1787 - 1853
Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (Catalan: Mateu Josep Bonaventura Orfila i Rotger) (24 April 1787 – 12 March 1853) was a Spanish toxicologist and chemist, the founder of the science of toxicology. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mathieu Orfila has received more than 127,484 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Mathieu Orfila is the 371st most popular chemist (down from 355th in 2019), the 902nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 807th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Chemist.
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Among chemists, Mathieu Orfila ranks 371 out of 509. Before him are Carl Djerassi, Paul Ulrich Villard, Franz Joseph Emil Fischer, Otto Schott, Jennifer Doudna, and André-Louis Debierne. After him are Hermann von Fehling, Friedrich Stromeyer, Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, Maud Menten, Franz von Soxhlet, and Thomas Andrews.
1923 - 2015
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 365
1860 - 1934
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 366
1877 - 1947
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 367
1851 - 1935
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 368
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 369
1874 - 1949
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 370
1787 - 1853
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 371
1812 - 1885
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 372
1776 - 1835
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 373
1847 - 1931
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 374
1879 - 1960
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 375
1848 - 1926
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 376
1813 - 1885
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 377
Among people born in 1787, Mathieu Orfila ranks 23. Before him are James Weddell, Ludwig Uhland, Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi, Prince William of Hesse-Kassel, Christian Ludwig Brehm, and Pellegrino Rossi. After him are Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Alexander Alyabyev, Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Michele Carafa, Nils Gabriel Sefström, and Josephine Kablick. Among people deceased in 1853, Mathieu Orfila ranks 30. Before him are Anastasio Bustamante, Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, Lionel Kieseritzky, Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Louis Visconti. After him are Princess Amalia of Sweden, Hyacinth, Branko Radičević, Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, William R. King, and Juan Antonio Lavalleja.
1787 - 1834
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 17
1787 - 1862
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 18
1787 - 1859
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 19
1787 - 1867
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 20
1787 - 1864
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 21
1787 - 1848
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 22
1787 - 1853
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 23
1787 - 1847
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 24
1787 - 1851
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 25
1787 - 1862
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 26
1787 - 1872
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 27
1787 - 1845
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 28
1787 - 1863
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 29
1780 - 1853
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 24
1762 - 1853
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 25
1806 - 1853
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 26
1785 - 1853
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 27
1796 - 1853
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 28
1791 - 1853
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 29
1787 - 1853
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 30
1805 - 1853
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 31
1777 - 1853
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 32
1824 - 1853
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 33
1790 - 1853
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 34
1786 - 1853
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 35
1784 - 1853
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 36
Among people born in Spain, Mathieu Orfila ranks 902 out of 2,932. Before him are Álvaro Morata (1992), Paco Tous (1964), Nieves Navarro (1938), Indalecio Prieto (1883), Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz (1310), and Pedro Salinas (1891). After him are Úrsula Corberó (1989), Ricardo Viñes (1875), Luis Cernuda (1902), Abbad II al-Mu'tadid (1012), Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1515), and Ramón Franco (1896).
1992 - Present
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 896
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 897
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 898
1883 - 1962
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 899
1310 - 1367
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 900
1891 - 1951
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 901
1787 - 1853
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 902
1989 - Present
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 903
1875 - 1943
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 904
1902 - 1963
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 905
1012 - 1069
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 906
1515 - 1587
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 907
1896 - 1938
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 908
Among chemists born in Spain, Mathieu Orfila ranks 1. After him are Andrés Manuel del Río (1764), Fausto Elhuyar (1755), and Juan José Elhuyar (1754).
1787 - 1853
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 1
1764 - 1849
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 2
1755 - 1833
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 3
1754 - 1796
HPI: 46.52
Rank: 4