1838 - 1907
Sir William Henry Perkin (12 March 1838 – 14 July 1907) was a British chemist and entrepreneur best known for his serendipitous discovery of the first commercial synthetic organic dye, mauveine, made from aniline. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Henry Perkin has received more than 1,222,421 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). William Henry Perkin is the 208th most popular chemist (down from 195th in 2019), the 911th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 941st in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Chemist.
Perkin is most famous for discovering the first synthetic dye, mauveine, in 1856.
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Among chemists, William Henry Perkin ranks 208 out of 509. Before him are Peter D. Mitchell, Robert Curl, Giulio Natta, Ascanio Sobrero, Emil Erlenmeyer, and Johan August Arfwedson. After him are Locusta, Feodor Lynen, Alexander R. Todd, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Derek Barton, and Aziz Sancar.
1920 - 1992
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 202
1933 - 2022
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 203
1903 - 1979
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 204
1812 - 1888
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 205
1825 - 1909
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 206
1792 - 1841
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 207
1838 - 1907
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 208
1 - 100
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 209
1911 - 1979
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 210
1907 - 1997
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 211
1897 - 1978
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 212
1918 - 1998
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 213
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 214
Among people born in 1838, William Henry Perkin ranks 21. Before him are Princess Louise of Prussia, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Liliʻuokalani, Ōkuma Shigenobu, and Camille Jordan. After him are Edward W. Morley, Anton Mauve, 11th Dalai Lama, Arthur Auwers, Vladimir Markovnikov, and Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg. Among people deceased in 1907, William Henry Perkin ranks 21. Before him are Marcellin Berthelot, Princess Clémentine of Orléans, Jean Casimir-Perier, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Kato Svanidze, and Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden. After him are Ilia Chavchavadze, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Carola of Vasa, Henry Steel Olcott, Qiu Jin, and Léo Taxil.
1838 - 1923
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 15
1838 - 1894
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 16
1838 - 1889
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 17
1838 - 1917
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 18
1838 - 1922
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 19
1838 - 1922
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 20
1838 - 1907
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 21
1838 - 1923
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 22
1838 - 1888
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 23
1838 - 1856
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 24
1838 - 1915
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 25
1838 - 1904
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 26
1838 - 1900
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 27
1827 - 1907
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 15
1817 - 1907
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 16
1847 - 1907
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 17
1853 - 1907
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 18
1885 - 1907
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 19
1826 - 1907
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 20
1838 - 1907
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 21
1837 - 1907
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 22
1876 - 1907
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 23
1833 - 1907
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 24
1832 - 1907
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 25
1875 - 1907
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 26
1854 - 1907
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 27
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Henry Perkin ranks 911 out of 7,765. Before him are Joan Collins (1933), Natasha Richardson (1963), Brian Josephson (1940), Samuel Crompton (1753), H. H. Asquith (1852), and Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806). After him are Dave Gahan (1962), Antony Hewish (1924), David I of Scotland (1084), John McLaughlin (1942), Dua Lipa (1995), and Jim Broadbent (1949).
1933 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 905
1963 - 2009
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 906
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 907
1753 - 1827
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 908
1852 - 1928
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 909
1806 - 1859
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 910
1838 - 1907
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 911
1962 - Present
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 912
1924 - 2021
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 913
1084 - 1153
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 914
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 915
1995 - Present
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 916
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 917
Among chemists born in United Kingdom, William Henry Perkin ranks 25. Before him are Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914), John Vane (1927), Rodney Robert Porter (1917), George Porter (1920), Archer Martin (1910), and Peter D. Mitchell (1920). After him are Alexander R. Todd (1907), Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897), Derek Barton (1918), Michael Smith (1932), John Pople (1925), and Herbert C. Brown (1912).
1914 - 1994
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 19
1927 - 2004
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 20
1917 - 1985
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 21
1920 - 2002
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 22
1910 - 2002
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 23
1920 - 1992
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 24
1838 - 1907
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 25
1907 - 1997
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 26
1897 - 1978
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 27
1918 - 1998
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 28
1932 - 2000
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 29
1925 - 2004
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 30
1912 - 2004
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 31