1921 - 2017
Isabella Karle (December 2, 1921 – October 3, 2017) was an American chemist who was instrumental in developing techniques to extract plutonium chloride from a mixture containing plutonium oxide. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isabella Karle has received more than 59,138 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Isabella Karle is the 424th most popular chemist (up from 449th in 2019), the 4,881st most popular biography from United States (up from 6,029th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Chemist.
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Among chemists, Isabella Karle ranks 424 out of 509. Before her are Eric Betzig, Agnes Pockels, Anders Jahan Retzius, Donella Meadows, Nils Gabriel Sefström, and Nikolay Zinin. After her are Edmond Frémy, Fausto Elhuyar, Henri Laborit, Edward Charles Howard, Prafulla Chandra Ray, and Johann Schweigger.
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 418
1862 - 1935
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 419
1742 - 1821
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 420
1941 - 2001
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 421
1787 - 1845
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 422
1812 - 1880
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 423
1921 - 2017
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 424
1814 - 1894
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 425
1755 - 1833
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 426
1914 - 1995
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 427
1774 - 1816
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 428
1861 - 1944
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 429
1779 - 1857
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 430
Among people born in 1921, Isabella Karle ranks 228. Before her are Harry Schell, Samuel T. Cohen, Sune Andersson, Saul Zaentz, Alexander Kemurdzhian, and Bengt Danielsson. After her are Imre Kovács, John Agar, Simin Daneshvar, Jeanne Demessieux, Ken Adam, and Jack Kramer. Among people deceased in 2017, Isabella Karle ranks 244. Before her are Gösta Ekman, Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Mike Connors, Waldir Peres, József Tóth, and James Mancham. After her are Brad Harris, Velasio de Paolis, Sue Grafton, Octavio Lepage, Željko Perušić, and Leonid Bronevoy.
1921 - 1960
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 222
1921 - 2010
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 223
1921 - 2002
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 224
1921 - 2014
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 225
1921 - 2003
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 226
1921 - 1997
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 227
1921 - 2017
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 228
1921 - 1996
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 229
1921 - 2002
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 230
1921 - 2012
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 231
1921 - 1968
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 232
1921 - 2016
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 233
1921 - 2009
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 234
1939 - 2017
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 238
1925 - 2017
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 239
1925 - 2017
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 240
1951 - 2017
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 241
1929 - 2017
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 242
1939 - 2017
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 243
1921 - 2017
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 244
1933 - 2017
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 245
1935 - 2017
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 246
1940 - 2017
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 247
1923 - 2017
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 248
1936 - 2017
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 249
1928 - 2017
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 250
Among people born in United States, Isabella Karle ranks 4,881 out of 18,182. Before her are Big Bill Broonzy (1903), Marky Ramone (1952), Tyrese Gibson (1978), Lynn Anderson (1947), Shirley Jones (1934), and Minnie Riperton (1947). After her are Chandra Wilson (1969), Louise Bryant (1885), Irving Cummings (1888), Marty Balin (1942), Tommy Johnson (1896), and Taylor Lautner (1992).
1903 - 1958
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 4,875
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 4,876
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 4,877
1947 - 2015
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 4,878
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 4,879
1947 - 1979
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 4,880
1921 - 2017
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 4,881
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 4,882
1885 - 1936
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 4,883
1888 - 1959
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 4,884
1942 - 2018
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 4,885
1896 - 1956
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 4,886
1992 - Present
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 4,887
Among chemists born in United States, Isabella Karle ranks 79. Before her are Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847), John Tukey (1915), Edward Calvin Kendall (1972), Roderick MacKinnon (1956), Eric Betzig (1960), and Donella Meadows (1941). After her are Maclyn McCarty (1911), Caleb Bradham (1867), James B. Conant (1893), Michael Behe (1952), Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856), and Helen Murray Free (1923).
1847 - 1931
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 73
1915 - 2000
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 74
1972 - 1972
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 75
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 76
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 77
1941 - 2001
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 78
1921 - 2017
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 79
1911 - 2005
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 80
1867 - 1934
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 81
1893 - 1978
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 82
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 83
1856 - 1931
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 84
1923 - 2021
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 85