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Mario J. Molina

1943 - 2020

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Mario José Molina Henríquez (19 March 1943 – 7 October 2020) was a Mexican physical chemist. He played a pivotal role in the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole, and was a co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his role in discovering the threat to the Earth's ozone layer from chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mario J. Molina has received more than 359,955 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Mario J. Molina is the 237th most popular chemist (up from 299th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Mexico (up from 80th in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Chemist.

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  • 360k

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  • 59.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Mario J. Molina ranks 237 out of 509. Before him are William Hyde Wollaston, Mária Telkes, John E. Walker, Sidney Altman, Richard F. Heck, and Nikolay Zelinsky. After him are Paul L. Modrich, Joseph L. Goldstein, Henri Victor Regnault, Ida Noddack, Hermann Kolbe, and Edward W. Morley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Mario J. Molina ranks 102. Before him are Edie Sedgwick, Michael Palin, Jacques Laffite, Wanda Rutkiewicz, Eric Idle, and Thomas J. Sargent. After him are Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Barbara Bouchet, R. L. Stine, Finn E. Kydland, J. Michael Kosterlitz, and Luis Carlos Galán. Among people deceased in 2020, Mario J. Molina ranks 76. Before him are Eddie Van Halen, Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, Moussa Traoré, Roger Scruton, Quino, and Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa. After him are Per Olov Enquist, John Saxon, Honor Blackman, Freeman Dyson, Maj Sjöwall, and Chadwick Boseman.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Mario J. Molina ranks 51 out of 585. Before him are Thomas Mayne Reid (1818), Hugo Sánchez (1958), Alfonso Cuarón (1961), Vicente Guerrero (1782), José Clemente Orozco (1883), and Luis Echeverría (1922). After him are Ahuitzotl (1486), Miguel de la Madrid (1934), Dolores del Río (1905), Juan Rulfo (1917), José López Portillo y Pacheco (1920), and Guadalupe Victoria (1786).

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Among CHEMISTS In Mexico

Among chemists born in Mexico, Mario J. Molina ranks 1. After him are Luis E. Miramontes (1925) and Henry Eyring (1901).

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