him are Eagle-Eye Cherry, Tricky, David Ayer, Shantel, Yelena Vyalbe, and Lobsang Sangay.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David MacMillan ranks 3,859 out of 7,765Before him are Virginia Wade (1945), Ivor Bueb (1923), Alan Clark (1952), Kenneth More (1914), Lilian Gibbs (1870), and John Negroponte (1939). After him are Don McCullin (1935), Alex Turner (1986), James Quibell (1867), Simon Schama (1945), Ray Wilson (1934), and Boz Burrell (1946).

Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, David MacMillan ranks 67Before him are Frederick Abel (1827), Robin Hill (1899), William Hallowes Miller (1801), Christopher Kelk Ingold (1893), John Mayow (1640), and Neil Bartlett (1932). After him are Charles Blagden (1748), John George Children (1777), and Martyn Poliakoff (1947).