1911 - 1980
William Howard Stein (June 25, 1911 – February 2, 1980) was an American biochemist who collaborated in the determination of the ribonuclease sequence, as well as how its structure relates to catalytic activity, earning a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972 for his work. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Howard Stein has received more than 64,312 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). William Howard Stein is the 121st most popular chemist (up from 149th in 2019), the 830th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,142nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Chemist.
William Howard Stein is most famous for his work in the field of computer science. He is credited with inventing the first compiler, which converts a program written in a high-level language into a form that can be understood by a computer.
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Among chemists, William Howard Stein ranks 121 out of 509. Before him are Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, Leopold Ružička, Avram Hershko, John Macleod, Casimir Funk, and Richard R. Ernst. After him are Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Lars Onsager, Georg Ernst Stahl, Johan Gadolin, Glenn T. Seaborg, and Joachim Sauer.
1758 - 1836
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 115
1887 - 1976
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 116
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 117
1876 - 1935
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 118
1884 - 1967
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 119
1933 - 2021
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 120
1911 - 1980
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 121
1897 - 1967
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 122
1903 - 1976
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 123
1659 - 1734
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 124
1760 - 1852
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 125
1912 - 1999
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 126
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 127
Among people born in 1911, William Howard Stein ranks 33. Before him are Polykarp Kusch, Jules Dassin, Max Frisch, Samuel Reshevsky, L. Ron Hubbard, and Ginger Rogers. After him are Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, John Archibald Wheeler, Jean Harlow, Sergey Sokolov, Milovan Đilas, and Herta Oberheuser. Among people deceased in 1980, William Howard Stein ranks 38. Before him are Óscar Romero, John Bonham, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Hans Morgenthau, Willard Libby, and Alexander Oparin. After him are Mae West, Alejo Carpentier, Marian Rejewski, Fritz Strassmann, Vinicius de Moraes, and Seretse Khama.
1911 - 1993
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 27
1911 - 2008
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 28
1911 - 1991
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 29
1911 - 1992
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 30
1911 - 1986
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 31
1911 - 1995
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 32
1911 - 1980
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 33
1911 - 1937
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 34
1911 - 2008
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 35
1911 - 1937
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 36
1911 - 2012
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 37
1911 - 1995
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 38
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 39
1917 - 1980
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 32
1948 - 1980
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 33
1925 - 1980
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 34
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 35
1908 - 1980
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 36
1894 - 1980
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 37
1911 - 1980
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 38
1893 - 1980
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 39
1904 - 1980
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 40
1905 - 1980
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 41
1902 - 1980
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 42
1913 - 1980
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 43
1921 - 1980
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 44
Among people born in United States, William Howard Stein ranks 830 out of 18,182. Before him are Ginger Rogers (1911), Kris Jenner (1955), Michael Cimino (1939), Oliver E. Williamson (1932), Melanie Griffith (1957), and Estée Lauder (1906). After him are Margaret Brown (1867), Ed O'Neill (1946), Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888), Raymond Carver (1938), James Cromwell (1940), and James Earl Jones (1931).
1911 - 1995
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 824
1955 - Present
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 825
1939 - 2016
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 826
1932 - 2020
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 827
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 828
1906 - 2004
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 829
1911 - 1980
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 830
1867 - 1932
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 831
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 832
1888 - 1969
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 833
1938 - 1988
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 834
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 835
1931 - Present
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 836
Among chemists born in United States, William Howard Stein ranks 19. Before him are Harold Urey (1893), Stanley B. Prusiner (1942), Willard Libby (1908), James B. Sumner (1887), Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904), and Stanford Moore (1913). After him are Glenn T. Seaborg (1912), Robert Burns Woodward (1917), Christian B. Anfinsen (1916), Paul Berg (1926), Robert W. Holley (1922), and Robert F. Furchgott (1916).
1893 - 1981
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 13
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 14
1908 - 1980
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 15
1887 - 1955
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 16
1904 - 1971
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 17
1913 - 1982
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 18
1911 - 1980
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 19
1912 - 1999
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 20
1917 - 1979
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 21
1916 - 1995
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 22
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 23
1922 - 1993
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 24
1916 - 2009
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 25