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George Andrew Olah

1927 - 2017

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George Andrew Olah (born Oláh András György; May 22, 1927 – March 8, 2017) was a Hungarian-American chemist. His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. For this research, Olah was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1994 "for his contribution to carbocation chemistry." He was also awarded the Priestley Medal, the highest honor granted by the American Chemical Society and F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research of the American Chemical Society in 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Andrew Olah has received more than 195,712 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). George Andrew Olah is the 166th most popular chemist (down from 154th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 93rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Hungarian Chemist.

George Andrew Olah is most famous for being a Nobel Prize winner in chemistry. He won the award in 1994 for his work with carbocations.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, George Andrew Olah ranks 166 out of 602. Before him are John Frederic Daniell, Bengt I. Samuelsson, Harry Kroto, Stanislao Cannizzaro, Johann Wilhelm Ritter, and Paul Flory. After him are Marcellin Berthelot, Ei-ichi Negishi, Ernst Chain, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, Alexander R. Todd, and Ascanio Sobrero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, George Andrew Olah ranks 47. Before him are Daniel Keyes, Hugo Pratt, Don Shirley, Harry Mulisch, Harry Markowitz, and Hans-Dietrich Genscher. After him are Maurice Ronet, Sydney Brenner, Stan Getz, F. Sherwood Rowland, Leszek Kołakowski, and Mary Higgins Clark. Among people deceased in 2017, George Andrew Olah ranks 55. Before him are Jonathan Demme, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Al Jarreau, Danielle Darrieux, and John Surtees. After him are Chester Bennington, Peter L. Berger, Mauno Koivisto, John Heard, Yisrael Kristal, and Magdalena Abakanowicz.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, George Andrew Olah ranks 97 out of 1,077. Before him are Ladislaus III of Hungary (1199), Georg von Békésy (1899), Ignác Goldziher (1850), István Tisza (1861), Mihály Károlyi (1875), and Samuel Aba (990). After him are János Áder (1959), József Mindszenty (1892), Ágnes Heller (1929), John Corvinus (1473), Margaret Mahler (1897), and Stephen IV of Hungary (1133).

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Among CHEMISTS In Hungary

Among chemists born in Hungary, George Andrew Olah ranks 4. Before him are George de Hevesy (1885), Katalin Karikó (1955), and Avram Hershko (1937). After him are Mária Telkes (1900), Michael Polanyi (1891), and Elizabeth Roboz Einstein (1904).

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