CHEMIST
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
1778 - 1850
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (UK: gay-LOO-sak, US: GAY-lə-SAK, French: [ʒozɛf lwi ɡɛlysak]; 6 December 1778 – 9 May 1850) was a French chemist and physicist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac has received more than 627,838 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac is the 17th most popular chemist (up from 19th in 2019), the 237th most popular biography from France (up from 258th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Chemist.
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac is most famous for his law of combining volumes, which states that when gases combine, the volume of the resulting gas is the sum of the volumes of the individual gases.
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Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac ranks 17 out of 602. Before him are Svante Arrhenius, Fritz Haber, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Wilhelm Ostwald, Otto Hahn, and Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff. After him are Linus Pauling, Edwin McMillan, Friedrich Wöhler, Paul Karrer, William Ramsay, and Emil Fischer.
Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsSvante Arrhenius
1859 - 1927
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 11
Fritz Haber
1868 - 1934
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 12
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
1742 - 1786
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 13
Wilhelm Ostwald
1853 - 1932
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 14
Otto Hahn
1879 - 1968
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 15
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
1852 - 1911
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 16
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
1778 - 1850
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 17
Linus Pauling
1901 - 1994
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 18
Edwin McMillan
1907 - 1991
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 19
Friedrich Wöhler
1800 - 1882
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 20
Paul Karrer
1889 - 1971
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 21
William Ramsay
1852 - 1916
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 22
Emil Fischer
1852 - 1919
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 23
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1778, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac ranks 3. Before him are Marie Thérèse of France, and Louis Bonaparte. After him are Humphry Davy, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, José de San Martín, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Bernardo O'Higgins, Fernando Sor, and Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. Among people deceased in 1850, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac ranks 3. Before him are Honoré de Balzac, and Louis Philippe I. After him are William Wordsworth, Zachary Taylor, Daoguang Emperor, Báb, José de San Martín, Marie Tussaud, Frédéric Bastiat, Louise of Orléans, and Johann Heinrich von Thünen.
Others Born in 1778
Go to all RankingsMarie Thérèse of France
NOBLEMAN
1778 - 1851
HPI: 76.37
Rank: 1
Louis Bonaparte
POLITICIAN
1778 - 1846
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 2
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
CHEMIST
1778 - 1850
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 3
Humphry Davy
CHEMIST
1778 - 1829
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 4
Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
POLITICIAN
1778 - 1837
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 5
José de San Martín
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1778 - 1850
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 6
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
EXPLORER
1778 - 1852
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 7
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
COMPOSER
1778 - 1837
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 8
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
EXPLORER
1778 - 1823
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 9
Bernardo O'Higgins
POLITICIAN
1778 - 1842
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 10
Fernando Sor
MUSICIAN
1778 - 1839
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 11
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
BIOLOGIST
1778 - 1841
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1850
Go to all RankingsHonoré de Balzac
WRITER
1799 - 1850
HPI: 83.46
Rank: 1
Louis Philippe I
POLITICIAN
1773 - 1850
HPI: 78.48
Rank: 2
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
CHEMIST
1778 - 1850
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 3
William Wordsworth
WRITER
1770 - 1850
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 4
Zachary Taylor
POLITICIAN
1784 - 1850
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 5
Daoguang Emperor
POLITICIAN
1782 - 1850
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 6
Báb
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1819 - 1850
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 7
José de San Martín
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1778 - 1850
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 8
Marie Tussaud
SCULPTOR
1761 - 1850
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 9
Frédéric Bastiat
ECONOMIST
1801 - 1850
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 10
Louise of Orléans
POLITICIAN
1812 - 1850
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 11
Johann Heinrich von Thünen
ECONOMIST
1783 - 1850
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 12
In France
Among people born in France, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac ranks 237 out of 6,770. Before him are John II of France (1319), Alfred Sisley (1839), Henri de Saint-Simon (1760), Charles the Simple (879), Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619), and Joseph Fouché (1759). After him are Jeanne Calment (1875), Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640), Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894), Richard II of England (1367), Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755), and Jean-Michel Jarre (1948).
Others born in France
Go to all RankingsJohn II of France
POLITICIAN
1319 - 1364
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 231
Alfred Sisley
PAINTER
1839 - 1899
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 232
Henri de Saint-Simon
PHILOSOPHER
1760 - 1825
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 233
Charles the Simple
POLITICIAN
879 - 929
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 234
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
POLITICIAN
1619 - 1683
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 235
Joseph Fouché
PUBLIC WORKER
1759 - 1820
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 236
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
CHEMIST
1778 - 1850
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 237
Jeanne Calment
CELEBRITY
1875 - 1997
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 238
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
NOBLEMAN
1640 - 1701
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 239
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
WRITER
1894 - 1961
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 240
Richard II of England
POLITICIAN
1367 - 1400
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 241
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
PAINTER
1755 - 1842
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 242
Jean-Michel Jarre
MUSICIAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 243
Among CHEMISTS In France
Among chemists born in France, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac ranks 4. Before him are Louis Pasteur (1822), Antoine Lavoisier (1743), and Irène Joliot-Curie (1897). After him are Henri Moissan (1852), Alfred Werner (1866), Paul Sabatier (1854), Victor Grignard (1871), Jacques Monod (1910), Claude Louis Berthollet (1748), Joseph Black (1728), and Joseph Proust (1754).
Louis Pasteur
1822 - 1895
HPI: 85.97
Rank: 1
Antoine Lavoisier
1743 - 1794
HPI: 82.14
Rank: 2
Irène Joliot-Curie
1897 - 1956
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 3
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
1778 - 1850
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 4
Henri Moissan
1852 - 1907
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 5
Alfred Werner
1866 - 1919
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 6
Paul Sabatier
1854 - 1941
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 7
Victor Grignard
1871 - 1935
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 8
Jacques Monod
1910 - 1976
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 9
Claude Louis Berthollet
1748 - 1822
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 10
Joseph Black
1728 - 1799
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 11
Joseph Proust
1754 - 1826
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 12