CHEMIST

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. He was the first Mexican-born scientist to receive a Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the third Mexican-born person to receive a Nobel prize.In his career, Molina held research and teaching positions at University of California, Irvine, California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, San Diego, and the Center for Atmospheric Sciences at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mario J. Molina has received more than 358,932 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Mario J. Molina is the 203rd most popular chemist (up from 237th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 51st in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Chemist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mario J. Molinas by language

Over the past year Mario J. Molina has had the most page views in the with 112,921 views, followed by Portuguese (11,671), and English (9,589). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Waray (618.75%), Hakka (177.29%), and Uzbek (94.78%)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Mario J. Molina ranks 203 out of 602. Before him are Louis Jacques Thénard, Max Perutz, John Vane, Hermann Kolbe, Osamu Shimomura, and Ignacy Łukasiewicz. After him are Nikolay Semyonov, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Kenichi Fukui, John Fenn, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, and Gerhard Herzberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Mario J. Molina ranks 90. Before him are Piet Keizer, Alain de Benoist, Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Jean-Louis Tauran, Wolfgang Overath, and Barbara Bouchet. After him are Fouad Siniora, Jacques Attali, Paul Van Himst, George Benson, Ken Thompson, and Max Wright. Among people deceased in 2020, Mario J. Molina ranks 62. Before him are Ken Hensley, Mary Higgins Clark, Little Richard, Mamadou Tandja, Abdul Halim Khaddam, and Radomir Antić. After him are John Saxon, Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, Pranab Mukherjee, Freeman Dyson, Stirling Moss, and Jack Steinberger.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Mario J. Molina ranks 38 out of 729. Before him are Thomas Mayne Reid (1818), Luis Barragán (1902), Plutarco Elías Calles (1877), Venustiano Carranza (1859), Julia Pastrana (1834), and Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603). After him are Pedro Armendáriz (1912), María Félix (1914), Juan Diego (1474), Linda Christian (1923), Victoriano Huerta (1850), and Juan Rulfo (1917).

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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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