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Tadeusz Reichstein
1897 - 1996
Tadeusz Reichstein
Tadeusz Reichstein (20 July 1897 – 1 August 1996), also known as Tadeus Reichstein, was a Polish-Swiss chemist and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (1950), which was awarded for his work on the isolation of cortisone. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tadeusz Reichstein has received more than 98,190 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Tadeusz Reichstein is the 63rd most popular chemist (up from 86th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Poland (up from 122nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Chemist.
Tadeusz Reichstein was a Polish-born Swiss chemist who is most famous for his discovery of the first successful drug for treating diabetes.
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Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Tadeusz Reichstein ranks 63 out of 509. Before him are Jacques Monod, Melvin Calvin, Claude Louis Berthollet, Kary Mullis, Friedrich Bergius, and Irving Langmuir. After him are Adolf Windaus, Arne Tiselius, Dorothy Hodgkin, John Howard Northrop, Hans Adolf Krebs, and Otto Diels.
Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia
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Jacques Monod
1910 - 1976
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 57
Melvin Calvin
1911 - 1997
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 58
Claude Louis Berthollet
1748 - 1822
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 59
Kary Mullis
1944 - 2019
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 60
Friedrich Bergius
1884 - 1949
HPI: 66.30
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Irving Langmuir
1881 - 1957
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 62
Tadeusz Reichstein
1897 - 1996
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 63
Adolf Windaus
1876 - 1959
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 64
Arne Tiselius
1902 - 1971
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 65
Dorothy Hodgkin
1910 - 1994
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 66
John Howard Northrop
1891 - 1987
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 67
Hans Adolf Krebs
1900 - 1981
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 68
Otto Diels
1876 - 1954
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 69
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1897, Tadeusz Reichstein ranks 26. Before him are Enid Blyton, Ferenc Szálasi, Kurt Schuschnigg, Frank Capra, Soong Mei-ling, and Yun Posun. After him are Otto Strasser, Kurt Daluege, Karl-Otto Koch, Hasso von Manteuffel, Karl Gebhardt, and Odd Hassel. Among people deceased in 1996, Tadeusz Reichstein ranks 17. Before him are Ella Fitzgerald, Joseph Brodsky, Babrak Karmal, René Lacoste, Paul Erdős, and Frank Whittle. After him are Adolf Galland, Joan Clarke, Gene Kelly, Solomon Asch, Silvio Piola, and Sergiu Celibidache.
Others Born in 1897
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Enid Blyton
1897 - 1968
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 20
Ferenc Szálasi
1897 - 1946
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 21
Kurt Schuschnigg
1897 - 1977
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 22
Frank Capra
1897 - 1991
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 23
Soong Mei-ling
1897 - 2003
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 24
Yun Posun
1897 - 1990
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 25
Tadeusz Reichstein
1897 - 1996
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 26
Otto Strasser
1897 - 1974
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 27
Kurt Daluege
1897 - 1946
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 28
Karl-Otto Koch
1897 - 1945
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 29
Hasso von Manteuffel
1897 - 1978
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 30
Karl Gebhardt
1897 - 1948
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 31
Odd Hassel
1897 - 1981
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 32
Others Deceased in 1996
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Ella Fitzgerald
1917 - 1996
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 11
Joseph Brodsky
1940 - 1996
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 12
Babrak Karmal
1929 - 1996
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 13
René Lacoste
1904 - 1996
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 14
Paul Erdős
1913 - 1996
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 15
Frank Whittle
1907 - 1996
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 16
Tadeusz Reichstein
1897 - 1996
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 17
Adolf Galland
1912 - 1996
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 18
Joan Clarke
1917 - 1996
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 19
Gene Kelly
1912 - 1996
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 20
Solomon Asch
1907 - 1996
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 21
Silvio Piola
1913 - 1996
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 22
Sergiu Celibidache
1912 - 1996
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 23
In Poland
Among people born in Poland, Tadeusz Reichstein ranks 97 out of 1,454. Before him are Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898), Friedrich Bergius (1884), Ulrich Beck (1944), Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (1899), Alfred von Tirpitz (1849), and Catherine Jagiellon (1526). After him are Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858), Marie Walewska (1786), Kurt Daluege (1897), Stefan Banach (1892), Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833), and Leopold Kronecker (1823).
Others born in Poland
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Isidor Isaac Rabi
1898 - 1988
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 91
Friedrich Bergius
1884 - 1949
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 92
Ulrich Beck
1944 - 2015
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 93
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
1899 - 1972
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 94
Alfred von Tirpitz
1849 - 1930
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 95
Catherine Jagiellon
1526 - 1583
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 96
Tadeusz Reichstein
1897 - 1996
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 97
Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
1858 - 1921
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 98
Marie Walewska
1786 - 1817
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 99
Kurt Daluege
1897 - 1946
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 100
Stefan Banach
1892 - 1945
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 101
Ferdinand von Richthofen
1833 - 1905
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 102
Leopold Kronecker
1823 - 1891
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 103
Among CHEMISTS In Poland
Among chemists born in Poland, Tadeusz Reichstein ranks 5. Before him are Fritz Haber (1868), Walther Nernst (1864), Kurt Alder (1902), and Friedrich Bergius (1884). After him are Konrad Emil Bloch (1912), Clara Immerwahr (1870), Antoni Grabowski (1857), Casimir Funk (1884), Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776), Ignacy Mościcki (1867), and Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822).
Fritz Haber
1868 - 1934
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 1
Walther Nernst
1864 - 1941
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 2
Kurt Alder
1902 - 1958
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 3
Friedrich Bergius
1884 - 1949
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 4
Tadeusz Reichstein
1897 - 1996
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 5
Konrad Emil Bloch
1912 - 2000
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 6
Clara Immerwahr
1870 - 1915
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 7
Antoni Grabowski
1857 - 1921
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 8
Casimir Funk
1884 - 1967
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 9
Johann Wilhelm Ritter
1776 - 1810
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 10
Ignacy Mościcki
1867 - 1946
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 11
Ignacy Łukasiewicz
1822 - 1882
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 12
