Chemiker

Manfred Eigen

1927 - 2019

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Manfred Eigen

Manfred Eigen (* 9. Mai 1927 in Bochum; † 6. Februar 2019 in Göttingen) war ein deutscher Bio- und Physikochemiker sowie Direktor am Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie in Göttingen. Eigen wurde 1967 in Anerkennung seiner Arbeiten zur Geschwindigkeitsmessung von schnellen chemischen Reaktionen der Nobelpreis für Chemie verliehen. Mehr auf Wikipedia lesen

His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia. Manfred Eigen is the 112th most popular chemiker (up from 120th in 2024), the 428th most popular biography from Germany (up from 667th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Chemiker.

Manfred Eigen is most famous for his work on the theory of the chemical origin of life. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967.

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Among chemikers, Manfred Eigen ranks 112 out of 602. Before him are Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Paul Hermann Müller, Odd Hassel, Yves Chauvin, Jacques Monod, and Irving Langmuir. After him are Melvin Calvin, Avram Hershko, Claude Louis Berthollet, Gilbert N. Lewis, Michael Levitt, and Lars Onsager.

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Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
1895 - 1973
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 106
Paul Hermann Müller
1899 - 1965
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 107
Odd Hassel
1897 - 1981
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 108
Yves Chauvin
1930 - 2015
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 109
Jacques Monod
1910 - 1976
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 110
Irving Langmuir
1881 - 1957
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 111
Manfred Eigen
1927 - 2019
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 112
Melvin Calvin
1911 - 1997
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 113
Avram Hershko
1937 - Present
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 114
Claude Louis Berthollet
1748 - 1822
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 115
Gilbert N. Lewis
1875 - 1946
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 116
Michael Levitt
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 117
Lars Onsager
1903 - 1976
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 118

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Manfred Eigen ranks 25. Before him are Sidney Poitier, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Angelo Sodano, László Kubala, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, and Maurice Béjart. After him are Martin Lewis Perl, Albert Uderzo, George Andrew Olah, John McCarthy, Rosalynn Carter, and Janet Leigh. Among people deceased in 2019, Manfred Eigen ranks 17. Before him are Robert Forster, Rutger Hauer, Bruno Ganz, Nuon Chea, Peter Mayhew, and Frank Lucas. After him are I. M. Pei, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Peter Fonda, Karel Gott, Agnès Varda, and Beji Caid Essebsi.

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Sidney Poitier
ACTOR
1927 - 2022
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 19
Antônio Carlos Jobim
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1927 - 1994
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 20
Angelo Sodano
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1927 - 2022
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 21
László Kubala
SOCCER PLAYER
1927 - 2002
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 22
Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium
POLITICIAN
1927 - 2005
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 23
Maurice Béjart
DANCER
1927 - 2007
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 24
Manfred Eigen
CHEMIST
1927 - 2019
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 25
Martin Lewis Perl
PHYSICIST
1927 - 2014
HPI: 72.56
Rank: 26
Albert Uderzo
COMIC ARTIST
1927 - 2020
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 27
George Andrew Olah
CHEMIST
1927 - 2017
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 28
John McCarthy
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1927 - 2011
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 29
Rosalynn Carter
COMPANION
1927 - 2023
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 30
Janet Leigh
ACTOR
1927 - 2004
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 31