1927 - 2012
Frank Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland (June 28, 1927 – March 10, 2012) was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of F. Sherwood Rowland has received more than 106,924 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). F. Sherwood Rowland is the 195th most popular chemist (down from 191st in 2019), the 1,309th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,363rd in 2019) and the 39th 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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Among chemists, F. Sherwood Rowland ranks 195 out of 509. Before him are Julius Axelrod, Gerhard Herzberg, Erwin Chargaff, Ahmed Zewail, Otto Wichterle, and Johann Deisenhofer. After him are Michael Levitt, Archer Martin, Johann Josef Loschmidt, John Fenn, Robert H. Grubbs, and William Standish Knowles.
1912 - 2004
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 189
1904 - 1999
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 190
1905 - 2002
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 191
1946 - 2016
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 192
1913 - 1998
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 193
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 194
1927 - 2012
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 195
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 196
1910 - 2002
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 197
1821 - 1895
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 198
1917 - 2010
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 199
1942 - 2021
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 200
1917 - 2012
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 201
Among people born in 1927, F. Sherwood Rowland ranks 63. Before him are Harry Mulisch, Jacques Mayol, Maurice Ronet, Raúl Alfonsín, Leszek Kołakowski, and Romano Mussolini. After him are Abdul Halim of Kedah, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Margot Honecker, Herbert Blomstedt, Hiroshi Yamauchi, and Vernon L. Smith. Among people deceased in 2012, F. Sherwood Rowland ranks 52. Before him are E. Donnall Thomas, Rodney King, Lucio Dalla, Erland Josephson, Chadli Bendjedid, and Chavela Vargas. After him are Hebe Camargo, Carl Woese, Harry Harrison, William Standish Knowles, Ben Gazzara, and George Armitage Miller.
1927 - 2010
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 57
1927 - 2001
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 58
1927 - 1983
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 59
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 60
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 61
1927 - 2006
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 62
1927 - 2012
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 63
1927 - 2017
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 64
1927 - 2013
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 65
1927 - 2016
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 66
1927 - Present
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 67
1927 - 2013
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 68
1927 - Present
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 69
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 46
1965 - 2012
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 47
1943 - 2012
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 48
1923 - 2012
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 49
1929 - 2012
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 50
1919 - 2012
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 51
1927 - 2012
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 52
1929 - 2012
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 53
1928 - 2012
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 54
1925 - 2012
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 55
1917 - 2012
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 56
1930 - 2012
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 57
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 58
Among people born in United States, F. Sherwood Rowland ranks 1,309 out of 18,182. Before him are Nora Roberts (1950), Frederick Douglass (1818), Harrison Schmitt (1935), Linda Lee Cadwell (1945), Cass Elliot (1941), and Gordon Moore (1929). After him are Benjamin Bloom (1913), Sacagawea (1780), Lance Armstrong (1971), Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), Ray Kurzweil (1948), and Kenny Rogers (1938).
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 1,303
1818 - 1895
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 1,304
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 1,305
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 1,306
1941 - 1974
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 1,307
1929 - 2023
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 1,308
1927 - 2012
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 1,309
1913 - 1999
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 1,310
1780 - 1812
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 1,311
1971 - Present
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 1,312
1857 - 1923
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 1,313
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 1,314
1938 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 1,315
Among chemists born in United States, F. Sherwood Rowland ranks 39. Before him are Stephanie Kwolek (1923), Arthur Kornberg (1918), Walter Gilbert (1932), Alan J. Heeger (1936), Raymond Davis Jr. (1914), and Julius Axelrod (1912). After him are John Fenn (1917), Robert H. Grubbs (1942), William Standish Knowles (1917), Robert Curl (1933), Elias James Corey (1928), and Alfred G. Gilman (1941).
1923 - 2014
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 33
1918 - 2007
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 34
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 35
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 36
1914 - 2006
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 37
1912 - 2004
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 38
1927 - 2012
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 39
1917 - 2010
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 40
1942 - 2021
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 41
1917 - 2012
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 42
1933 - 2022
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 43
1928 - Present
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 44
1941 - 2015
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 45