1887 - 1975
Kazimierz Fajans (Kasimir Fajans in many American publications; 27 May 1887 – 18 May 1975) was a Polish American physical chemist of Polish-Jewish origin, a pioneer in the science of radioactivity and the co-discoverer of chemical element protactinium. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kazimierz Fajans has received more than 83,480 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Kazimierz Fajans is the 361st most popular chemist (down from 337th in 2019), the 569th most popular biography from Poland (down from 465th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Polish Chemist.
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Among chemists, Kazimierz Fajans ranks 361 out of 509. Before him are Roger Y. Tsien, Thomas C. Südhof, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, Louis Le Chatelier, George Washington Carver, and Brunó Ferenc Straub. After him are Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Kamala Sohonie, Louis Camille Maillard, Carl Djerassi, Paul Ulrich Villard, and Franz Joseph Emil Fischer.
1952 - 2016
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 355
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 356
1838 - 1906
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 357
1815 - 1873
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 358
1864 - 1943
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 359
1914 - 1996
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 360
1887 - 1975
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 361
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 362
1912 - 1998
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 363
1878 - 1936
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 364
1923 - 2015
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 365
1860 - 1934
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 366
1877 - 1947
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 367
Among people born in 1887, Kazimierz Fajans ranks 115. Before him are Şükrü Saracoğlu, Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Otto Schniewind, Jean Patou, Miklós Kállay, and Ricardo Wolf. After him are Alexander Vandegrift, Andrei Shkuro, Arthur Cravan, Abolqasem Lahouti, Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena, and Charles Galton Darwin. Among people deceased in 1975, Kazimierz Fajans ranks 92. Before him are Achille Van Acker, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, Alvin Hansen, Boris Blacher, Jan Mukařovský, and Mina Witkojc. After him are William Hartnell, Sven Rydell, G. M. B. Dobson, Tim Buckley, Barbara Hepworth, and Carl Lutz.
1887 - 1953
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 109
1887 - 1980
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 110
1887 - 1964
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 111
1887 - 1936
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 112
1887 - 1967
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 113
1887 - 1981
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 114
1887 - 1975
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 115
1887 - 1973
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 116
1887 - 1947
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 117
1887 - 1918
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 118
1887 - 1957
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 119
1887 - 1947
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 120
1887 - 1962
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 121
1898 - 1975
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 86
1900 - 1975
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 87
1887 - 1975
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 88
1903 - 1975
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 89
1891 - 1975
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 90
1893 - 1975
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 91
1887 - 1975
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 92
1908 - 1975
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 93
1905 - 1975
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 94
1889 - 1975
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 95
1947 - 1975
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 96
1903 - 1975
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 97
1895 - 1975
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 98
Among people born in Poland, Kazimierz Fajans ranks 569 out of 1,454. Before him are Michał Rola-Żymierski (1890), Paul Wegener (1874), Stanisław Szukalski (1893), Helena Modjeska (1840), Max Fleischer (1883), and Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1801). After him are John Albert Vasa (1612), Szymon Winawer (1838), Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1549), Eugen Goldstein (1860), Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821), and Krzysztof Wielicki (1950).
1890 - 1989
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 563
1874 - 1948
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 564
1893 - 1987
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 565
1840 - 1909
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 566
1883 - 1972
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 567
1801 - 1869
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 568
1887 - 1975
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 569
1612 - 1634
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 570
1838 - 1919
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 571
1549 - 1602
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 572
1860 - 1930
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 573
1821 - 1891
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 574
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 575
Among chemists born in Poland, Kazimierz Fajans ranks 16. Before him are Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776), Ignacy Mościcki (1867), Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822), Sendivogius (1566), Fritz London (1900), and Richard Abegg (1869). After him are Jan Czochralski (1885), Jeremias Benjamin Richter (1762), Alfred Stock (1876), Heinrich Caro (1834), Sergey Lebedev (1874), and Karol Olszewski (1846).
1776 - 1810
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 10
1867 - 1946
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 11
1822 - 1882
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 12
1566 - 1636
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 13
1900 - 1954
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 14
1869 - 1910
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 15
1887 - 1975
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 16
1885 - 1953
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 17
1762 - 1807
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 18
1876 - 1946
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 19
1834 - 1910
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 20
1874 - 1934
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 21
1846 - 1915
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 22