1914 - 2002
Max Ferdinand Perutz (19 May 1914 – 6 February 2002) was an Austrian-born British molecular biologist, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with John Kendrew, for their studies of the structures of haemoglobin and myoglobin. He went on to win the Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 1971 and the Copley Medal in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Perutz has received more than 269,024 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Max Perutz is the 181st most popular chemist (down from 168th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Austria (up from 275th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Chemist.
Max Perutz was most famous for his work in protein crystallography and for his discovery of the alpha helix structure of proteins.
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Among chemists, Max Perutz ranks 181 out of 509. Before him are Arthur Kornberg, George Porter, Georg Wittig, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Antoine Jérôme Balard, and Louis Jacques Thénard. After him are Joachim Frank, Ei-ichi Negishi, Walter Gilbert, Alan J. Heeger, Raymond Davis Jr., and Stanislao Cannizzaro.
1918 - 2007
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 175
1920 - 2002
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 176
1897 - 1987
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 177
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 178
1802 - 1876
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 179
1777 - 1857
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 180
1914 - 2002
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 181
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 182
1935 - 2021
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 183
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 184
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 185
1914 - 2006
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 186
1826 - 1910
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 187
Among people born in 1914, Max Perutz ranks 38. Before him are Peter Townsend, Louis, Prince Napoléon, Etty Hillesum, Gino Bartali, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, and Alan Hodgkin. After him are Jackie Coogan, Norman Borlaug, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, Raymond Davis Jr., William Vickrey, and Vjekoslav Luburić. Among people deceased in 2002, Max Perutz ranks 37. Before him are Alexander Prokhorov, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Ne Win, Zizinho, George Porter, and John Gotti. After him are Eduardo Chillida, René Thom, Erwin Chargaff, Xi Zhongxun, Archer Martin, and Laurent Schwartz.
1914 - 1995
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 32
1914 - 1997
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 33
1914 - 1943
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 34
1914 - 2000
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 35
1914 - 1994
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 36
1914 - 1998
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 37
1914 - 2002
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 38
1914 - 1984
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 39
1914 - 2009
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 40
1914 - 2001
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 41
1914 - 2006
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 42
1914 - 1996
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 43
1914 - 1969
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 44
1916 - 2002
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 31
1925 - 2002
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 32
1910 - 2002
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 33
1921 - 2002
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 34
1920 - 2002
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 35
1940 - 2002
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 36
1914 - 2002
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 37
1924 - 2002
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 38
1923 - 2002
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 39
1905 - 2002
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 40
1913 - 2002
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 41
1910 - 2002
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 42
1915 - 2002
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 43
Among people born in Austria, Max Perutz ranks 262 out of 1,237. Before him are Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736), Karl Silberbauer (1911), Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739), Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800), Katharina Schratt (1853), and Max Steiner (1888). After him are Thomas Klestil (1932), Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1534), Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705), Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711), Paul Watzlawick (1921), and Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria (1878).
1736 - 1809
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 256
1911 - 1972
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 257
1739 - 1799
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 258
1800 - 1877
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 259
1853 - 1940
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 260
1888 - 1971
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 261
1914 - 2002
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 262
1932 - 2004
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 263
1534 - 1594
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 264
1705 - 1766
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 265
1711 - 1794
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 266
1921 - 2007
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 267
1878 - 1960
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 268
Among chemists born in Austria, Max Perutz ranks 4. Before him are Fritz Pregl (1869), Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865), and Richard Kuhn (1900). After him are Martin Karplus (1930), Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858), Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein (1740), Carl Djerassi (1923), and Ida Freund (1863).
1869 - 1930
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 1
1865 - 1929
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 2
1900 - 1967
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 3
1914 - 2002
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 4
1930 - Present
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 5
1858 - 1929
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 6
1740 - 1825
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 7
1923 - 2015
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 8
1863 - 1914
HPI: 40.24
Rank: 9