CHEMIST

Alwin Mittasch

1869 - 1953

Alwin Mittasch

Paul Alwin Mittasch (Sorbian: Pawoł Alwin Mitaš; 27 December 1869 – 4 June 1953) was a German chemist and scientific historian of Sorbian descent. He is well known by his pioneering and systematic research in the development of catalysts for the industrial ammonia synthesis using the Haber–Bosch process. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alwin Mittasch is the 485th most popular chemist (up from 489th in 2019), the 4,245th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,534th in 2019) and the 86th most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Alwin Mittasch ranks 485 out of 602. Before him are Yellapragada Subbarow, Phoebus Levene, Masatoshi Shima, Christopher Kelk Ingold, Ivan Horbachevsky, and Archibald Scott Couper. After him are William Nicholson, Allen J. Bard, Edward Charles Howard, Christian Konrad Sprengel, Moungi Bawendi, and Alexander Nesmeyanov.

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HPI: 57.53
Rank: 479
Phoebus Levene
1869 - 1940
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 480
Masatoshi Shima
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 481
Christopher Kelk Ingold
1893 - 1970
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 482
Ivan Horbachevsky
1854 - 1942
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 483
Archibald Scott Couper
1831 - 1892
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 484
Alwin Mittasch
1869 - 1953
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 485
William Nicholson
1753 - 1815
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 486
Allen J. Bard
1933 - 2024
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 487
Edward Charles Howard
1774 - 1816
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 488
Christian Konrad Sprengel
1750 - 1816
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 489
Moungi Bawendi
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 490
Alexander Nesmeyanov
1899 - 1980
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 491

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Alwin Mittasch ranks 121. Before him are Ivan Aguéli, Daniel Salamanca Urey, Alice Hamilton, Kálmán Kandó, Józef Mehoffer, and Phoebus Levene. After him are Robbie Ross, Myriam Harry, Harald Sohlberg, Juan Bautista Pérez, Oton Iveković, and Bainbridge Colby. Among people deceased in 1953, Alwin Mittasch ranks 121. Before him are Hrachia Acharian, Grzegorz Fitelberg, Oskar Luts, Florence R. Sabin, Isaías Medina Angarita, and Eduard Künneke. After him are Carl Scarborough, David Curtiss Munson, Milovan Jakšić, Szilárd Bogdánffy, Jean Becquerel, and Johannes Baumann.

Others Born in 1869

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Ivan Aguéli
PAINTER
1869 - 1917
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 115
Daniel Salamanca Urey
POLITICIAN
1869 - 1935
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 116
Alice Hamilton
BIOLOGIST
1869 - 1970
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 117
Kálmán Kandó
INVENTOR
1869 - 1931
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 118
Józef Mehoffer
PAINTER
1869 - 1946
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 119
Phoebus Levene
CHEMIST
1869 - 1940
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 120
Alwin Mittasch
CHEMIST
1869 - 1953
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 121
Robbie Ross
JOURNALIST
1869 - 1918
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 122
Myriam Harry
WRITER
1869 - 1958
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 123
Harald Sohlberg
PAINTER
1869 - 1935
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 124
Juan Bautista Pérez
POLITICIAN
1869 - 1952
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 125
Oton Iveković
PAINTER
1869 - 1939
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 126
Bainbridge Colby
POLITICIAN
1869 - 1950
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 127

Others Deceased in 1953

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Hrachia Acharian
LINGUIST
1876 - 1953
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 115
Grzegorz Fitelberg
CONDUCTOR
1879 - 1953
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 116
Oskar Luts
WRITER
1887 - 1953
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 117
Florence R. Sabin
PHYSICIAN
1871 - 1953
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 118
Isaías Medina Angarita
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1953
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 119
Eduard Künneke
COMPOSER
1885 - 1953
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 120
Alwin Mittasch
CHEMIST
1869 - 1953
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 121
Carl Scarborough
RACING DRIVER
1914 - 1953
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 122
David Curtiss Munson
ATHLETE
1884 - 1953
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 123
Milovan Jakšić
SOCCER PLAYER
1909 - 1953
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 124
Szilárd Bogdánffy
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1911 - 1953
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 125
Jean Becquerel
PHYSICIST
1878 - 1953
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 126
Johannes Baumann
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1953
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 127

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alwin Mittasch ranks 4,247 out of 7,253. Before him are Hugo von Mohl (1805), Wolfgang Uhlmann (1935), Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1649), Friedel Lutz (1939), İlhan Mansız (1975), and Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1658). After him are Franz Delitzsch (1813), Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers (1816), Friedrich Frey-Herosé (1801), Bill Kaulitz (1989), Johann Peter Salomon (1745), and Maxi Herber (1920).

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Hugo von Mohl
BIOLOGIST
1805 - 1872
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 4,241
Wolfgang Uhlmann
CHESS PLAYER
1935 - 2020
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 4,242
Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
NOBLEMAN
1649 - 1697
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 4,243
Friedel Lutz
SOCCER PLAYER
1939 - 2023
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 4,244
İlhan Mansız
SOCCER PLAYER
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 4,245
Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
POLITICIAN
1658 - 1729
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 4,246
Alwin Mittasch
CHEMIST
1869 - 1953
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 4,247
Franz Delitzsch
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1813 - 1890
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 4,248
Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers
BIOLOGIST
1816 - 1853
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 4,249
Friedrich Frey-Herosé
POLITICIAN
1801 - 1873
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 4,250
Bill Kaulitz
SINGER
1989 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 4,251
Johann Peter Salomon
MUSICIAN
1745 - 1815
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 4,252
Maxi Herber
SKATER
1920 - 2006
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 4,253