CHEMIST
Walter Noddack
1893 - 1960
Walter Noddack
Walter Noddack (17 August 1893 – 7 December 1960) was a German chemist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Noddack has received more than 30,634 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Noddack is the 430th most popular chemist (up from 433rd in 2019), the 3,697th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,633rd in 2019) and the 72nd most popular German Chemist.
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Page Views (PV)
51.23
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
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Languages Editions (L)
7.52
Effective Languages (L*)
1.59
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Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Walter Noddack ranks 430 out of 602. Before him are Eric Betzig, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Theodor Curtius, Nikolay Beketov, Roy J. Plunkett, and Morris Travers. After him are Leonor Michaelis, Georges Urbain, William Gregor, Anders Jahan Retzius, Joseph Achille Le Bel, and Anna Sundström.
Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsEric Betzig
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 424
Vera Yevstafievna Popova
1867 - 1896
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 425
Theodor Curtius
1857 - 1928
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 426
Nikolay Beketov
1827 - 1911
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 427
Roy J. Plunkett
1910 - 1994
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 428
Morris Travers
1872 - 1961
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 429
Walter Noddack
1893 - 1960
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 430
Leonor Michaelis
1875 - 1949
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 431
Georges Urbain
1872 - 1938
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 432
William Gregor
1761 - 1817
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 433
Anders Jahan Retzius
1742 - 1821
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 434
Joseph Achille Le Bel
1847 - 1930
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 435
Anna Sundström
1785 - 1871
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 436
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1893, Walter Noddack ranks 160. Before him are Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, Segismundo Casado, Karimeh Abbud, T. H. Marshall, I. A. Richards, and Anthony Berkeley Cox. After him are Donald Lippincott, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Cedric Hardwicke, Roland Jacobi, Harald Cramér, and Fay Bainter. Among people deceased in 1960, Walter Noddack ranks 120. Before him are Marcello Piacentini, Auguste Herbin, Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, Antal Szalay, Roy Chapman Andrews, and Ioannis Georgiadis. After him are Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, Igor Grabar, Ward Bond, Margaret Sullavan, Toyohiko Kagawa, and Melvin Purvis.
Others Born in 1893
Go to all RankingsAbdul Rahman Hassan Azzam
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1976
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 154
Segismundo Casado
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1893 - 1968
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 155
Karimeh Abbud
PHOTOGRAPHER
1893 - 1940
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 156
T. H. Marshall
SOCIOLOGIST
1893 - 1981
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 157
I. A. Richards
WRITER
1893 - 1979
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 158
Anthony Berkeley Cox
WRITER
1893 - 1971
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 159
Walter Noddack
CHEMIST
1893 - 1960
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 160
Donald Lippincott
ATHLETE
1893 - 1962
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 161
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
PHYSICIST
1893 - 1972
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 162
Cedric Hardwicke
ACTOR
1893 - 1964
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 163
Roland Jacobi
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1893 - 1951
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 164
Harald Cramér
MATHEMATICIAN
1893 - 1985
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 165
Fay Bainter
ACTOR
1893 - 1968
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 166
Others Deceased in 1960
Go to all RankingsMarcello Piacentini
ARCHITECT
1881 - 1960
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 114
Auguste Herbin
PAINTER
1882 - 1960
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 115
Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers
TENNIS PLAYER
1878 - 1960
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 116
Antal Szalay
SOCCER PLAYER
1912 - 1960
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 117
Roy Chapman Andrews
EXPLORER
1884 - 1960
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 118
Ioannis Georgiadis
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1960
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 119
Walter Noddack
CHEMIST
1893 - 1960
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 120
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1960
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 121
Igor Grabar
PAINTER
1871 - 1960
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 122
Ward Bond
ACTOR
1903 - 1960
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 123
Margaret Sullavan
ACTOR
1909 - 1960
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 124
Toyohiko Kagawa
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1888 - 1960
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 125
Melvin Purvis
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1903 - 1960
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 126
In Germany
Among people born in Germany, Walter Noddack ranks 3,697 out of 7,253. Before him are Konrad Wolf (1925), Ludwig Kaas (1881), Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg (1792), A. R. Penck (1939), Hermann Wissmann (1853), and Johann Heinrich Voss (1751). After him are Anita Augspurg (1857), Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (1760), Herman Sörgel (1885), Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel (1726), Hans Heyer (1943), and Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843).
Others born in Germany
Go to all RankingsKonrad Wolf
FILM DIRECTOR
1925 - 1982
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 3,691
Ludwig Kaas
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1881 - 1952
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 3,692
Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg
POLITICIAN
1792 - 1850
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 3,693
A. R. Penck
PAINTER
1939 - 2017
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 3,694
Hermann Wissmann
EXPLORER
1853 - 1905
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 3,695
Johann Heinrich Voss
WRITER
1751 - 1826
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 3,696
Walter Noddack
CHEMIST
1893 - 1960
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 3,697
Anita Augspurg
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1857 - 1943
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 3,698
Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen
POLITICIAN
1760 - 1806
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 3,699
Herman Sörgel
ARCHITECT
1885 - 1952
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 3,700
Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel
NOBLEMAN
1726 - 1808
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 3,701
Hans Heyer
RACING DRIVER
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 3,702
Friedrich Robert Helmert
MATHEMATICIAN
1843 - 1917
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 3,703
Among CHEMISTS In Germany
Among chemists born in Germany, Walter Noddack ranks 72. Before him are Hugo Schiff (1834), Ferdinand Reich (1799), Albert Niemann (1834), Otto Ambros (1901), Michael Grätzel (1944), and Theodor Curtius (1857). After him are Leonor Michaelis (1875), Heinrich Rose (1795), Johann Schweigger (1779), Carl Theodore Liebermann (1842), Felix Hoppe-Seyler (1825), and Carl Graebe (1841).
Hugo Schiff
1834 - 1915
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 66
Ferdinand Reich
1799 - 1882
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 67
Albert Niemann
1834 - 1861
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 68
Otto Ambros
1901 - 1990
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 69
Michael Grätzel
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 70
Theodor Curtius
1857 - 1928
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 71
Walter Noddack
1893 - 1960
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 72
Leonor Michaelis
1875 - 1949
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 73
Heinrich Rose
1795 - 1864
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 74
Johann Schweigger
1779 - 1857
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 75
Carl Theodore Liebermann
1842 - 1914
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 76
Felix Hoppe-Seyler
1825 - 1895
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 77
Carl Graebe
1841 - 1927
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 78