Chemist
Gerhard Ertl
1936 - today
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Gerhard Ertl
His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2024). Gerhard Ertl is the 137th most popular chemist (down from 118th in 2024), the 528th most popular biography from Germany (up from 656th in 2019) and the 25th most popular German Chemist.
Gerhard Ertl is most famous for his research on the chemical reactions that take place in automobile engines.
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Among Chemists
Among chemists, Gerhard Ertl ranks 137 out of 602. Before him are Jaroslav Heyrovský, Richard R. Ernst, Joseph Proust, John Cornforth, Harold Urey, and Wilfrid Voynich. After him are Robert Burns Woodward, Paul Flory, Jean-Marie Lehn, Johan Gadolin, Michel Eugène Chevreul, and Julius Lothar Meyer.
Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia
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Jaroslav Heyrovský
1890 - 1967
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 131
Richard R. Ernst
1933 - 2021
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 132
Joseph Proust
1754 - 1826
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 133
John Cornforth
1917 - 2013
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 134
Harold Urey
1893 - 1981
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 135
Wilfrid Voynich
1865 - 1930
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 136
Gerhard Ertl
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 137
Robert Burns Woodward
1917 - 1979
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 138
Paul Flory
1910 - 1985
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 139
Jean-Marie Lehn
1939 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 140
Johan Gadolin
1760 - 1852
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 141
Michel Eugène Chevreul
1786 - 1889
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 142
Julius Lothar Meyer
1830 - 1895
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 143
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1936, Gerhard Ertl ranks 34. Before him are Virna Lisi, Ursula Andress, Richard Bach, Dennis Hopper, Günter Blobel, and Uwe Seeler. After him are Robert Downey Sr., Georges Perec, Wilt Chamberlain, Jim Clark, Alan J. Heeger, and Roy Orbison.
Others Born in 1936
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Virna Lisi
ACTOR
1936 - 2014
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 28
Ursula Andress
ACTOR
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 29
Richard Bach
WRITER
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 30
Dennis Hopper
ACTOR
1936 - 2010
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 31
Günter Blobel
BIOLOGIST
1936 - 2018
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 32
Uwe Seeler
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - 2022
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 33
Gerhard Ertl
CHEMIST
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 34
Robert Downey Sr.
ACTOR
1936 - 2021
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 35
Georges Perec
WRITER
1936 - 1982
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 36
Wilt Chamberlain
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1936 - 1999
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 37
Jim Clark
RACING DRIVER
1936 - 1968
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 38
Alan J. Heeger
CHEMIST
1936 - Present
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 39
Roy Orbison
SINGER
1936 - 1988
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 40
In Germany
Among people born in Germany, Gerhard Ertl ranks 528 out of NaN. Before him are Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (1801), Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793), Caroline of Baden (1776), Walter Schellenberg (1910), Uwe Seeler (1936), and Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867). After him are Wassily Leontief (1906), Bruno of Cologne (1030), Alfred von Schlieffen (1833), Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (1546), Felix Klein (1849), and Walter Scheel (1919).
Others born in Germany
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Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria
POLITICIAN
1801 - 1873
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 522
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve
ASTRONOMER
1793 - 1864
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 523
Caroline of Baden
COMPANION
1776 - 1841
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 524
Walter Schellenberg
POLITICIAN
1910 - 1952
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 525
Uwe Seeler
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - 2022
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 526
Prince Maximilian of Baden
POLITICIAN
1867 - 1929
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 527
Gerhard Ertl
CHEMIST
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 528
Wassily Leontief
ECONOMIST
1906 - 1999
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 529
Bruno of Cologne
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1030 - 1101
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 530
Alfred von Schlieffen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1833 - 1913
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 531
Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg
POLITICIAN
1546 - 1608
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 532
Felix Klein
MATHEMATICIAN
1849 - 1925
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 533
Walter Scheel
POLITICIAN
1919 - 2016
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 534
Among Chemists In Germany
Among chemists born in Germany, Gerhard Ertl ranks 25. Before him are Carl Bosch (1874), Hans Fischer (1881), Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877), Manfred Eigen (1927), and Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780). After him are Julius Lothar Meyer (1830), Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604), Hermann Kolbe (1818), Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743), Feodor Lynen (1911), and Georg Wittig (1897).
Carl Bosch
1874 - 1940
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 19
Hans Fischer
1881 - 1945
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 20
Ernst Otto Fischer
1918 - 2007
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 21
Heinrich Otto Wieland
1877 - 1957
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 22
Manfred Eigen
1927 - 2019
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 23
Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner
1780 - 1849
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 24
Gerhard Ertl
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 25
Julius Lothar Meyer
1830 - 1895
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 26
Johann Rudolf Glauber
1604 - 1670
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 27
Hermann Kolbe
1818 - 1884
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 28
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
1743 - 1817
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 29
Feodor Lynen
1911 - 1979
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 30
Georg Wittig
1897 - 1987
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 31
