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Stephanie Kwolek

1923 - 2014

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Stephanie Louise Kwolek (; July 31, 1923 – June 18, 2014) was a Polish-American chemist best known for inventing Kevlar (poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide). Her career at the DuPont company spanned more than 40 years. For her discovery, Kwolek was awarded the DuPont company's Lavoisier Medal for outstanding technical achievement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephanie Kwolek has received more than 772,687 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Stephanie Kwolek is the 218th most popular chemist (down from 174th in 2019), the 1,358th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,206th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Chemist.

Stephanie Kwolek is most famous for inventing Kevlar, a synthetic fiber that is five times stronger than steel.

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Stephanie Kwolek ranks 218 out of 602. Before her are Satoshi Ōmura, Aziz Sancar, Antoni Grabowski, Alan J. Heeger, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, and Donald J. Cram. After her are Franz Karl Achard, Derek Barton, Aaron Klug, Rodney Robert Porter, Alfred G. Gilman, and William Lipscomb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Stephanie Kwolek ranks 53. Before her are René Thom, Aristides Pereira, Walter Kohn, Queen Anne of Romania, Norman Mailer, and Linda Christian. After her are Horst Tappert, Dev Anand, Freeman Dyson, Victoria de los Ángeles, Chaleo Yoovidhya, and Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. Among people deceased in 2014, Stephanie Kwolek ranks 56. Before her are Udo Jürgens, Miklós Jancsó, Dale T. Mortensen, Hans Hollein, David Easton, and Ernesto Laclau. After her are Jean-Claude Duvalier, Robert A. Dahl, James Garner, Tito Vilanova, Chespirito, and Oscar de la Renta.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephanie Kwolek ranks 1,358 out of 20,380. Before her are Linda Lee Cadwell (1945), Frank Borman (1928), Mark Spitz (1950), John Mott (1865), Donald J. Cram (1919), and Don King (1931). After her are Cybill Shepherd (1950), John Backus (1924), Etta James (1938), John G. Avildsen (1935), Tyler Perry (1969), and Dave Mustaine (1961).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Stephanie Kwolek ranks 44. Before her are Robert Curl (1933), William Standish Knowles (1917), John Fenn (1917), Wallace Carothers (1896), Alan J. Heeger (1936), and Donald J. Cram (1919). After her are Alfred G. Gilman (1941), William Lipscomb (1919), Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921), Roger D. Kornberg (1947), Elias James Corey (1928), and Paul Lauterbur (1929).

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