CHEMIST
Kurt Alder
1902 - 1958
Kurt Alder
Kurt Alder (German pronunciation: [ˈkʊʁt ˈaldɐ] ; 10 July 1902 – 20 June 1958) was a German chemist and Nobel laureate. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Alder has received more than 124,494 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Kurt Alder is the 45th most popular chemist (up from 56th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Poland (up from 88th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Polish Chemist.
Kurt Alder is most famous for his discovery of the chemical reaction that is used to synthesize polymers.
Memorability Metrics
120k
Page Views (PV)
68.26
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
71
Languages Editions (L)
20.40
Effective Languages (L*)
2.67
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Kurt Alder ranks 45 out of 602. Before him are Henri Moissan, August Kekulé, Valery Legasov, Adolf von Baeyer, Adolf Butenandt, and Gerty Cori. After him are Alfred Werner, Paul Sabatier, Friedrich Bergius, Frederick Sanger, Arthur Harden, and Fritz Pregl.
Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsHenri Moissan
1852 - 1907
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 39
August Kekulé
1829 - 1896
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 40
Valery Legasov
1936 - 1988
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 41
Adolf von Baeyer
1835 - 1917
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 42
Adolf Butenandt
1903 - 1995
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 43
Gerty Cori
1896 - 1957
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 44
Kurt Alder
1902 - 1958
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 45
Alfred Werner
1866 - 1919
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 46
Paul Sabatier
1854 - 1941
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 47
Friedrich Bergius
1884 - 1949
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 48
Frederick Sanger
1918 - 2013
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 49
Arthur Harden
1865 - 1940
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 50
Fritz Pregl
1869 - 1930
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 51
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1902, Kurt Alder ranks 18. Before him are Talcott Parsons, Eugene Wigner, Fernand Braudel, Saud of Saudi Arabia, Nâzım Hikmet, and Alfred Kastler. After him are Barbara McClintock, Walter Houser Brattain, Arne Tiselius, Ray Kroc, William Wyler, and Josemaría Escrivá. Among people deceased in 1958, Kurt Alder ranks 10. Before him are Rosalind Franklin, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, John B. Watson, Ernest Lawrence, Roger Martin du Gard, and Clinton Davisson. After him are Faisal II of Iraq, Milutin Milanković, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Rudolf von Laban, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Lion Feuchtwanger.
Others Born in 1902
Go to all RankingsTalcott Parsons
SOCIOLOGIST
1902 - 1979
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 12
Eugene Wigner
PHYSICIST
1902 - 1995
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 13
Fernand Braudel
HISTORIAN
1902 - 1985
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 14
Saud of Saudi Arabia
POLITICIAN
1902 - 1969
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 15
Nâzım Hikmet
WRITER
1902 - 1963
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 16
Alfred Kastler
PHYSICIST
1902 - 1984
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 17
Kurt Alder
CHEMIST
1902 - 1958
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 18
Barbara McClintock
BIOLOGIST
1902 - 1992
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 19
Walter Houser Brattain
PHYSICIST
1902 - 1987
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 20
Arne Tiselius
CHEMIST
1902 - 1971
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 21
Ray Kroc
BUSINESSPERSON
1902 - 1984
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 22
William Wyler
FILM DIRECTOR
1902 - 1981
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 23
Josemaría Escrivá
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1902 - 1975
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 24
Others Deceased in 1958
Go to all RankingsRosalind Franklin
BIOLOGIST
1920 - 1958
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 4
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
PHYSICIST
1900 - 1958
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 5
John B. Watson
PSYCHOLOGIST
1878 - 1958
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 6
Ernest Lawrence
PHYSICIST
1901 - 1958
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 7
Roger Martin du Gard
WRITER
1881 - 1958
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 8
Clinton Davisson
PHYSICIST
1881 - 1958
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 9
Kurt Alder
CHEMIST
1902 - 1958
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 10
Faisal II of Iraq
POLITICIAN
1935 - 1958
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 11
Milutin Milanković
GEOLOGIST
1879 - 1958
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 12
Juan Ramón Jiménez
WRITER
1881 - 1958
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 13
Rudolf von Laban
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1958
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 14
Maurice de Vlaminck
PAINTER
1876 - 1958
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 15
Lion Feuchtwanger
WRITER
1884 - 1958
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 16
In Poland
Among people born in Poland, Kurt Alder ranks 80 out of 1,694. Before him are Jakob Böhme (1575), Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Werner von Blomberg (1878), Tamara de Lempicka (1898), Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), and Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906). After him are Catherine Jagiellon (1526), Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (1761), Andrzej Sapkowski (1948), Carl Menger (1840), Robert Luther (1822), and Friedrich Bergius (1884).
Others born in Poland
Go to all RankingsJakob Böhme
PHILOSOPHER
1575 - 1624
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 74
Ladislaus I of Hungary
POLITICIAN
1046 - 1095
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 75
Werner von Blomberg
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1878 - 1946
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 76
Tamara de Lempicka
PAINTER
1898 - 1980
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 77
Casimir IV Jagiellon
POLITICIAN
1427 - 1492
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 78
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1906 - 1945
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 79
Kurt Alder
CHEMIST
1902 - 1958
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 80
Catherine Jagiellon
POLITICIAN
1526 - 1583
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 81
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
NOBLEMAN
1761 - 1818
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 82
Andrzej Sapkowski
WRITER
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 83
Carl Menger
ECONOMIST
1840 - 1921
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 84
Robert Luther
ASTRONOMER
1822 - 1900
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 85
Friedrich Bergius
CHEMIST
1884 - 1949
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 86
Among CHEMISTS In Poland
Among chemists born in Poland, Kurt Alder ranks 4. Before him are Fritz Haber (1868), Casimir Funk (1884), and Walther Nernst (1864). After him are Friedrich Bergius (1884), Tadeusz Reichstein (1897), Konrad Emil Bloch (1912), Clara Immerwahr (1870), Ignacy Mościcki (1867), Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776), Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822), and Antoni Grabowski (1857).
Fritz Haber
1868 - 1934
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 1
Casimir Funk
1884 - 1967
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 2
Walther Nernst
1864 - 1941
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 3
Kurt Alder
1902 - 1958
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 4
Friedrich Bergius
1884 - 1949
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 5
Tadeusz Reichstein
1897 - 1996
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 6
Konrad Emil Bloch
1912 - 2000
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 7
Clara Immerwahr
1870 - 1915
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 8
Ignacy Mościcki
1867 - 1946
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 9
Johann Wilhelm Ritter
1776 - 1810
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 10
Ignacy Łukasiewicz
1822 - 1882
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 11
Antoni Grabowski
1857 - 1921
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 12