1917 - 1979
Robert Burns Woodward (April 10, 1917 – July 8, 1979) was an American organic chemist. He is considered by many to be the most preeminent synthetic organic chemist of the twentieth century, having made many key contributions to the subject, especially in the synthesis of complex natural products and the determination of their molecular structure. He also worked closely with Roald Hoffmann on theoretical studies of chemical reactions. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Burns Woodward has received more than 371,699 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Robert Burns Woodward is the 130th most popular chemist (down from 127th in 2019), the 903rd most popular biography from United States (up from 962nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Chemist.
Robert Burns Woodward (1917-1979) was an American organic chemist who was the first to synthesize the anti-malarial drug quinine in 1955.
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Among chemists, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 130 out of 509. Before him are Georg Ernst Stahl, Johan Gadolin, Glenn T. Seaborg, Joachim Sauer, Jean-Marie Lehn, and Dan Shechtman. After him are Ernst Chain, Ernst Otto Fischer, Christian B. Anfinsen, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, Arthur Harden, and William Giauque.
1659 - 1734
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 124
1760 - 1852
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 125
1912 - 1999
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 126
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 127
1939 - Present
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 128
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 129
1917 - 1979
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 130
1906 - 1979
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 131
1918 - 2007
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 132
1916 - 1995
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 133
1763 - 1829
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 134
1865 - 1940
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 135
1895 - 1982
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 136
Among people born in 1917, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 38. Before him are Dizzy Gillespie, Algirdas Julien Greimas, Danielle Darrieux, John Lee Hooker, Thelonious Monk, and Edward Norton Lorenz. After him are Barry Nelson, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Kiro Gligorov, Fernando Rey, Herbert A. Hauptman, and Mel Ferrer. Among people deceased in 1979, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 29. Before him are Werner Forssmann, Sid Vicious, Reinhard Gehlen, Bertil Ohlin, Wilhelm Bittrich, and Rachele Mussolini. After him are Ernst Chain, Agostinho Neto, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Francisco Macías Nguema, Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, and Peggy Guggenheim.
1917 - 1993
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 32
1917 - 1992
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 33
1917 - 2017
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 34
1917 - 2001
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 35
1917 - 1982
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 36
1917 - 2008
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 37
1917 - 1979
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 38
1917 - 2007
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 39
1917 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 40
1917 - 2012
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 41
1917 - 1994
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 42
1917 - 2011
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 43
1917 - 2008
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 44
1904 - 1979
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 23
1957 - 1979
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 24
1902 - 1979
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 25
1899 - 1979
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 26
1894 - 1979
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 27
1890 - 1979
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 28
1917 - 1979
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 29
1906 - 1979
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 30
1922 - 1979
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 31
1928 - 1979
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 32
1924 - 1979
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 33
1906 - 1979
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 34
1898 - 1979
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 35
Among people born in United States, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 903 out of 18,182. Before him are Steve Carell (1962), Anne Bancroft (1931), Kevin Bacon (1958), Sherwood Anderson (1876), Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913), and Billy Bob Thornton (1955). After him are Barbara Stanwyck (1907), Tom Waits (1949), Willis Lamb (1913), James Tobin (1918), John Jacob Astor IV (1864), and Barry Nelson (1917).
1962 - Present
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 897
1931 - 2005
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 898
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 899
1876 - 1941
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 900
1913 - 1994
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 901
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 902
1917 - 1979
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 903
1907 - 1990
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 904
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 905
1913 - 2008
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 906
1918 - 2002
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 907
1864 - 1912
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 908
1917 - 2007
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 909
Among chemists born in United States, Robert Burns Woodward ranks 21. Before him are Willard Libby (1908), James B. Sumner (1887), Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904), Stanford Moore (1913), William Howard Stein (1911), and Glenn T. Seaborg (1912). After him are Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), Paul Berg (1926), Robert W. Holley (1922), Robert F. Furchgott (1916), Jerome Karle (1918), and Paul Lauterbur (1929).
1908 - 1980
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 15
1887 - 1955
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 16
1904 - 1971
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 17
1913 - 1982
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 18
1911 - 1980
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 19
1912 - 1999
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 20
1917 - 1979
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 21
1916 - 1995
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 22
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 23
1922 - 1993
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 24
1916 - 2009
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 25
1918 - 2013
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 26
1929 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 27