1923 - 2014
Stephanie Louise Kwolek (; July 31, 1923 – June 18, 2014) was a Polish-American chemist who is known for inventing Kevlar. Her career at the DuPont company spanned more than 40 years. She discovered the first of a family of synthetic fibers of exceptional strength and stiffness: poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide.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 704,466 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Stephanie Kwolek is the 174th most popular chemist (up from 179th in 2019), the 1,206th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,320th in 2019) and the 33rd 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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Among chemists, Stephanie Kwolek ranks 174 out of 509. Before her are Sophia Brahe, Katalin Karikó, Wallace Carothers, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, John Vane, and Rodney Robert Porter. After her are Arthur Kornberg, George Porter, Georg Wittig, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Antoine Jérôme Balard, and Louis Jacques Thénard.
1556 - 1643
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 168
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 169
1896 - 1937
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 170
1818 - 1892
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 171
1927 - 2004
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 172
1917 - 1985
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 173
1923 - 2014
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 174
1918 - 2007
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 175
1920 - 2002
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 176
1897 - 1987
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 177
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 178
1802 - 1876
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 179
1777 - 1857
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 180
Among people born in 1923, Stephanie Kwolek ranks 44. Before her are Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Morris, Alice Miller, Cliff Robertson, Jorge Semprún, and Edgar F. Codd. After her are Merton Miller, Erland Josephson, Horst Tappert, René Thom, Philip Warren Anderson, and Lola Flores. Among people deceased in 2014, Stephanie Kwolek ranks 45. Before her are Karlheinz Böhm, Daniel Keyes, Maurice Duverger, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pete Seeger, and Dobrica Ćosić. After her are Udo Jürgens, James Garner, Ernesto Laclau, Gyula Grosics, Hans Hollein, and Gerald Edelman.
1923 - 1941
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 38
1923 - 2001
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 39
1923 - 2010
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 40
1923 - 2011
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 41
1923 - 2011
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 42
1923 - 2003
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 43
1923 - 2014
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 44
1923 - 2000
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 45
1923 - 2012
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 46
1923 - 2008
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 47
1923 - 2002
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 48
1923 - 2020
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 49
1923 - 1995
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 50
1928 - 2014
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 39
1927 - 2014
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 40
1917 - 2014
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 41
1967 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 42
1919 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 43
1921 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 44
1923 - 2014
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 45
1934 - 2014
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 46
1928 - 2014
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 47
1935 - 2014
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 48
1926 - 2014
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 49
1934 - 2014
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 50
1929 - 2014
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 51
Among people born in United States, Stephanie Kwolek ranks 1,206 out of 18,182. Before her are Andrew S. Tanenbaum (1944), Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967), Pete Seeger (1919), J. K. Simmons (1955), Vincente Minnelli (1903), and Stanley Kramer (1913). After her are Harry Harlow (1905), Idina Menzel (1971), E. Donnall Thomas (1920), Bruce Dern (1936), Arthur Kornberg (1918), and Mike Markkula (1942).
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 1,200
1967 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 1,201
1919 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 1,202
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 1,203
1903 - 1986
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 1,204
1913 - 2001
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 1,205
1923 - 2014
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 1,206
1905 - 1981
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 1,207
1971 - Present
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 1,208
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 1,209
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 1,210
1918 - 2007
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 1,211
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 1,212
Among chemists born in United States, Stephanie Kwolek ranks 33. Before her are Stanley Miller (1930), Paul Flory (1910), Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921), Paul D. Boyer (1918), Robert S. Mulliken (1896), and Wallace Carothers (1896). After her are Arthur Kornberg (1918), Walter Gilbert (1932), Alan J. Heeger (1936), Raymond Davis Jr. (1914), Julius Axelrod (1912), and F. Sherwood Rowland (1927).
1930 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 27
1910 - 1985
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 28
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 29
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 30
1896 - 1986
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 31
1896 - 1937
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 32
1923 - 2014
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 33
1918 - 2007
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 34
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 35
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 36
1914 - 2006
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 37
1912 - 2004
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 38
1927 - 2012
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 39