CHEMIST
Vladimir Prelog
1906 - 1998
Vladimir Prelog
Vladimir Prelog (23 July 1906 – 7 January 1998) was a Croatian-Swiss organic chemist who received the 1975 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir Prelog has received more than 206,620 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Vladimir Prelog is the 93rd most popular chemist (up from 98th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (up from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Chemist.
Vladimir Prelog was a chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975 for his work on the stereochemistry of organic molecules.
Memorability Metrics
210k
Page Views (PV)
65.50
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
63
Languages Editions (L)
10.68
Effective Languages (L*)
3.40
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Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Vladimir Prelog ranks 93 out of 602. Before him are Michel Eugène Chevreul, Richard Kuhn, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Paul Hermann Müller, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, and Frederick Gowland Hopkins. After him are Leopold Ružička, Marshall Warren Nirenberg, Katalin Karikó, Karl Ziegler, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, and Carl Ferdinand Cori.
Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia
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1786 - 1889
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 87
Richard Kuhn
1900 - 1967
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 88
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1893 - 1986
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 89
Paul Hermann Müller
1899 - 1965
HPI: 65.75
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Hans von Euler-Chelpin
1873 - 1964
HPI: 65.67
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Frederick Gowland Hopkins
1861 - 1947
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 92
Vladimir Prelog
1906 - 1998
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 93
Leopold Ružička
1887 - 1976
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 94
Marshall Warren Nirenberg
1927 - 2010
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 95
Katalin Karikó
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HPI: 65.36
Rank: 96
Karl Ziegler
1898 - 1973
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 97
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
1743 - 1817
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 98
Carl Ferdinand Cori
1896 - 1984
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 99
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1906, Vladimir Prelog ranks 42. Before him are Josef Kramer, Klaus Mann, Wassily Leontief, Dino Buzzati, Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, and Albert Sabin. After him are Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Marcel Carné, Clyde Tombaugh, Oleg Antonov, Empress Wanrong, and John Huston. Among people deceased in 1998, Vladimir Prelog ranks 13. Before him are Carlos Castaneda, Ernst Jünger, Octavio Paz, Jean-François Lyotard, Niklas Luhmann, and Yang Shangkun. After him are Raymond Cattell, Alan Shepard, Konstantinos Karamanlis, Theodore Schultz, Falco, and Frederick Reines.
Others Born in 1906
Go to all RankingsJosef Kramer
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1945
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 36
Klaus Mann
WRITER
1906 - 1949
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 37
Wassily Leontief
ECONOMIST
1906 - 1999
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 38
Dino Buzzati
WRITER
1906 - 1972
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 39
Shin'ichirō Tomonaga
PHYSICIST
1906 - 1979
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 40
Albert Sabin
PHYSICIAN
1906 - 1993
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 41
Vladimir Prelog
CHEMIST
1906 - 1998
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 42
Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1989
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 43
Marcel Carné
FILM DIRECTOR
1906 - 1996
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 44
Clyde Tombaugh
ASTRONOMER
1906 - 1997
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 45
Oleg Antonov
INVENTOR
1906 - 1984
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 46
Empress Wanrong
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1946
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 47
John Huston
FILM DIRECTOR
1906 - 1987
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 48
Others Deceased in 1998
Go to all RankingsCarlos Castaneda
WRITER
1925 - 1998
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 7
Ernst Jünger
WRITER
1895 - 1998
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 8
Octavio Paz
WRITER
1914 - 1998
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 9
Jean-François Lyotard
PHILOSOPHER
1924 - 1998
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 10
Niklas Luhmann
SOCIOLOGIST
1927 - 1998
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 11
Yang Shangkun
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1998
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 12
Vladimir Prelog
CHEMIST
1906 - 1998
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 13
Raymond Cattell
PSYCHOLOGIST
1905 - 1998
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 14
Alan Shepard
ASTRONAUT
1923 - 1998
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 15
Konstantinos Karamanlis
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1998
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 16
Theodore Schultz
ECONOMIST
1902 - 1998
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 17
Falco
SINGER
1957 - 1998
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 18
Frederick Reines
PHYSICIST
1918 - 1998
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 19
In Bosnia and Herzegovina
Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vladimir Prelog ranks 13 out of 375. Before him are Goran Bregović (1950), Emir Kusturica (1954), Valerius Severus (300), Tvrtko I of Bosnia (1338), Lala Mustafa Pasha (1500), and Slobodan Praljak (1945). After him are Zoran Đinđić (1952), Biljana Plavšić (1930), Vahid Halilhodžić (1952), Miroslav Blažević (1935), Vukašin of Serbia (1320), and Ivica Osim (1941).
Others born in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Go to all RankingsGoran Bregović
MUSICIAN
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 7
Emir Kusturica
FILM DIRECTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 8
Valerius Severus
POLITICIAN
300 - 307
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 9
Tvrtko I of Bosnia
POLITICIAN
1338 - 1391
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 10
Lala Mustafa Pasha
POLITICIAN
1500 - 1580
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 11
Slobodan Praljak
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1945 - 2017
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 12
Vladimir Prelog
CHEMIST
1906 - 1998
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 13
Zoran Đinđić
POLITICIAN
1952 - 2003
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 14
Biljana Plavšić
POLITICIAN
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 15
Vahid Halilhodžić
SOCCER PLAYER
1952 - Present
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 16
Miroslav Blažević
COACH
1935 - 2023
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 17
Vukašin of Serbia
POLITICIAN
1320 - 1371
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 18
Ivica Osim
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 2022
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 19
Among CHEMISTS In Bosnia and Herzegovina
Among chemists born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vladimir Prelog ranks 1.