1930 - 2007
Stanley Lloyd Miller (March 7, 1930 – May 20, 2007) was an American chemist who made landmark experiments in the origin of life by demonstrating that a wide range of vital organic compounds can be synthesized by fairly simple chemical processes from inorganic substances. In 1952 he carried out the Miller–Urey experiment, which showed that complex organic molecules could be synthesised from inorganic precursors. The experiment was widely reported, and provided support for the idea that the chemical evolution of the early Earth had led to the natural synthesis of chemical building blocks of life from inanimate inorganic molecules. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanley Miller has received more than 264,270 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Stanley Miller is the 147th most popular chemist (up from 198th in 2019), the 1,127th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,146th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Chemist.
Stanley Miller is most famous for his work in the 1950s in which he attempted to recreate the conditions of the early Earth. He did this by passing an electric current through a mixture of water, methane, ammonia, and hydrogen. The experiment produced a variety of organic molecules, including amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins.
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Among chemists, Stanley Miller ranks 147 out of 510. Before him are John Frederic Daniell, Clara Immerwahr, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Akira Suzuki, John Newlands, and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood. After him are Robert S. Mulliken, William Howard Stein, Georg Wittig, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, Joachim Frank, and Robert F. Furchgott.
1790 - 1845
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 141
1870 - 1915
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 142
1893 - 1986
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 143
1930 - Present
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 144
1837 - 1898
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 145
1897 - 1967
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 146
1930 - 2007
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 147
1896 - 1986
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 148
1911 - 1980
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 149
1897 - 1987
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 150
1818 - 1892
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 151
1940 - Present
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 152
1916 - 2009
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 153
Among people born in 1930, Stanley Miller ranks 66. Before him are Johan Galtung, John Young, Derek Walcott, Reinhard Selten, Akira Suzuki, and Jesús Franco. After him are Gérard Genette, Harvey Milk, William C. Campbell, Richard Donner, David Dacko, and Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen. Among people deceased in 2007, Stanley Miller ranks 34. Before him are Lois Maxwell, Henri Troyat, Paul Watzlawick, Ian Smith, Vladimir Kryuchkov, and Pierre-Gilles de Gennes. After him are Paul Lauterbur, Barry Nelson, Ike Turner, Jaan Kross, Abdul Rahman Arif, and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker.
1930 - Present
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 60
1930 - 2018
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 61
1930 - 2017
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 62
1930 - 2016
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 63
1930 - Present
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 64
1930 - 2013
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 65
1930 - 2007
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 66
1930 - 2018
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 67
1930 - 1978
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 68
1930 - Present
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 69
1930 - Present
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 70
1930 - 2003
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 71
1930 - 2012
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 72
1927 - 2007
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 28
1911 - 2007
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 29
1921 - 2007
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 30
1919 - 2007
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 31
1924 - 2007
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 32
1932 - 2007
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 33
1930 - 2007
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 34
1929 - 2007
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 35
1917 - 2007
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 36
1931 - 2007
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 37
1920 - 2007
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 38
1916 - 2007
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 39
1912 - 2007
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 40
Among people born in United States, Stanley Miller ranks 1,127 out of 15,968. Before him are John Franklin Enders (1897), Chevy Chase (1943), Edna Purviance (1895), George Carlin (1937), Tori Amos (1963), and Laurence Fishburne (1961). After him are Robert S. Mulliken (1896), Julian Schwinger (1918), Daniel Goleman (1946), Dean Reed (1938), Jennifer Grey (1960), and George C. Scott (1927).
1897 - 1985
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 1,121
1943 - Present
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 1,122
1895 - 1958
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 1,123
1937 - 2008
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 1,124
1963 - Present
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 1,125
1961 - Present
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 1,126
1930 - 2007
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 1,127
1896 - 1986
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 1,128
1918 - 1994
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 1,129
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 1,130
1938 - 1986
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 1,131
1960 - Present
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 1,132
1927 - 1999
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 1,133
Among chemists born in United States, Stanley Miller ranks 23. Before him are Wallace Carothers (1896), Robert Burns Woodward (1917), Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), Stanley B. Prusiner (1942), and Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893). After him are Robert S. Mulliken (1896), William Howard Stein (1911), Robert F. Furchgott (1916), Paul Lauterbur (1929), Jerome Karle (1918), and Stanford Moore (1913).
1896 - 1937
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 17
1917 - 1979
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 18
1901 - 1978
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 19
1916 - 1995
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 20
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 21
1893 - 1986
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 22
1930 - 2007
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 23
1896 - 1986
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 24
1911 - 1980
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 25
1916 - 2009
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 26
1929 - 2007
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 27
1918 - 2013
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 28
1913 - 1982
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 29