Chemist

Hans Adolf Krebs

1900 - 1981

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Hans Adolf Krebs

His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2024). Hans Adolf Krebs is the 30th most popular chemist (up from 81st in 2024), the 156th most popular biography from Germany (up from 505th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Chemist.

Hans Adolf Krebs was a German scientist and professor of medicine. He is most famous for discovering the citric acid cycle, a series of chemical reactions that produce energy in cells.

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Among Chemists

Among chemists, Hans Adolf Krebs ranks 30 out of 602. Before him are George Washington Carver, Fritz Haber, John Fenn, Friedrich Wöhler, Wilhelm Ostwald, and Carl Wilhelm Scheele. After him are Otto Wallach, Alexander R. Todd, Otto Hahn, Robert Robinson, Henri Moissan, and Richard Willstätter.

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George Washington Carver
1864 - 1943
HPI: 78.70
Rank: 24
Fritz Haber
1868 - 1934
HPI: 78.61
Rank: 25
John Fenn
1917 - 2010
HPI: 78.47
Rank: 26
Friedrich Wöhler
1800 - 1882
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 27
Wilhelm Ostwald
1853 - 1932
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 28
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
1742 - 1786
HPI: 78.35
Rank: 29
Hans Adolf Krebs
1900 - 1981
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 30
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

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Hans Adolf Krebs ranks 8. Before him are Heinrich Himmler, Lord Mountbatten, Erich Fromm, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Martin Bormann, and Charles Francis Richter. After him are Luis Buñuel, Wolfgang Pauli, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Hans Frank. Among people deceased in 1981, Hans Adolf Krebs ranks 5. Before him are Bob Marley, Anwar Sadat, Jacques Lacan, and Albert Speer. After him are Moshe Dayan, Bill Haley, Frederica of Hanover, Claude Auchinleck, Soong Ching-ling, Max Euwe, and Odd Hassel.

Others Born in 1900

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Heinrich Himmler
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1945
HPI: 84.86
Rank: 2
Lord Mountbatten
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1979
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 3
Erich Fromm
PSYCHOLOGIST
1900 - 1980
HPI: 81.27
Rank: 4
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
NOBLEMAN
1900 - 2002
HPI: 81.23
Rank: 5
Martin Bormann
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1945
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 6
Charles Francis Richter
GEOLOGIST
1900 - 1985
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 7
Hans Adolf Krebs
CHEMIST
1900 - 1981
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 8
Luis Buñuel
FILM DIRECTOR
1900 - 1983
HPI: 78.28
Rank: 9
Wolfgang Pauli
PHYSICIST
1900 - 1958
HPI: 78.12
Rank: 10
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1974
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 11
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
PHYSICIST
1900 - 1958
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 12
Hans-Georg Gadamer
PHILOSOPHER
1900 - 2002
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 13
Hans Frank
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1946
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 14