1879 - 1968
Otto Hahn (pronounced [ˈɔtoː ˈhaːn] (listen); 8 March 1879 – 28 July 1968) was a German chemist who was a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry. He is referred to as the father of nuclear chemistry and godfather of nuclear fission. Hahn and Lise Meitner discovered radioactive isotopes of radium, thorium, protactinium and uranium. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Hahn has received more than 991,792 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Otto Hahn is the 18th most popular chemist (down from 17th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Germany (down from 148th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Chemist.
Otto Hahn was a German chemist who is most famous for the discovery of nuclear fission.
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Among chemists, Otto Hahn ranks 18 out of 510. Before him are Fritz Haber, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Irène Joliot-Curie, Friedrich Wöhler, and Wilhelm Ostwald. After him are Humphry Davy, Julius Lothar Meyer, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, Albert Hofmann, Emil Fischer, and Justus von Liebig.
1868 - 1934
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 12
1742 - 1786
HPI: 79.87
Rank: 13
1852 - 1911
HPI: 79.52
Rank: 14
1897 - 1956
HPI: 79.05
Rank: 15
1800 - 1882
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 16
1853 - 1932
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 17
1879 - 1968
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 18
1778 - 1829
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 19
1830 - 1895
HPI: 78.61
Rank: 20
1778 - 1850
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 21
1906 - 2008
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 22
1852 - 1919
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 23
1803 - 1873
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 24
Among people born in 1879, Otto Hahn ranks 7. Before him are Albert Einstein, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, Paul Klee, Kazimir Malevich, and Franz von Papen. After him are Emperor Taishō, Emiliano Zapata, Max von Laue, Owen Willans Richardson, Alma Mahler, and Francis Picabia. Among people deceased in 1968, Otto Hahn ranks 9. Before him are Marcel Duchamp, Helen Keller, John Steinbeck, Padre Pio, Lise Meitner, and Robert F. Kennedy. After him are Trygve Lie, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Lev Landau, Max Brod, George Gamow, and Karl Barth.
1879 - 1955
HPI: 94.79
Rank: 1
1879 - 1953
HPI: 92.61
Rank: 2
1879 - 1940
HPI: 87.77
Rank: 3
1879 - 1940
HPI: 82.23
Rank: 4
1879 - 1935
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 5
1879 - 1969
HPI: 79.88
Rank: 6
1879 - 1968
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 7
1879 - 1926
HPI: 78.52
Rank: 8
1879 - 1919
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 9
1879 - 1960
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 10
1879 - 1959
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 11
1879 - 1964
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 12
1879 - 1953
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 13
1887 - 1968
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 3
1880 - 1968
HPI: 82.77
Rank: 4
1902 - 1968
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 5
1887 - 1968
HPI: 79.99
Rank: 6
1878 - 1968
HPI: 79.30
Rank: 7
1925 - 1968
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 8
1879 - 1968
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 9
1896 - 1968
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 10
1896 - 1968
HPI: 77.13
Rank: 11
1908 - 1968
HPI: 76.65
Rank: 12
1884 - 1968
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 13
1904 - 1968
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 14
1886 - 1968
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 15
Among people born in Germany, Otto Hahn ranks 168 out of 5,289. Before him are Walter Model (1891), Erich Raeder (1876), Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838), Oswald Spengler (1880), Hans Frank (1900), and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886). After him are Julius Lothar Meyer (1830), Herbert Marcuse (1898), Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795), Hans Holbein the Younger (1497), Christian IX of Denmark (1818), and Caroline of Ansbach (1683).
1891 - 1945
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 162
1876 - 1960
HPI: 78.81
Rank: 163
1838 - 1917
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 164
1880 - 1936
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 165
1900 - 1946
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 166
1886 - 1969
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 167
1879 - 1968
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 168
1830 - 1895
HPI: 78.61
Rank: 169
1898 - 1979
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 170
1795 - 1861
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 171
1497 - 1545
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 172
1818 - 1906
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 173
1683 - 1737
HPI: 78.51
Rank: 174
Among chemists born in Germany, Otto Hahn ranks 3. Before him are Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742) and Friedrich Wöhler (1800). After him are Julius Lothar Meyer (1830), Emil Fischer (1852), Justus von Liebig (1803), Eduard Buchner (1860), Adolf von Baeyer (1835), August Kekulé (1829), Carl Bosch (1874), Hans Adolf Krebs (1900), and Robert Bunsen (1811).
1742 - 1786
HPI: 79.87
Rank: 1
1800 - 1882
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 2
1879 - 1968
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 3
1830 - 1895
HPI: 78.61
Rank: 4
1852 - 1919
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 5
1803 - 1873
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 6
1860 - 1917
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 7
1835 - 1917
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 8
1829 - 1896
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 9
1874 - 1940
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 10
1900 - 1981
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 11
1811 - 1899
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 12