1929 - Today
John Charles Polanyi (Hungarian: Polányi János Károly; born 23 January 1929) is a German-born Canadian chemist. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research in chemical kinetics. Polanyi was born into the prominent Hungarian Polányi (Pollacsek) family in Berlin, Germany, prior to emigrating in 1933 to the United Kingdom where he was subsequently educated at the University of Manchester, and did postdoctoral research at the National Research Council in Canada and Princeton University in New Jersey. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Polanyi has received more than 187,565 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). John Polanyi is the 247th most popular chemist (up from 259th in 2019), the 1,324th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,460th in 2019) and the 47th most popular German Chemist.
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Among chemists, John Polanyi ranks 247 out of 509. Before him are Ida Noddack, Hermann Kolbe, Edward W. Morley, Donald J. Cram, Jaroslav Heyrovský, and Vincent du Vigneaud. After him are Michael Polanyi, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Thomas Graham, Karl Barry Sharpless, and Charles François de Cisternay du Fay.
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
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 247
1891 - 1976
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 248
1745 - 1818
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 249
1817 - 1884
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 250
1805 - 1869
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 251
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 252
1698 - 1739
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 253
Among people born in 1929, John Polanyi ranks 100. Before him are Ivar Giaever, Yozo Aoki, Alasdair MacIntyre, Georgi Markov, Nicolai Ghiaurov, and Bob Denard. After him are June Carter Cash, Kjell Askildsen, Věra Chytilová, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eva Schloss, and Chespirito.
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 94
1929 - 2014
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 95
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 96
1929 - 1978
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 97
1929 - 2004
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 98
1929 - 2007
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 99
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 100
1929 - 2003
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 101
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 102
1929 - 2014
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 103
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 104
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 105
1929 - 2014
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 106
Among people born in Germany, John Polanyi ranks 1,324 out of 6,142. Before him are Brigitte Helm (1906), Franciscus Sylvius (1614), Georg Kaiser (1878), Prince Charles of Prussia (1801), Princess Anna of Prussia (1836), and Otto Kumm (1909). After him are Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal (1861), Hildegard Knef (1925), Tilman Riemenschneider (1460), Oskar Morgenstern (1902), Clemens August Graf von Galen (1878), and Lucius Antonius Saturninus (20).
1906 - 1996
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,318
1614 - 1672
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,319
1878 - 1945
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,320
1801 - 1883
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 1,321
1836 - 1918
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 1,322
1909 - 2004
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 1,323
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 1,324
1861 - 1942
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 1,325
1925 - 2002
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 1,326
1460 - 1531
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 1,327
1902 - 1977
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 1,328
1878 - 1946
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 1,329
20 - 89
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 1,330
Among chemists born in Germany, John Polanyi ranks 47. Before him are Emil Erlenmeyer (1825), Feodor Lynen (1911), Franz Karl Achard (1753), Friedrich Sertürner (1783), Henri Victor Regnault (1810), and Hermann Kolbe (1818). After him are Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799), Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709), Hartmut Michel (1948), Andreas Libavius (1555), Max Joseph von Pettenkofer (1818), and Leopold Gmelin (1788).
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
1818 - 1901
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 52
1788 - 1853
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 53