1810 - 1878
Henri Victor Regnault (21 July 1810 – 19 January 1878) was a French chemist and physicist best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties of gases. He was an early thermodynamicist and was mentor to William Thomson in the late 1840s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Victor Regnault has received more than 96,503 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Henri Victor Regnault is the 240th most popular chemist (down from 201st in 2019), the 1,270th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,178th in 2019) and the 45th most popular German Chemist.
Henri Victor Regnault was a French painter who is most famous for his paintings of the Greek gods.
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Among chemists, Henri Victor Regnault ranks 240 out of 509. Before him are Sidney Altman, Richard F. Heck, Nikolay Zelinsky, Mario J. Molina, Paul L. Modrich, and Joseph L. Goldstein. After him are Ida Noddack, Hermann Kolbe, Edward W. Morley, Donald J. Cram, Jaroslav Heyrovský, and Vincent du Vigneaud.
1939 - 2022
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 234
1931 - 2015
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 235
1861 - 1953
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 236
1943 - 2020
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 237
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 238
1940 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 239
1810 - 1878
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 240
1896 - 1978
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 241
1818 - 1884
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 242
1838 - 1923
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 243
1919 - 2001
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 244
1890 - 1967
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 245
1901 - 1978
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 246
Among people born in 1810, Henri Victor Regnault ranks 19. Before him are Nikolay Pirogov, Otto Nicolai, Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Ernst Kummer, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg. After him are Karl Richard Lepsius, Francesco Maria Piave, Fanny Elssler, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, Constant Troyon, and Oliver Winchester. Among people deceased in 1878, Henri Victor Regnault ranks 20. Before him are Elias Magnus Fries, Angelo Secchi, Ōkubo Toshimichi, Antoine César Becquerel, Mercedes of Orléans, and Mariam Baouardy. After him are John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Carl von Rokitansky, Robert Stirling, Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Carlo Blasis, and Władysław Tarnowski.
1810 - 1881
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 13
1810 - 1849
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 14
1810 - 1858
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 15
1810 - 1893
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 16
1810 - 1865
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 17
1810 - 1835
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 18
1810 - 1878
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 19
1810 - 1884
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 20
1810 - 1876
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 21
1810 - 1884
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 22
1810 - 1895
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 23
1810 - 1865
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 24
1810 - 1880
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 25
1794 - 1878
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 14
1818 - 1878
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 15
1830 - 1878
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 16
1788 - 1878
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 17
1860 - 1878
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 18
1846 - 1878
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 19
1810 - 1878
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 20
1792 - 1878
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 21
1804 - 1878
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 22
1790 - 1878
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 23
1804 - 1878
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 24
1797 - 1878
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 25
1836 - 1878
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 26
Among people born in Germany, Henri Victor Regnault ranks 1,270 out of 6,142. Before him are Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856), Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse (1896), Bernt Notke (1435), Alexander von Kluck (1846), Herta Bothe (1921), and Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857). After him are Heinz Linge (1913), Karl Richard Lepsius (1810), Johann Peter Eckermann (1792), Samuel Scheidt (1587), George, Duke of Saxony (1471), and Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426).
1856 - 1931
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 1,264
1896 - 1980
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 1,265
1435 - 1509
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 1,266
1846 - 1934
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 1,267
1921 - 2000
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 1,268
1857 - 1928
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 1,269
1810 - 1878
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 1,270
1913 - 1980
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 1,271
1810 - 1884
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 1,272
1792 - 1854
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 1,273
1587 - 1654
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 1,274
1471 - 1539
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 1,275
1426 - 1487
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 1,276
Among chemists born in Germany, Henri Victor Regnault ranks 45. Before him are Gerhard Herzberg (1904), Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Emil Erlenmeyer (1825), Feodor Lynen (1911), Franz Karl Achard (1753), and Friedrich Sertürner (1783). After him are Hermann Kolbe (1818), John Polanyi (1929), Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799), Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709), Hartmut Michel (1948), and Andreas Libavius (1555).
1904 - 1999
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 39
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 40
1825 - 1909
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 41
1911 - 1979
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 42
1753 - 1821
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 43
1783 - 1841
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 44
1810 - 1878
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 45
1818 - 1884
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 46
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 47
1799 - 1868
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 48
1709 - 1782
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 49
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 50
1555 - 1616
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 51