CHEMIST

Leo Sternbach

1908 - 2005

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Leo Sternbach (May 7, 1908 – September 28, 2005) was a Polish American chemist who is credited with first synthesizing benzodiazepines, the main class of minor tranquilizers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leo Sternbach has received more than 198,990 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Leo Sternbach is the 353rd most popular chemist (up from 388th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 157th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Croatian Chemist.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Leo Sternbach ranks 353 out of 602. Before him are Carl Djerassi, Charles Hatchett, Louis Camille Maillard, Julia Lermontova, Viktor Meyer, and George Sarton. After him are Roderick MacKinnon, Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, and Nikolay Zelinsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Leo Sternbach ranks 127. Before him are Janina Lewandowska, Michael, Prince of Montenegro, Aden Adde, Françoise Dolto, Albert Scherrer, and Carlos Peucelle. After him are Peg Entwistle, Robert Rossen, Bo Yibo, Petro Shelest, Son Ngoc Thanh, and Sam Giancana. Among people deceased in 2005, Leo Sternbach ranks 95. Before him are Edward Bunker, Erich Topp, George Mikan, Simone Simon, Philip Morrison, and Ghena Dimitrova. After him are Guillermo Cabrera Infante, George P. Cosmatos, Lazar Berman, Kocheril R. Narayanan, Sandra Dee, and Ferruccio Valcareggi.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Leo Sternbach ranks 128 out of 700. Before him are Bernard Vukas (1927), Nikola Jurišić (1490), Lovro von Matačić (1899), István Horthy (1904), Vice Vukov (1936), and Jure Francetić (1912). After him are Mirko Jozić (1940), Alen Bokšić (1970), Ivo Lola Ribar (1916), Andrea Schiavone (1510), Niccolò Tommaseo (1802), and Petar Preradović (1818).

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Among CHEMISTS In Croatia

Among chemists born in Croatia, Leo Sternbach ranks 2. Before him are Leopold Ružička (1887).

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