Chemist

F. Sherwood Rowland

American chemist

1927 - 2012

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F. Sherwood Rowland

His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2024). F. Sherwood Rowland is the 37th most popular chemist (up from 186th in 2024), the 229th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,155th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Chemist.

F. Sherwood Rowland is most famous for his work on the ozone layer and his discovery of the harmful effects of CFCs.

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F. Sherwood Rowland climbed 8,880 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #11,327 to #2,447.

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F. Sherwood Rowland ranks #229 among 23,232 people in Pantheon born in United States, inside the top 1% of that group.

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Among Chemists

Among chemists, F. Sherwood Rowland ranks 37 out of 610. Before him are Otto Wallach, Alexander R. Todd, Otto Hahn, Robert Robinson, Henri Moissan, and Richard Willstätter. After him are Linus Pauling, Paul Karrer, Tadeusz Reichstein, Humphry Davy, Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, and Alfred Werner.

Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia

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Otto Wallach
1847 - 1931
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 31
Alexander R. Todd
1907 - 1997
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 32
Otto Hahn
1879 - 1968
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 33
Robert Robinson
1886 - 1975
HPI: 77.85
Rank: 34
Henri Moissan
1852 - 1907
HPI: 77.69
Rank: 35
Richard Willstätter
1872 - 1942
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 36
F. Sherwood Rowland
1927 - 2012
HPI: 77.30
Rank: 37
Linus Pauling
1901 - 1994
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 38
Paul Karrer
1889 - 1971
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 39
Tadeusz Reichstein
1897 - 1996
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 40
Humphry Davy
1778 - 1829
HPI: 76.94
Rank: 41
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
1865 - 1929
HPI: 76.66
Rank: 42
Alfred Werner
1866 - 1919
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 43

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, F. Sherwood Rowland ranks 9. Before him are Ferenc Puskás, Bhumibol Adulyadej, Günter Grass, Olof Palme, Gina Lollobrigida, and K. Alex Müller. After him are Peter Falk, Roger Moore, Samuel P. Huntington, Kim Young-sam, Robert Shaw, and Vladimir Komarov. Among people deceased in 2012, F. Sherwood Rowland ranks 7. Before him are Neil Armstrong, Wisława Szymborska, Oscar Niemeyer, Whitney Houston, Norodom Sihanouk, and Ray Bradbury. After him are Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., I. K. Gujral, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Joseph Murray, Yitzhak Shamir, and Ahmed Ben Bella.

Others Born in 1927

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Ferenc Puskás
SOCCER PLAYER
1927 - 2006
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 3
Bhumibol Adulyadej
POLITICIAN
1927 - 2016
HPI: 82.52
Rank: 4
Günter Grass
WRITER
1927 - 2015
HPI: 80.42
Rank: 5
Olof Palme
POLITICIAN
1927 - 1986
HPI: 80.20
Rank: 6
Gina Lollobrigida
ACTOR
1927 - 2023
HPI: 79.72
Rank: 7
K. Alex Müller
PHYSICIST
1927 - 2023
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 8
F. Sherwood Rowland
CHEMIST
1927 - 2012
HPI: 77.30
Rank: 9
Peter Falk
ACTOR
1927 - 2011
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 10
Roger Moore
ACTOR
1927 - 2017
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 11
Samuel P. Huntington
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1927 - 2008
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 12
Kim Young-sam
POLITICIAN
1927 - 2015
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 13
Robert Shaw
ACTOR
1927 - 1978
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 14
Vladimir Komarov
ASTRONAUT
1927 - 1967
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 15

Others Deceased in 2012

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Neil Armstrong
ASTRONAUT
1930 - 2012
HPI: 85.96
Rank: 1
Wisława Szymborska
WRITER
1923 - 2012
HPI: 78.89
Rank: 2
Oscar Niemeyer
ARCHITECT
1907 - 2012
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 3
Whitney Houston
SINGER
1963 - 2012
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 4
Norodom Sihanouk
POLITICIAN
1922 - 2012
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 5
Ray Bradbury
WRITER
1920 - 2012
HPI: 77.38
Rank: 6
F. Sherwood Rowland
CHEMIST
1927 - 2012
HPI: 77.30
Rank: 7
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1934 - 2012
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 8
I. K. Gujral
POLITICIAN
1919 - 2012
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 9
Rita Levi-Montalcini
PHYSICIAN
1909 - 2012
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 10
Joseph Murray
PHYSICIAN
1919 - 2012
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 11
Yitzhak Shamir
POLITICIAN
1915 - 2012
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 12
Ahmed Ben Bella
POLITICIAN
1916 - 2012
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 13