1863 - 1914
Paul (Louis-Toussaint) Héroult (10 April 1863 – 9 May 1914) was a French scientist. He was one of the inventors of the Hall-Héroult process for smelting aluminium, and developed the first successful commercial electric arc furnace. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Héroult has received more than 61,292 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Héroult is the 335th most popular chemist (up from 347th in 2019), the 2,417th most popular biography from France (up from 2,489th in 2019) and the 39th most popular French Chemist.
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Among chemists, Paul Héroult ranks 335 out of 509. Before him are Pierre Joseph Pelletier, Richard Abegg, Thomas Midgley Jr., Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, and C. H. D. Buys Ballot. After him are Eilhard Mitscherlich, Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, Paul Walden, Charles Hatchett, and William E. Moerner.
1788 - 1842
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 329
1869 - 1910
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 330
1889 - 1944
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 331
1818 - 1881
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 332
1801 - 1887
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 333
1817 - 1890
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 334
1863 - 1914
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 335
1794 - 1863
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 336
1841 - 1910
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 337
1767 - 1845
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 338
1863 - 1957
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 339
1765 - 1847
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 340
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 341
Among people born in 1863, Paul Héroult ranks 62. Before him are Émile Friant, Princess Isabella of Bavaria, Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Gabriel Pierné, Herbert James Draper, and Charles Pathé. After him are S. Ansky, Hugo Haase, Qasim Amin, Paul Walden, Vladimir Obruchev, and Fyodor Sologub. Among people deceased in 1914, Paul Héroult ranks 48. Before him are Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, George William Hill, John Muir, Ödön Lechner, John Henry Poynting, and Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Stevan Mokranjac, Ivan Zajc, Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, and Albert Günther.
1863 - 1932
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 56
1863 - 1924
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 57
1863 - 1931
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 58
1863 - 1937
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 59
1863 - 1920
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 60
1863 - 1957
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 61
1863 - 1914
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 62
1863 - 1920
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 63
1863 - 1919
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 64
1863 - 1908
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 65
1863 - 1957
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 66
1863 - 1956
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 67
1863 - 1927
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 68
1827 - 1914
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 42
1838 - 1914
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 43
1838 - 1914
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 44
1845 - 1914
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 45
1852 - 1914
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 46
1861 - 1914
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 47
1863 - 1914
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 48
1856 - 1914
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 49
1832 - 1914
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 50
1841 - 1914
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 51
1848 - 1914
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 52
1845 - 1914
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 53
1830 - 1914
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 54
Among people born in France, Paul Héroult ranks 2,417 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Boussingault (1801), Édouard Molinaro (1928), Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans (1607), René Crevel (1900), Simone Simon (1911), and Marie Trintignant (1962). After him are Pierre Clémenti (1942), Judoc (600), Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona (1487), Georges Mathieu (1921), Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716), and Robert Badinter (1928).
1801 - 1887
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 2,411
1928 - 2013
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 2,412
1607 - 1611
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 2,413
1900 - 1935
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 2,414
1911 - 2005
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 2,415
1962 - 2003
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 2,416
1863 - 1914
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 2,417
1942 - 1999
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 2,418
600 - 668
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 2,419
1487 - 1527
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 2,420
1921 - 2012
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 2,421
1716 - 1795
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 2,422
1928 - 2024
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 2,423
Among chemists born in France, Paul Héroult ranks 39. Before him are Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois (1820), Anselme Payen (1795), Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816), Alexandre Brongniart (1770), Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788), and Jean-Baptiste Boussingault (1801). After him are Charles Friedel (1822), Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737), Auguste Laurent (1807), Louis Le Chatelier (1815), Louis Camille Maillard (1878), and Paul Ulrich Villard (1860).
1820 - 1886
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 33
1795 - 1871
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 34
1816 - 1856
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 35
1770 - 1847
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 36
1788 - 1842
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 37
1801 - 1887
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 38
1863 - 1914
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 39
1822 - 1899
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 40
1737 - 1816
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 41
1807 - 1853
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 42
1815 - 1873
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 43
1878 - 1936
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 44
1860 - 1934
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 45