Kémikus

Yves Chauvin

1930 - 2015

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Yves Chauvin was a kémikus born in 1930 in , which is now part of modern day Menen, Belgium. Yves Chauvin died at 85 years old in NaN.

His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2024). Yves Chauvin is the 109th most popular kémikus (up from 152nd in 2024), the 61st most popular biography from Belgium (up from 114th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Kémikus.

Yves Chauvin is most famous for his work with the French Resistance during World War II.

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Among Kémikuses

Among kémikuses, Yves Chauvin ranks 109 out of 602Before him are Henrik Dam, George de Hevesy, Paul J. Crutzen, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Paul Hermann Müller, and Odd Hassel. After him are Jacques Monod, Irving Langmuir, Manfred Eigen, Melvin Calvin, Avram Hershko, and Claude Louis Berthollet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Yves Chauvin ranks 34Before him are Salvatore Riina, Ion Iliescu, Frank Lucas, Silvana Mangano, Maximilian Schell, and Philippe Noiret. After him are Thomas P. Stafford, George E. Smith, Leon Cooper, Niki de Saint Phalle, Claude Chabrol, and Carlos Menem. Among people deceased in 2015, Yves Chauvin ranks 21Before him are Kim Young-sam, Helmut Schmidt, Süleyman Demirel, Anita Ekberg, Henning Mankell, and Irwin Rose. After him are Richard von Weizsäcker, Laura Antonelli, Dusty Rhodes, Josef Masopust, Leonard Nimoy, and Kenan Evren.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Yves Chauvin ranks 61 out of 1,190Before him are Samo (600), Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338), Pepin of Landen (585), Adolphe Sax (1814), Simon Stevin (1548), and Henry van de Velde (1863). After him are Marguerite Yourcenar (1903), Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), Dominique Pire (1910), Isabella of Austria (1501), Léon Degrelle (1906), and Jacob Jordaens (1593).

Among Kémikuses In Belgium

Among kémikuses born in Belgium, Yves Chauvin ranks 2Before him are Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580). After him are Ernest Solvay (1838), Leo Baekeland (1863), George Sarton (1884), Jean Stas (1813), and Gilbert Stork (1921).

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