Chemist

Kary Mullis

1944 - 2019

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Kary Mullis

His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2024). Kary Mullis is the 249th most popular chemist (down from 156th in 2024), the 1,513th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,000th in 2019) and the 57th most popular American Chemist.

Kary Mullis is most famous for inventing the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, which is used to amplify DNA sequences.

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Among Chemists

Among chemists, Kary Mullis ranks 249 out of 602. Before him are Nicolas Leblanc, Walter Gilbert, Arieh Warshel, Henri Victor Regnault, Luis Federico Leloir, and Mario J. Molina. After him are Emil Abderhalden, Jacques Dubochet, Ryōji Noyori, Johan August Arfwedson, Richard Smalley, and Carolyn R. Bertozzi.

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Nicolas Leblanc
1742 - 1806
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 243
Walter Gilbert
1932 - Present
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 244
Arieh Warshel
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 245
Henri Victor Regnault
1810 - 1878
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 246
Luis Federico Leloir
1906 - 1987
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 247
Mario J. Molina
1943 - 2020
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 248
Kary Mullis
1944 - 2019
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 249
Emil Abderhalden
1877 - 1950
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 250
Jacques Dubochet
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 251
Ryōji Noyori
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 252
Johan August Arfwedson
1792 - 1841
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 253
Richard Smalley
1943 - 2005
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 254
Carolyn R. Bertozzi
1966 - Present
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 255

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Kary Mullis ranks 98. Before him are Sam Elliott, Bora Milutinović, Nebahat Çehre, Klaus Nomi, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, and Moe Tucker. After him are W. G. Sebald, Killing of Peter Fechter, Karin Schubert, Salvador Sánchez Cerén, Jeroen Krabbé, and Ian McDiarmid. Among people deceased in 2019, Kary Mullis ranks 62. Before him are Yasuhiro Nakasone, Godfried Danneels, Sigmund Jähn, Ferdinand Piëch, Fernando de la Rúa, and Zhores Alferov. After him are Tony Buzan, Alan García, Franco Columbu, Raymond Poulidor, Paul Greengard, and Danny Aiello.

Others Born in 1944

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Sam Elliott
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 92
Bora Milutinović
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - Present
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 93
Nebahat Çehre
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 94
Klaus Nomi
MUSICIAN
1944 - 1983
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 95
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 96
Moe Tucker
MUSICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 97
Kary Mullis
CHEMIST
1944 - 2019
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 98
W. G. Sebald
WRITER
1944 - 2001
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 99
Killing of Peter Fechter
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1944 - 1962
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 100
Karin Schubert
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 101
Salvador Sánchez Cerén
POLITICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 102
Jeroen Krabbé
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 103
Ian McDiarmid
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 104