Chemist

Marcellin Berthelot

1827 - 1907

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Marcellin Berthelot

His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcellin Berthelot is the 181st most popular chemist (down from 167th in 2024), the 827th most popular biography from France (up from 1,054th in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Chemist.

Marcellin Berthelot was a French chemist who is most famous for his work in organic chemistry. He was one of the first chemists to identify the composition of benzene and to synthesize it.

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Among Chemists

Among chemists, Marcellin Berthelot ranks 181 out of 602. Before him are Alan J. Heeger, Max Perutz, Robert Curl, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Felix Hoffmann, and Peter J. Ratcliffe. After him are Ernest Solvay, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Fritz Albert Lipmann, Sidney Altman, Gerhard Herzberg, and Robert Huber.

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Alan J. Heeger
1936 - Present
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 175
Max Perutz
1914 - 2002
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 176
Robert Curl
1933 - 2022
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 177
Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky
1863 - 1944
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 178
Felix Hoffmann
1868 - 1946
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 179
Peter J. Ratcliffe
1954 - Present
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 180
Marcellin Berthelot
1827 - 1907
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 181
Ernest Solvay
1838 - 1922
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 182
Charles Adolphe Wurtz
1817 - 1884
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 183
Fritz Albert Lipmann
1899 - 1986
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 184
Sidney Altman
1939 - 2022
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 185
Gerhard Herzberg
1904 - 1999
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 186
Robert Huber
1937 - Present
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 187

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Marcellin Berthelot ranks 7. Before him are Joseph Lister, Johanna Spyri, Arnold Böcklin, Josef Strauss, Ellen G. White, and Francisco Solano López. After him are Heonjong of Joseon, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Deodoro da Fonseca, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, William Holman Hunt, and Charles De Coster. Among people deceased in 1907, Marcellin Berthelot ranks 14. Before him are Giosuè Carducci, Asaph Hall, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Hector Malot, Alfred Jarry, and Kato Svanidze. After him are Pierre Janssen, Jean Casimir-Perier, Robert I, Duke of Parma, Joseph Joachim, Paula Modersohn-Becker, and Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar.

Others Born in 1827

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Joseph Lister
PHYSICIAN
1827 - 1912
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 1
Johanna Spyri
WRITER
1827 - 1901
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 2
Arnold Böcklin
PAINTER
1827 - 1901
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 3
Josef Strauss
COMPOSER
1827 - 1870
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 4
Ellen G. White
WRITER
1827 - 1915
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 5
Francisco Solano López
POLITICIAN
1827 - 1870
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 6
Marcellin Berthelot
CHEMIST
1827 - 1907
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 7
Heonjong of Joseon
POLITICIAN
1827 - 1849
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 8
Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia
NOBLEMAN
1827 - 1892
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 9
Deodoro da Fonseca
POLITICIAN
1827 - 1892
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 10
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
PAINTER
1827 - 1875
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 11
William Holman Hunt
PAINTER
1827 - 1910
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 12
Charles De Coster
WRITER
1827 - 1879
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 13