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Roy J. Plunkett

1910 - 1994

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Roy J. Plunkett (June 26, 1910 – May 12, 1994) was an American chemist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy J. Plunkett has received more than 143,497 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Roy J. Plunkett is the 351st most popular chemist (up from 385th in 2019), the 3,159th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,963rd in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Roy J. Plunkett ranks 351 out of 509Before him are Thomas Cech, Henry Taube, Jacques Bergier, Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, and Lars Fredrik Nilson. After him are Auguste Laurent, Tim Hunt, Albert Ghiorso, Roger Y. Tsien, Thomas C. Südhof, and Friedrich Konrad Beilstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Roy J. Plunkett ranks 122Before him are Barbara O'Neil, Gerhard Schröder, Enrique Guaita, Howlin' Wolf, Magda Olivero, and Viktors Arājs. After him are Johan Ferrier, Pierre Bézier, Suleiman Frangieh, Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, Claire Trevor, and Louis Prima. Among people deceased in 1994, Roy J. Plunkett ranks 126Before him are Dean Rusk, Elissa Aalto, Aleksandar Petrović, Lindsay Anderson, Massimo Troisi, and Olga Rubtsova. After him are Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Anni Albers, Zail Singh, Antoine Pinay, Haim Bar-Lev, and Jean Carmet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy J. Plunkett ranks 3,159 out of 18,182Before him are Richard Holbrooke (1941), Annie Potts (1952), Jeff Buckley (1966), Waylon Jennings (1937), Zach Galifianakis (1969), and Jim Simons (1938). After him are Patty Hearst (1954), Barry Goldwater (1909), Chris O'Donnell (1970), John Krasinski (1979), James Hong (1929), and Adam McKay (1968).

Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Roy J. Plunkett ranks 68Before him are Alice Ball (1892), Richard R. Schrock (1945), Frances Arnold (1956), Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889), William E. Moerner (1953), and Thomas Cech (1947). After him are Albert Ghiorso (1915), Roger Y. Tsien (1952), George Washington Carver (1864), Jennifer Doudna (1964), Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847), and John Tukey (1915).