1925 - 2004
Sir John Anthony Pople (31 October 1925 – 15 March 2004) was a British theoretical chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Walter Kohn in 1998 for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Pople has received more than 179,097 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). John Pople is the 222nd most popular chemist (down from 190th in 2019), the 965th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 920th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Chemist.
John Pople is most famous for his work in developing the density functional theory.
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Among chemists, John Pople ranks 222 out of 509. Before him are Osamu Shimomura, Kaoru Ishikawa, Jacques Dubochet, Leo Baekeland, Michael Smith, and Arieh Warshel. After him are Alfred G. Gilman, Herbert C. Brown, Franz Karl Achard, John Cornforth, Charles J. Pedersen, and Friedrich Sertürner.
1928 - 2018
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 216
1915 - 1989
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 217
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 218
1863 - 1944
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 219
1932 - 2000
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 220
1940 - Present
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 221
1925 - 2004
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 222
1941 - 2015
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 223
1912 - 2004
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 224
1753 - 1821
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 225
1917 - 2013
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 226
1904 - 1989
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 227
1783 - 1841
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 228
Among people born in 1925, John Pople ranks 84. Before him are Leo Esaki, John DeLorean, Gabriele Amorth, Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen, José Freire Falcão, and Charles Chaplin Jr.. After him are Willi Herold, Gabriele Ferzetti, Paul Greengard, Honor Blackman, Oscar Peterson, and Toshio Iwatani. Among people deceased in 2004, John Pople ranks 44. Before him are Julius Axelrod, Andriyan Nikolayev, Edward B. Lewis, Theo van Gogh, Arthur Hailey, and Norberto Bobbio. After him are Herbert C. Brown, Julia Child, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Otto Kumm, José López Portillo y Pacheco, and Elmer Bernstein.
1925 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 78
1925 - 2005
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 79
1925 - 2016
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 80
1925 - 2010
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 81
1925 - 2021
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 82
1925 - 1968
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 83
1925 - 2004
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 84
1925 - 1946
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 85
1925 - 2015
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 86
1925 - 2019
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 87
1925 - 2020
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 88
1925 - 2007
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 89
1925 - 1970
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 90
1912 - 2004
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 38
1929 - 2004
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 39
1918 - 2004
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 40
1957 - 2004
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 41
1920 - 2004
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 42
1909 - 2004
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 43
1925 - 2004
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 44
1912 - 2004
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 45
1912 - 2004
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 46
1929 - 2004
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 47
1909 - 2004
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 48
1920 - 2004
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 49
1922 - 2004
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 50
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Pople ranks 965 out of 7,765. Before him are Duncan Edwards (1936), Reginald Pole (1500), Princess Muna al-Hussein (1941), Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869), Eugen d'Albert (1864), and Robbie Williams (1974). After him are Edward Kelley (1555), Harold Lowe (1882), John Dunstaple (1390), Slash (1965), Ian Curtis (1956), and Herbert C. Brown (1912).
1936 - 1958
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 959
1500 - 1558
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 960
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 961
1869 - 1926
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 962
1864 - 1932
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 963
1974 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 964
1925 - 2004
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 965
1555 - 1597
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 966
1882 - 1944
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 967
1390 - 1453
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 968
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 969
1956 - 1980
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 970
1912 - 2004
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 971
Among chemists born in United Kingdom, John Pople ranks 30. Before him are Peter D. Mitchell (1920), William Henry Perkin (1838), Alexander R. Todd (1907), Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), Derek Barton (1918), and Michael Smith (1932). After him are Herbert C. Brown (1912), William Hyde Wollaston (1766), John E. Walker (1941), Ida Noddack (1896), Thomas Graham (1805), and Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921).
1920 - 1992
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 24
1838 - 1907
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 25
1907 - 1997
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 26
1897 - 1978
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 27
1918 - 1998
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 28
1932 - 2000
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 29
1925 - 2004
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 30
1912 - 2004
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 31
1766 - 1828
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 32
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 33
1896 - 1978
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 34
1805 - 1869
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 35
1921 - 1996
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 36