1863 - 1944
Leo Hendrik Baekeland (November 14, 1863 – February 23, 1944) was a Belgian chemist. Educated in Belgium and Germany, he spent most of his career in the United States. He is best known for the inventions of Velox photographic paper in 1893, and Bakelite in 1907. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leo Baekeland has received more than 716,164 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Leo Baekeland is the 219th most popular chemist (down from 154th in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 133rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Chemist.
Leo Baekeland is most famous for inventing the first synthetic plastic, Bakelite.
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Among chemists, Leo Baekeland ranks 219 out of 509. Before him are Derek Barton, Aziz Sancar, Elias James Corey, Osamu Shimomura, Kaoru Ishikawa, and Jacques Dubochet. After him are Michael Smith, Arieh Warshel, John Pople, Alfred G. Gilman, Herbert C. Brown, and Franz Karl Achard.
1918 - 1998
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 213
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 214
1928 - Present
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 215
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
Among people born in 1863, Leo Baekeland ranks 32. Before him are Reinhard Scheer, George Santayana, Max Wolf, Heinrich Rickert, William Randolph Hearst, and Albert Calmette. After him are Essad Pasha Toptani, Franz von Hipper, Archduke Eugen of Austria, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, Charles Spearman, and John Charles Fields. Among people deceased in 1944, Leo Baekeland ranks 66. Before him are Princess Mafalda of Savoy, Vera Menchik, Jean Giraudoux, Christian Wirth, Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal, and Günther Korten. After him are Harold Lowe, Cécile Chaminade, Jakob von Uexküll, Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg, James McKeen Cattell, and Erich Fellgiebel.
1863 - 1928
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 26
1863 - 1952
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 27
1863 - 1932
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 28
1863 - 1936
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 29
1863 - 1951
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 30
1863 - 1933
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 31
1863 - 1944
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 32
1863 - 1920
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 33
1863 - 1932
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 34
1863 - 1954
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 35
1863 - 1919
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 36
1863 - 1945
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 37
1863 - 1932
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 38
1902 - 1944
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 60
1906 - 1944
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 61
1882 - 1944
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 62
1885 - 1944
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 63
1855 - 1944
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 64
1898 - 1944
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 65
1863 - 1944
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 66
1882 - 1944
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 67
1857 - 1944
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 68
1864 - 1944
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 69
1875 - 1944
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 70
1860 - 1944
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 71
1886 - 1944
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 72
Among people born in Belgium, Leo Baekeland ranks 155 out of 1,019. Before him are Eric Walter Elst (1936), Bartholomeus Spranger (1546), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), The Singing Nun (1933), Jacob Le Maire (1585), and Elio Di Rupo (1951). After him are Charles Michel (1975), John I, Duke of Brabant (1252), Bavo of Ghent (589), Blanche of Namur (1320), Princess Louise of Belgium (1858), and André Franquin (1924).
1936 - 2022
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 149
1546 - 1611
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 150
1507 - 1568
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 151
1933 - 1985
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 152
1585 - 1616
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 153
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 154
1863 - 1944
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 155
1975 - Present
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 156
1252 - 1294
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 157
589 - 654
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 158
1320 - 1363
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 159
1858 - 1924
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 160
1924 - 1997
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 161
Among chemists born in Belgium, Leo Baekeland ranks 4. Before him are Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580), Ernest Solvay (1838), and Yves Chauvin (1930). After him are George Sarton (1884), Jean Stas (1813), and Gilbert Stork (1921).
1580 - 1644
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 1
1838 - 1922
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 2
1930 - 2015
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 3
1863 - 1944
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 4
1884 - 1956
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 5
1813 - 1891
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 6
1921 - 2017
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 7