1881 - 1945
Hans Fischer (German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈfɪʃɐ] ; 27 July 1881 – 31 March 1945) was a German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry "for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin.. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Fischer has received more than 255,832 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Hans Fischer is the 55th most popular chemist (up from 69th in 2019), the 439th most popular biography from Germany (up from 522nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Chemist.
Hans Fischer was a German chemist who is most famous for his research on the synthesis of indigo.
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Among chemists, Hans Fischer ranks 55 out of 509. Before him are Francis William Aston, Tu Youyou, Julius Lothar Meyer, Paul Sabatier, Fritz Pregl, and Adolf Butenandt. After him are Kurt Alder, Jacques Monod, Melvin Calvin, Claude Louis Berthollet, Kary Mullis, and Friedrich Bergius.
1877 - 1945
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 49
1930 - Present
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 50
1830 - 1895
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 51
1854 - 1941
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 52
1869 - 1930
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 53
1903 - 1995
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 54
1881 - 1945
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 55
1902 - 1958
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 56
1910 - 1976
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 57
1911 - 1997
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 58
1748 - 1822
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 59
1944 - 2019
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 60
1884 - 1949
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 61
Among people born in 1881, Hans Fischer ranks 25. Before him are Alexei Rykov, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Guccio Gucci, Ettore Bugatti, Georg von Küchler, and Alcide De Gasperi. After him are Maximilian von Weichs, Irving Langmuir, Erwin von Witzleben, George Enescu, Natalia Goncharova, and Hermann Staudinger. Among people deceased in 1945, Hans Fischer ranks 41. Before him are Ernst Busch, Robert Ley, Francis William Aston, Hans Krebs, Oskar Dirlewanger, and Roland Freisler. After him are Josef Kramer, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Käthe Kollwitz, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Stefan Banach, and Giovanni Agnelli.
1881 - 1938
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 19
1881 - 1955
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 20
1881 - 1953
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 21
1881 - 1947
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 22
1881 - 1968
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 23
1881 - 1954
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 24
1881 - 1945
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 25
1881 - 1954
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 26
1881 - 1957
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 27
1881 - 1944
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 28
1881 - 1955
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 29
1881 - 1962
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 30
1881 - 1965
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 31
1885 - 1945
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 35
1890 - 1945
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 36
1877 - 1945
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 37
1898 - 1945
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 38
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 39
1893 - 1945
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 40
1881 - 1945
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 41
1906 - 1945
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 42
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 43
1867 - 1945
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 44
1891 - 1945
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 45
1892 - 1945
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 46
1866 - 1945
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 47
Among people born in Germany, Hans Fischer ranks 439 out of 6,142. Before him are Victoria of Baden (1862), Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808), Albrecht Kossel (1853), Adolf Butenandt (1903), Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848), and Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750). After him are Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), Walther von Reichenau (1884), Bernhard von Bülow (1849), Felix Klein (1849), F. W. Murnau (1888), and Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662).
1862 - 1930
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 433
1808 - 1888
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 434
1853 - 1927
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 435
1903 - 1995
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 436
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 437
1750 - 1827
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 438
1881 - 1945
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 439
1463 - 1525
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 440
1884 - 1942
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 441
1849 - 1929
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 442
1849 - 1925
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 443
1888 - 1931
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 444
1662 - 1726
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 445
Among chemists born in Germany, Hans Fischer ranks 13. Before him are Adolf von Baeyer (1835), August Kekulé (1829), Robert Bunsen (1811), Carl Bosch (1874), Julius Lothar Meyer (1830), and Adolf Butenandt (1903). After him are Adolf Windaus (1876), Hans Adolf Krebs (1900), Otto Diels (1876), Richard Willstätter (1872), Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780), and Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743).
1835 - 1917
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 7
1829 - 1896
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 8
1811 - 1899
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 9
1874 - 1940
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 10
1830 - 1895
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 11
1903 - 1995
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 12
1881 - 1945
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 13
1876 - 1959
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 14
1900 - 1981
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 15
1876 - 1954
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 16
1872 - 1942
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 17
1780 - 1849
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 18
1743 - 1817
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 19