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 558,013 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Stephanie Kwolek is the 179th most popular chemist (up from 187th in 2019), the 1,321st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,113th in 2019) and the 30th 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 179 out of 510. Before her are Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Robert Huber, Wilfrid Voynich, Archer Martin, Peter D. Mitchell, and Gerhard Herzberg. After her are Giulio Natta, Tapputi, Emil Erlenmeyer, Alan J. Heeger, Robert Bruce Merrifield, and John Fenn.
1838 - 1912
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 173
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 174
1865 - 1930
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 175
1910 - 2002
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 176
1920 - 1992
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 177
1904 - 1999
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 178
1923 - 2014
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 179
1903 - 1979
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 180
1200 BC - Present
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 181
1825 - 1909
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 182
1936 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 183
1921 - 2006
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 184
1917 - 2010
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 185
Among people born in 1923, Stephanie Kwolek ranks 53. Before her are Edgar F. Codd, Dev Anand, René Thom, Alice Miller, Conrad Bain, and Aaron Spelling. After her are Masao Ono, Nizar Qabbani, Diane Arbus, Rasul Gamzatov, Norman Mailer, and Merton Miller. Among people deceased in 2014, Stephanie Kwolek ranks 58. Before her are Udo Jürgens, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dobrica Ćosić, James Garner, Ernesto Laclau, and Veljko Kadijević. After her are Mike Nichols, Miklós Jancsó, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph H. Baer, Fred Phelps, and Siegfried Lenz.
1923 - 2003
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 47
1923 - 2011
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 48
1923 - 2002
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 49
1923 - 2010
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 50
1923 - 2013
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 51
1923 - 2006
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 52
1923 - 2014
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 53
1923 - 2001
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 54
1923 - 1998
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 55
1923 - 1971
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 56
1923 - 2003
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 57
1923 - 2007
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 58
1923 - 2000
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 59
1934 - 2014
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 52
1967 - 2014
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 53
1921 - 2014
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 54
1928 - 2014
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 55
1935 - 2014
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 56
1925 - 2014
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 57
1923 - 2014
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 58
1931 - 2014
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 59
1921 - 2014
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 60
1932 - 2014
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 61
1922 - 2014
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 62
1929 - 2014
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 63
1926 - 2014
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 64
Among people born in United States, Stephanie Kwolek ranks 1,321 out of 15,968. Before her are John Brown (1800), Count Basie (1904), George Benson (1943), Jack Dempsey (1895), Aaron Spelling (1923), and George Minot (1885). After her are Tom Berenger (1949), William Boeing (1881), Duff McKagan (1964), Edmund Kemper (1948), Martin Balsam (1919), and Matt LeBlanc (1967).
1800 - 1859
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 1,315
1904 - 1984
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 1,316
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 1,317
1895 - 1983
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 1,318
1923 - 2006
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 1,319
1885 - 1950
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 1,320
1923 - 2014
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 1,321
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 1,322
1881 - 1956
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 1,323
1964 - Present
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 1,324
1948 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 1,325
1919 - 1996
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 1,326
1967 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 1,327
Among chemists born in United States, Stephanie Kwolek ranks 30. Before her are Robert S. Mulliken (1896), William Howard Stein (1911), Robert F. Furchgott (1916), Paul Lauterbur (1929), Jerome Karle (1918), and Stanford Moore (1913). After her are Alan J. Heeger (1936), Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921), John Fenn (1917), Julius Axelrod (1912), Richard F. Heck (1931), and Raymond Davis Jr. (1914).
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
1923 - 2014
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 30
1936 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 31
1921 - 2006
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 32
1917 - 2010
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 33
1912 - 2004
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 34
1931 - 2015
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 35
1914 - 2006
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 36