Top 20 Chemist celebrities in United States
Here is the latest list of the world's top 20 Chemist celebrities [Updated December 1, 2022].
Alice Ball was born
on July 24, 1892
in United States.
She died at the age of 24 under mysterious circumstances. It is suspected that she may have died from chlorine poisoning, as stated in an article in the Pacific Commercial Advertiser.
Willard Frank Libby was born
on December 17, 1908
in United States.
Measuring the levels of a carbon isotope allowed his technique to precisely measure the age of objects tens of thousands of years old.
Peter Agre was born
on January 30, 1949
in Northfield, United States.
He helped found the Scientist and Engineers of America group and he received the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of aquaporins.
Irving Langmuir was born
on January 31, 1881
in United States.
He helped invent the high vacuum tube after doing conducting research on light bulbs and diffusion pumps.
Harold Urey was born
on April 29, 1893
in United States.
He was awarded the Medal of Merit for working on the Manhattan project.
Glenn T. Seaborg was born
on April 19, 1912
in Ishpeming, United States.
He helped develop the atom bomb, but co-signed a letter to
Franklin D. Roosevelt urging him to demonstrate the weapon to the Japanese rather than using it on them; and spent his whole career campaigning for peaceful uses of atomic energy.
Bob Pflugfelder was born
on April 27, 1968
in United States.
An author and science educator whose passion for science has made him a regular guest and science demonstrator on many TV shows, including Jimmy Kimmel Live, Live With Kelly & Michael, and The Dr. Oz Show.
He is a bee keeper, and he collects and builds movie props.
Linus Pauling was born
on February 28, 1901
in Portland, United States.
He declined a position on the Manhattan Project and in 1946, he joined the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, chaired by
Albert Einstein, which sought to warn the public of the dangers of nuclear weapons.
Rodney H. Banks was born
on January 14, 1953
in United States.
He was awarded a Perkin Medal by the American section of the Society of Chemical Industry for his work in water treatment.
Stephanie Kwolek was born
on July 31, 1923
in New Kensington, United States.
She received the Perkin Medal in 1997 from the American Chemical Society.
Theodore William Richards was born
on January 31, 1868
in United States.
He was the first American chemist to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
Brian Kobilka was born
on May 30, 1955
in Little Falls, United States.
He used to work at the
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and he became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2011.
Greg Raymer was born
on June 25, 1964
in Minot, United States.
He earned an undergraduate degree in chemistry from the University of Missouri–Rolla.
Richard Heck was born
on August 15, 1931
in Springfield, United States.
He won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2010 for his work in palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions in organic synthesis.
William Hultz Walker was born
on April 7, 1869
in Pittsburgh, United States.
The New York Section of the American Chemical Society gave him its Nichols medal in 1908.
William E Moerner was born
on June 24, 1953
in United States.
In addition to the Nobel Prize, he has received other distinguished honors like the Wolf Prize in Chemistry and the Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy.
William Knowles was born
on June 1, 1917
in United States.
He was the first to apply enantioselective metal catalysis to industrial-scale synthesis.
Myrtle Bachelder was born
on March 13, 1908
in United States.
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), she studied the chemical composition of rocks collected on the Moon.
John Fenn was born
on June 15, 1917
in United States.
He was sued by Yale University over ownership of an electrospray patent.
Clair Cameron Patterson was born
on June 2, 1922
in United States.
His discovery also led the finding that tetra-ethyl lead, a common additive to car fuel at the time, was toxic, and he campaigned for its removal.
