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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 tranquilizers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leo Sternbach has received more than 182,560 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Leo Sternbach is the 388th most popular chemist, the 157th most popular biography from Croatia and the 2nd most popular Croatian Chemist.

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  • 51.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Leo Sternbach ranks 388 out of 509. Before him are Jan Czochralski, Nicolas Lemery, Lina Stern, Felix Hoppe-Seyler, David Warren, and Benjamin List. After him are John Tukey, Peter Atkins, William Gregor, Luke Howard, Andrés Manuel del Río, and Leonor Michaelis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Leo Sternbach ranks 158. Before him are Nikolay Nosov, Mario Evaristo, Boris Polevoy, Bengt Strömgren, Luis Regueiro, and Winston Graham. After him are René Daumal, Elliott Carter, Gideon Ståhlberg, Edoardo Amaldi, Olga Benário Prestes, and Joseph Keilberth. Among people deceased in 2005, Leo Sternbach ranks 131. Before him are Jesús Rafael Soto, Piero Cappuccilli, Sergio Endrigo, Dan O'Herlihy, Don Adams, and Tonino Delli Colli. After him are Ferruccio Valcareggi, Romano Scarpa, Yevgeny Grishin, Tilly Fleischer, Link Wray, and Wee Kim Wee.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Leo Sternbach ranks 157 out of 589. Before him are Marija Jurić Zagorka (1873), Franjo Kuharić (1919), Željko Čajkovski (1925), Sergio Endrigo (1933), Dado Topić (1949), and Ivan Perišić (1989). After him are Antun Vrančić (1504), Branko Radičević (1824), Matteo Bartoli (1873), Vlado Milunić (1941), Ivica Olić (1979), and Goran Višnjić (1972).

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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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