CHEMIST
Irving Langmuir
1881 - 1957
Irving Langmuir
Irving Langmuir (; January 31, 1881 – August 16, 1957) was an American chemist, physicist, and engineer. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1932 for his work in surface chemistry. Langmuir's most famous publication is the 1919 article "The Arrangement of Electrons in Atoms and Molecules" in which, building on Gilbert N. Lewis's cubical atom theory and Walther Kossel's chemical bonding theory, he outlined his "concentric theory of atomic structure". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irving Langmuir has received more than 572,187 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Irving Langmuir is the 72nd most popular chemist (down from 62nd in 2019), the 517th most popular biography from United States (up from 521st in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Chemist.
Irving Langmuir is most famous for his work in the field of surface chemistry. He is credited with the discovery of the Langmuir monolayer and the Langmuir adsorption isotherm.
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Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Irving Langmuir ranks 72 out of 602. Before him are Tadeusz Reichstein, Jan Baptist van Helmont, Paul J. Crutzen, Joseph Proust, Julius Lothar Meyer, and Francis William Aston. After him are Hermann Staudinger, Heinrich Otto Wieland, Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Dorothy Hodgkin, George de Hevesy, and Gilbert N. Lewis.
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HPI: 67.01
Rank: 66
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HPI: 66.99
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HPI: 66.87
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HPI: 66.86
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Julius Lothar Meyer
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HPI: 66.80
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Francis William Aston
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HPI: 66.70
Rank: 71
Irving Langmuir
1881 - 1957
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 72
Hermann Staudinger
1881 - 1965
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 73
Heinrich Otto Wieland
1877 - 1957
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 74
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
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HPI: 66.54
Rank: 75
Dorothy Hodgkin
1910 - 1994
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 76
George de Hevesy
1885 - 1966
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 77
Gilbert N. Lewis
1875 - 1946
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 78
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1881, Irving Langmuir ranks 29. Before him are Alcide De Gasperi, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Ettore Bugatti, Hans Fischer, Georg von Küchler, and Juan Ramón Jiménez. After him are Hermann Staudinger, Maximilian von Weichs, George Enescu, Władysław Sikorski, François Darlan, and Walter Rudolf Hess. Among people deceased in 1957, Irving Langmuir ranks 21. Before him are Constantin Brâncuși, Gichin Funakoshi, Gerty Cori, Gabriela Mistral, Walther Bothe, and Richard E. Byrd. After him are Heinrich Otto Wieland, Joseph McCarthy, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Alfred Döblin, Curzio Malaparte, and Jože Plečnik.
Others Born in 1881
Go to all RankingsAlcide De Gasperi
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1954
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 23
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
PHILOSOPHER
1881 - 1955
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 24
Ettore Bugatti
BUSINESSPERSON
1881 - 1947
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 25
Hans Fischer
CHEMIST
1881 - 1945
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 26
Georg von Küchler
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1968
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 27
Juan Ramón Jiménez
WRITER
1881 - 1958
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 28
Irving Langmuir
CHEMIST
1881 - 1957
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 29
Hermann Staudinger
CHEMIST
1881 - 1965
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 30
Maximilian von Weichs
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1954
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 31
George Enescu
COMPOSER
1881 - 1955
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 32
Władysław Sikorski
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1943
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 33
François Darlan
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1942
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 34
Walter Rudolf Hess
PHYSICIAN
1881 - 1973
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 35
Others Deceased in 1957
Go to all RankingsConstantin Brâncuși
SCULPTOR
1876 - 1957
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 15
Gichin Funakoshi
MARTIAL ARTS
1868 - 1957
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 16
Gerty Cori
CHEMIST
1896 - 1957
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 17
Gabriela Mistral
WRITER
1889 - 1957
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 18
Walther Bothe
PHYSICIST
1891 - 1957
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 19
Richard E. Byrd
EXPLORER
1888 - 1957
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 20
Irving Langmuir
CHEMIST
1881 - 1957
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 21
Heinrich Otto Wieland
CHEMIST
1877 - 1957
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 22
Joseph McCarthy
POLITICIAN
1908 - 1957
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 23
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
WRITER
1896 - 1957
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 24
Alfred Döblin
WRITER
1878 - 1957
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 25
Curzio Malaparte
WRITER
1898 - 1957
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 26
Jože Plečnik
ARCHITECT
1872 - 1957
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 27
In United States
Among people born in United States, Irving Langmuir ranks 517 out of 20,380. Before him are Demi Moore (1962), Liza Minnelli (1946), Katherine Johnson (1918), William P. Murphy (1892), Kurt Russell (1951), and Robert A. Heinlein (1907). After him are William Holden (1918), Paul Simon (1941), Christopher Reeve (1952), Carroll Shelby (1923), Sydney Pollack (1934), and Charlie Parker (1920).
Others born in United States
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ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 511
Liza Minnelli
ACTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 512
Katherine Johnson
MATHEMATICIAN
1918 - 2020
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 513
William P. Murphy
PHYSICIAN
1892 - 1987
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 514
Kurt Russell
ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 515
Robert A. Heinlein
WRITER
1907 - 1988
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 516
Irving Langmuir
CHEMIST
1881 - 1957
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 517
William Holden
ACTOR
1918 - 1981
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 518
Paul Simon
MUSICIAN
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 519
Christopher Reeve
ACTOR
1952 - 2004
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 520
Carroll Shelby
RACING DRIVER
1923 - 2012
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 521
Sydney Pollack
FILM DIRECTOR
1934 - 2008
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 522
Charlie Parker
MUSICIAN
1920 - 1955
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 523
Among CHEMISTS In United States
Among chemists born in United States, Irving Langmuir ranks 7. Before him are Linus Pauling (1901), Edwin McMillan (1907), John Howard Northrop (1891), John Stith Pemberton (1831), Gertrude B. Elion (1918), and Melvin Calvin (1911). After him are Gilbert N. Lewis (1875), Theodore William Richards (1868), James B. Sumner (1887), Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893), Marshall Warren Nirenberg (1927), and Stanford Moore (1913).
Linus Pauling
1901 - 1994
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 1
Edwin McMillan
1907 - 1991
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 2
John Howard Northrop
1891 - 1987
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 3
John Stith Pemberton
1831 - 1888
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 4
Gertrude B. Elion
1918 - 1999
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 5
Melvin Calvin
1911 - 1997
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 6
Irving Langmuir
1881 - 1957
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 7
Gilbert N. Lewis
1875 - 1946
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 8
Theodore William Richards
1868 - 1928
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 9
James B. Sumner
1887 - 1955
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 10
Edward Adelbert Doisy
1893 - 1986
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 11
Marshall Warren Nirenberg
1927 - 2010
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 12
Stanford Moore
1913 - 1982
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 13