1911 - 1997
Melvin Ellis Calvin (April 8, 1911 – January 8, 1997) was an American biochemist known for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melvin Calvin has received more than 279,255 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia. Melvin Calvin is the 74th most popular chemist (down from 59th in 2019), the 630th most popular biography from United States (down from 444th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Chemist.
Melvin Calvin is most famous for his research in the field of organic chemistry. He is most well known for his work with the Calvin cycle, which he discovered in the 1950s.
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Among chemists, Melvin Calvin ranks 74 out of 510. Before him are Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Hans Fischer, Johann Rudolf Glauber, Kary Mullis, Adolf Windaus, and Harold Urey. After him are Wendell Meredith Stanley, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Arne Tiselius, Felix Hoffmann, Irving Langmuir, and Antoni Grabowski.
1865 - 1929
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 68
1881 - 1945
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 69
1604 - 1670
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 70
1944 - 2019
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 71
1876 - 1959
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 72
1893 - 1981
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 73
1911 - 1997
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 74
1904 - 1971
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 75
1743 - 1817
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 76
1902 - 1971
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 77
1868 - 1946
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 78
1881 - 1957
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 79
1857 - 1921
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 80
Among people born in 1911, Melvin Calvin ranks 22. Before him are Mikhail Botvinnik, Robert Johnson, Czesław Miłosz, Tennessee Williams, Joseph Barbera, and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. After him are Lê Đức Thọ, Wilhelm Mohnke, L. Ron Hubbard, Maurice Allais, Max Frisch, and Ginger Rogers. Among people deceased in 1997, Melvin Calvin ranks 26. Before him are Bảo Đại, Bohumil Hrabal, Isaiah Berlin, Clyde Tombaugh, Fred Zinnemann, and Dora Maar. After him are Robert Mitchum, Aldo Rossi, Helenio Herrera, Willem de Kooning, Burgess Meredith, and Otto Ernst Remer.
1911 - 1995
HPI: 76.05
Rank: 16
1911 - 1938
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 17
1911 - 2004
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 18
1911 - 1983
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 19
1911 - 2006
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 20
1911 - 2004
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 21
1911 - 1997
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 22
1911 - 1990
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 23
1911 - 2001
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 24
1911 - 1986
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 25
1911 - 2010
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 26
1911 - 1991
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 27
1911 - 1995
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 28
1913 - 1997
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 20
1914 - 1997
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 21
1909 - 1997
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 22
1906 - 1997
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 23
1907 - 1997
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 24
1907 - 1997
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 25
1911 - 1997
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 26
1917 - 1997
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 27
1931 - 1997
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 28
1910 - 1997
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 29
1904 - 1997
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 30
1907 - 1997
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 31
1912 - 1997
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 32
Among people born in United States, Melvin Calvin ranks 630 out of 15,968. Before him are Philip Johnson (1906), Bill Cosby (1937), Diana Ross (1944), Paul Allen (1953), Charles Greeley Abbot (1872), and Harold Urey (1893). After him are Mickey Rooney (1920), F. Murray Abraham (1939), Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904), Alan Arkin (1934), Donna Summer (1948), and Frances Farmer (1913).
1906 - 2005
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 624
1937 - Present
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 625
1944 - Present
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 626
1953 - 2018
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 627
1872 - 1973
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 628
1893 - 1981
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 629
1911 - 1997
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 630
1920 - 2014
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 631
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 632
1904 - 1971
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 633
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 634
1948 - 2012
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 635
1913 - 1970
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 636
Among chemists born in United States, Melvin Calvin ranks 7. Before him are Linus Pauling (1901), Edwin McMillan (1907), Gertrude B. Elion (1918), John Stith Pemberton (1831), Kary Mullis (1944), and Harold Urey (1893). After him are Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904), Irving Langmuir (1881), Theodore William Richards (1868), John Howard Northrop (1891), Gilbert N. Lewis (1875), and Marshall Warren Nirenberg (1927).
1901 - 1994
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 1
1907 - 1991
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 2
1918 - 1999
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 3
1831 - 1888
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 4
1944 - 2019
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 5
1893 - 1981
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 6
1911 - 1997
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 7
1904 - 1971
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 8
1881 - 1957
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 9
1868 - 1928
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 10
1891 - 1987
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 11
1875 - 1946
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 12
1927 - 2010
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 13