CHEMIST

Alan MacDiarmid

1927 - 2007

Alan MacDiarmid

Alan Graham MacDiarmid, ONZ FRS (14 April 1927 – 7 February 2007) was a New Zealand-born American chemist, and one of three recipients of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan MacDiarmid is the 193rd most popular chemist, the 9th most popular biography from New Zealand and the most popular New Zealander Chemist. Learn more about Alan MacDiarmid's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Alan MacDiarmid ranks 193 out of 602. Before him are Nicolas Leblanc, Robert S. Mulliken, Emil Erlenmeyer, Heinrich Gustav Magnus, Hennig Brand, and Roald Hoffmann. After him are Paul L. Modrich, Robert Curl, William Standish Knowles, Louis Jacques Thénard, Max Perutz, and John Vane.

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Nicolas Leblanc
1742 - 1806
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 187
Robert S. Mulliken
1896 - 1986
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 188
Emil Erlenmeyer
1825 - 1909
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 189
Heinrich Gustav Magnus
1802 - 1870
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 190
Hennig Brand
1630 - 1710
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 191
Roald Hoffmann
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 192
Alan MacDiarmid
1927 - 2007
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 193
Paul L. Modrich
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 194
Robert Curl
1933 - 2022
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 195
William Standish Knowles
1917 - 2012
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 196
Louis Jacques Thénard
1777 - 1857
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 197
Max Perutz
1914 - 2002
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 198
John Vane
1927 - 2004
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 199

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Alan MacDiarmid ranks 52. Before him are Hugo Pratt, Geneviève Page, and George O. Abell. After him are Romano Mussolini, Stan Getz, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, John Vane, Daniel Keyes, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Marvin Minsky, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, and Carlo Maria Martini. Among people deceased in 2007, Alan MacDiarmid ranks 36. Before him are Ashraf Marwan, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Deborah Kerr, Ike Turner, Stanley Miller, and Momofuku Ando. After him are Henri Troyat, Oscar Peterson, Vladimir Kryuchkov, Lois Maxwell, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, and Jean-Claude Brialy.

Others Born in 1927

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Hugo Pratt
COMIC ARTIST
1927 - 1995
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 49
Geneviève Page
ACTOR
1927 - 2025
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 50
George O. Abell
ASTRONOMER
1927 - 1983
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 51
Alan MacDiarmid
CHEMIST
1927 - 2007
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 52
Romano Mussolini
MUSICIAN
1927 - 2006
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 53
Stan Getz
MUSICIAN
1927 - 1991
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 54
Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1927 - 1988
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 55
John Vane
CHEMIST
1927 - 2004
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 56
Daniel Keyes
WRITER
1927 - 2014
HPI: 68.51
Rank: 57
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
POLITICIAN
1927 - 2016
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 58
Marvin Minsky
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1927 - 2016
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 59
Eduardo Martínez Somalo
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1927 - 2021
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 60
Carlo Maria Martini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1927 - 2012
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 61