1788 - 1842
Pierre-Joseph Pelletier (UK: , US: , French: [pjɛʁ ʒɔzɛf pɛltje]; 22 March 1788 – 19 July 1842) was a French chemist and pharmacist who did notable research on vegetable alkaloids, and was the co-discoverer with Joseph Bienaimé Caventou of quinine, caffeine, and strychnine. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Joseph Pelletier has received more than 55,134 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Pierre Joseph Pelletier is the 329th most popular chemist (up from 331st in 2019), the 2,377th most popular biography from France (down from 2,274th in 2019) and the 37th most popular French Chemist.
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Among chemists, Pierre Joseph Pelletier ranks 329 out of 509. Before him are Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, Kristian Birkeland, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, Tapputi, Alexandre Brongniart, and Fritz London. After him are Richard Abegg, Thomas Midgley Jr., Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, and Paul Héroult.
1795 - 1867
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 323
1867 - 1917
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 324
1816 - 1856
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 325
1200 BC - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 326
1770 - 1847
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 327
1900 - 1954
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 328
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
Among people born in 1788, Pierre Joseph Pelletier ranks 26. Before him are Leopold Gmelin, Carl Reichenbach, Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, David d'Angers, Felice Romani, and Friedrich Rückert. After him are FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, Carl Sigismund Kunth, and Mohammed bin Thani. Among people deceased in 1842, Pierre Joseph Pelletier ranks 20. Before him are Charles Bell, Peter Fendi, José de Espronceda, Wojciech Żywny, Francisco Morazán, and Sándor Kőrösi Csoma. After him are Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo, Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, Thomas Arnold, Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, and Pierre Baillot.
1788 - 1853
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 20
1788 - 1869
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 21
1788 - 1899
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 22
1788 - 1856
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 23
1788 - 1865
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 24
1788 - 1866
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 25
1788 - 1842
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 26
1788 - 1855
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 27
1788 - 1857
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 28
1788 - 1832
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 29
1788 - 1868
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 30
1788 - 1850
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 31
1788 - 1878
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 32
1774 - 1842
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 14
1796 - 1842
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 15
1808 - 1842
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 16
1756 - 1842
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 17
1792 - 1842
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 18
1784 - 1842
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 19
1788 - 1842
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 20
1764 - 1842
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 21
1760 - 1842
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 22
1795 - 1842
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 23
1766 - 1842
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 24
1786 - 1842
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 25
1771 - 1842
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 26
Among people born in France, Pierre Joseph Pelletier ranks 2,377 out of 6,011. Before him are Charles Xavier Thomas (1785), Jehan Alain (1911), Gabriel Matzneff (1936), Eugène Fromentin (1820), Elena Poniatowska (1932), and Jean Lefebvre (1919). After him are Yolanda of Courtenay (1197), Georges Lautner (1926), René Lesson (1794), Édouard Branly (1844), Odo de St Amand (1110), and Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois (1749).
1785 - 1870
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 2,371
1911 - 1940
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 2,372
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 2,373
1820 - 1876
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 2,374
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,375
1919 - 2004
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 2,376
1788 - 1842
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 2,377
1197 - 1233
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 2,378
1926 - 2013
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 2,379
1794 - 1849
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,380
1844 - 1940
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 2,381
1110 - 1179
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 2,382
1749 - 1796
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 2,383
Among chemists born in France, Pierre Joseph Pelletier ranks 37. Before him are Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy (1755), François-Marie Raoult (1830), Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois (1820), Anselme Payen (1795), Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816), and Alexandre Brongniart (1770). After him are Jean-Baptiste Boussingault (1801), Paul Héroult (1863), Charles Friedel (1822), Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737), Auguste Laurent (1807), and Louis Le Chatelier (1815).
1755 - 1809
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 31
1830 - 1901
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 32
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