CHEMIST
Jabir ibn Hayyan
721 - 815
Jabir ibn Hayyan
Abū Mūsā Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (Arabic: أبو موسى جابر بن حيّان, variously called al-Ṣūfī, al-Azdī, al-Kūfī, or al-Ṭūsī), died c. 806−816, is the purported author of an enormous number and variety of works in Arabic, often called the Jabirian corpus. The works that survive today mainly deal with alchemy and chemistry, magic, and Shi'ite religious philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jabir ibn Hayyan has received more than 1,345,475 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Jabir ibn Hayyan is the 10th most popular chemist (down from 7th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Iran and the most popular Iranian Chemist.
Jabir ibn Hayyan is most famous for his contributions to the field of chemistry. He is credited with inventing a number of substances including sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and aqua regia.
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Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Jabir ibn Hayyan ranks 10 out of 509. Before him are Antoine Lavoisier, John Dalton, Robert Boyle, Irène Joliot-Curie, Amedeo Avogadro, and Svante Arrhenius. After him are Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Fritz Haber, Linus Pauling, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, and Wilhelm Ostwald.
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 721, Jabir ibn Hayyan ranks 1. After him is Isma'il ibn Ja'far. Among people deceased in 815, Jabir ibn Hayyan ranks 1. After him is Mashallah ibn Athari.
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In Iran
Among people born in Iran, Jabir ibn Hayyan ranks 12 out of 528. Before him are Darius III (-380), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Harun al-Rashid (766), Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865), and Ismail I (1487). After him are Esther (-600), Hassan-i Sabbah (1050), Cambyses II (-550), Malik-Shah I (1055), Ulugh Beg (1394), and Ali Khamenei (1939).
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Darius III
380 BC - 330 BC
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1919 - 1980
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Rank: 7
Ruhollah Khomeini
1902 - 1989
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Rank: 8
Harun al-Rashid
766 - 809
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Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
865 - 925
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 10
Ismail I
1487 - 1524
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 11
Jabir ibn Hayyan
721 - 815
HPI: 76.15
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Esther
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 76.09
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Hassan-i Sabbah
1050 - 1124
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Cambyses II
550 BC - 522 BC
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Malik-Shah I
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Ulugh Beg
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Ali Khamenei
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Among CHEMISTS In Iran
Among chemists born in Iran, Jabir ibn Hayyan ranks 1.
