1943 - 2005
Richard Errett Smalley (June 6, 1943 – October 28, 2005) was an American chemist who was the Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry, Physics, and Astronomy at Rice University. In 1996, along with Robert Curl, also a professor of chemistry at Rice, and Harold Kroto, a professor at the University of Sussex, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of a new form of carbon, buckminsterfullerene, also known as buckyballs. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Smalley has received more than 230,799 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Richard Smalley is the 270th most popular chemist (up from 297th in 2019), the 1,859th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,137th in 2019) and the 56th most popular American Chemist.
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Among chemists, Richard Smalley ranks 270 out of 509. Before him are Martin Rodbell, Luis Federico Leloir, Carl Gustaf Mosander, Vladimir Markovnikov, Hideki Shirakawa, and Alan MacDiarmid. After him are Kenichi Fukui, Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, Edmond H. Fischer, Fraser Stoddart, Thomas A. Steitz, and Alexander Shulgin.
1925 - 1998
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 264
1906 - 1987
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 265
1797 - 1858
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 266
1838 - 1904
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 267
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 268
1927 - 2007
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 269
1943 - 2005
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 270
1918 - 1998
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 271
1709 - 1782
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 272
1920 - 2021
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 273
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 274
1940 - 2018
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 275
1925 - 2014
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 276
Among people born in 1943, Richard Smalley ranks 118. Before him are Michael Spence, Ri Chun-hee, Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório, Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Tobe Hooper, and Otoya Yamaguchi. After him are René Préval, Jack Bruce, Mohammed Badie, Griselda Blanco, Oskar Lafontaine, and Robert Lefkowitz. Among people deceased in 2005, Richard Smalley ranks 65. Before him are Victoria de los Ángeles, Dana Elcar, Urie Bronfenbrenner, Will Eisner, Robert Moog, and Carlo Maria Giulini. After him are Ba Jin, Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan, Aenne Burda, Jef Raskin, and Narriman Sadek.
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 112
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 113
1943 - 2019
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 114
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 115
1943 - 2017
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 116
1943 - 1960
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 117
1943 - 2005
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 118
1943 - 2017
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 119
1943 - 2014
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 120
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 121
1943 - 2012
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 122
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 123
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 124
1923 - 2005
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 59
1927 - 2005
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 60
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 61
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 62
1934 - 2005
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 63
1914 - 2005
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 64
1943 - 2005
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 65
1904 - 2005
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 66
1917 - 2005
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 67
1931 - 2005
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 68
1909 - 2005
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 69
1943 - 2005
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 70
1933 - 2005
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 71
Among people born in United States, Richard Smalley ranks 1,859 out of 18,182. Before him are Philip José Farmer (1918), Kalākaua (1836), Ry Cooder (1947), Solomon Burke (1936), Jeremy Rifkin (1945), and Vic Morrow (1929). After him are Henry Heimlich (1920), Clark L. Hull (1884), Michael Biehn (1956), Gene Vincent (1935), Charles W. Morris (1903), and John Densmore (1944).
1918 - 2009
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 1,853
1836 - 1891
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 1,854
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 1,855
1936 - 2010
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 1,856
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 1,857
1929 - 1982
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 1,858
1943 - 2005
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 1,859
1920 - 2016
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 1,860
1884 - 1952
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 1,861
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 1,862
1935 - 1971
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 1,863
1903 - 1979
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 1,864
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 1,865
Among chemists born in United States, Richard Smalley ranks 56. Before him are Edward W. Morley (1838), Donald J. Cram (1919), Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), Karl Barry Sharpless (1941), Roger D. Kornberg (1947), and Martin Rodbell (1925). After him are Thomas A. Steitz (1940), Alexander Shulgin (1925), Dudley R. Herschbach (1932), Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915), Edwin G. Krebs (1918), and Alice Ball (1892).
1838 - 1923
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 50
1919 - 2001
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 51
1901 - 1978
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 52
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 53
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 54
1925 - 1998
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 55
1943 - 2005
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 56
1940 - 2018
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 57
1925 - 2014
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 58
1932 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 59
1915 - 1974
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 60
1918 - 2009
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 61
1892 - 1916
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 62