1918 - 2013
Jerome Karle (born Jerome Karfunkle; June 18, 1918 – June 6, 2013) was an American physical chemist. Jointly with Herbert A. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerome Karle has received more than 92,208 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Jerome Karle is the 147th most popular chemist (up from 161st in 2019), the 1,049th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,190th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Chemist.
Jerome Karle is most famous for his contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA.
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Among chemists, Jerome Karle ranks 147 out of 509. Before him are Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Bengt I. Samuelsson, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Robert F. Furchgott, Kurt Wüthrich, and Sune Bergström. After him are Hennig Brand, Ignacy Mościcki, Paul Lauterbur, Stanley Miller, Paul Flory, and Harry Kroto.
1850 - 1936
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 141
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 142
1800 - 1884
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 143
1916 - 2009
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 144
1938 - Present
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 145
1916 - 2004
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 146
1918 - 2013
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 147
1630 - 1710
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 148
1867 - 1946
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 149
1929 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 150
1930 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 151
1910 - 1985
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 152
1939 - 2016
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 153
Among people born in 1918, Jerome Karle ranks 38. Before him are Kai Siegbahn, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, Martin Ryle, Bertram Brockhouse, Pavlik Morozov, and Birgit Nilsson. After him are André Bazin, Lila Kedrova, Günther Rall, Jens Christian Skou, Ahmed Deedat, and Patricio Aylwin. Among people deceased in 2013, Jerome Karle ranks 41. Before him are Boris Berezovsky, Ray Manzarek, Gylmar dos Santos Neves, James M. Buchanan, Ieng Sary, and Ronald Dworkin. After him are Nagisa Oshima, Jesús Franco, Richard Matheson, Viktor Kulikov, Lawrence Klein, and Manfred Rommel.
1918 - 2007
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 32
1918 - 2006
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 33
1918 - 1984
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 34
1918 - 2003
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 35
1918 - 1932
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 36
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 37
1918 - 2013
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 38
1918 - 1958
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 39
1918 - 2000
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 40
1918 - 2009
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 41
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 42
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 43
1918 - 2016
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 44
1946 - 2013
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 35
1939 - 2013
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 36
1930 - 2013
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 37
1919 - 2013
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 38
1925 - 2013
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 39
1931 - 2013
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 40
1918 - 2013
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 41
1932 - 2013
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 42
1930 - 2013
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 43
1926 - 2013
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 44
1921 - 2013
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 45
1920 - 2013
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 46
1928 - 2013
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 47
Among people born in United States, Jerome Karle ranks 1,049 out of 18,182. Before him are John Vincent Atanasoff (1903), Gary Sinise (1955), Melvin Schwartz (1932), Anjelica Huston (1951), Elisha Otis (1811), and Michelle Obama (1964). After him are Harvey Milk (1930), Burt Young (1940), Ellen DeGeneres (1958), John Updike (1932), Diane Arbus (1923), and Dennis Rodman (1961).
1903 - 1995
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 1,043
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 1,044
1932 - 2006
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 1,045
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 1,046
1811 - 1861
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 1,047
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 1,048
1918 - 2013
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 1,049
1930 - 1978
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 1,050
1940 - 2023
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 1,051
1958 - Present
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 1,052
1932 - 2009
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 1,053
1923 - 1971
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 1,054
1961 - Present
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 1,055
Among chemists born in United States, Jerome Karle ranks 25. Before him are Glenn T. Seaborg (1912), Robert Burns Woodward (1917), Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), Paul Berg (1926), Robert W. Holley (1922), and Robert F. Furchgott (1916). After him are Paul Lauterbur (1929), Stanley Miller (1930), Paul Flory (1910), Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921), Paul D. Boyer (1918), and Robert S. Mulliken (1896).
1912 - 1999
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 19
1917 - 1979
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 20
1916 - 1995
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 21
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 22
1922 - 1993
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 23
1916 - 2009
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 24
1918 - 2013
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 25
1929 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 26
1930 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 27
1910 - 1985
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 28
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 29
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 30
1896 - 1986
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 31