1863 - 1957
Paul Walden (Latvian: Pauls Valdens; Russian: Павел Иванович Вальден; German: Paul von Walden; 26 July 1863 – 22 January 1957) was a Russian, Latvian and German chemist known for his work in stereochemistry and history of chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Walden has received more than 58,812 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Paul Walden is the 339th most popular chemist, the 50th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 52nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Chemist.
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Among chemists, Paul Walden ranks 339 out of 509. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Paul Héroult, Eilhard Mitscherlich, Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, and Nicolas Théodore de Saussure. After him are Charles Hatchett, William E. Moerner, George Sarton, Karl Ernst Claus, Charles Friedel, and Thomas Cech.
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
1884 - 1956
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 342
1796 - 1864
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 343
1822 - 1899
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 344
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 345
Among people born in 1863, Paul Walden ranks 66. Before him are Herbert James Draper, Charles Pathé, Paul Héroult, S. Ansky, Hugo Haase, and Qasim Amin. After him are Vladimir Obruchev, Fyodor Sologub, Max Skladanowsky, Joseph Caillaux, Princess Mathilde of Saxony, and Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. Among people deceased in 1957, Paul Walden ranks 86. Before him are Rudolf Schmidt, Josef Lada, Charles Pathé, Albert Anastasia, Sholem Asch, and Umberto Saba. After him are Wilhelm Filchner, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Georges Hébert, Eugène Schueller, Gheorghe Tătărescu, and Joseph Canteloube.
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
1863 - 1939
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 69
1863 - 1944
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 70
1863 - 1933
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 71
1863 - 1921
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 72
1886 - 1957
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 80
1887 - 1957
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 81
1863 - 1957
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 82
1902 - 1957
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 83
1880 - 1957
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 84
1883 - 1957
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 85
1863 - 1957
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 86
1877 - 1957
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 87
1878 - 1957
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 88
1875 - 1957
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 89
1881 - 1957
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 90
1886 - 1957
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 91
1879 - 1957
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 92
Among people born in Latvia, Paul Walden ranks 50 out of 284. Before him are Ferdinand Kettler (1655), Max Weinreich (1894), Vilis Lācis (1904), Yevgeny Miller (1867), Jānis K. Bērziņš (1889), and Maria Amalia of Courland (1653). After him are Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1876), Jānis Pujats (1930), Eduard Totleben (1818), Elya Baskin (1950), Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter (1884), and Inese Jaunzeme (1932).
1655 - 1737
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 44
1894 - 1969
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 45
1904 - 1966
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 46
1867 - 1939
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 47
1889 - 1938
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 48
1653 - 1711
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 49
1863 - 1957
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 50
1876 - 1945
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 51
1930 - Present
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 52
1818 - 1884
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 53
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 54
1884 - 1923
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 55
1932 - 2011
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 56
Among chemists born in Latvia, Paul Walden ranks 2. Before him are Wilhelm Ostwald (1853). After him are Lina Stern (1878) and Oswald Schmiedeberg (1838).
1853 - 1932
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 1
1863 - 1957
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 2
1878 - 1968
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 3
1838 - 1921
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 4