CHEMIST
Faiza Al-Kharafi
1946 - Today
Faiza Al-Kharafi
Faiza Mohammed Al-Kharafi (Arabic: فايزة الخرافي, romanized: Fāyzah al-Kharāfī; born 1946) is a Kuwaiti chemist and academic. She was the president of Kuwait University from 1993 to 2002, and the first woman to head a major university in the Middle East. She is the vice president of the World Academy of Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia
Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Faiza Al-Kharafi is the 572nd most popular chemist (down from 560th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Kuwait (up from 24th in 2019) and the most popular Kuwaiti Chemist.
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Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Faiza Al-Kharafi ranks 572 out of 602. Before her are Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Achim Müller, F. Albert Cotton, Mildred Cohn, Carol V. Robinson, and Sergey Lebedev. After her are Martin Kamen, Jiří Drahoš, Ira Remsen, Gilbert Stork, Benjamin Silliman, and Rachel Fuller Brown.
Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia
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Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 566
Achim Müller
1938 - 2024
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 567
F. Albert Cotton
1930 - 2007
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 568
Mildred Cohn
1913 - 2009
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 569
Carol V. Robinson
1956 - Present
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 570
Sergey Lebedev
1874 - 1934
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 571
Faiza Al-Kharafi
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 572
Martin Kamen
1913 - 2002
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 573
Jiří Drahoš
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 574
Ira Remsen
1846 - 1927
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 575
Gilbert Stork
1921 - 2017
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 576
Benjamin Silliman
1779 - 1864
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 577
Rachel Fuller Brown
1898 - 1980
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 578
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1946, Faiza Al-Kharafi ranks 694. Before her are Josef Augusta, José Claramunt, Fernando Colomo, Georgi Markov, Dave Mason, and Josef Horešovský. After her are Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, Terry Branstad, Sonny Perdue, Howard Kendall, Justin Hayward, and Valery Muratov.
Others Born in 1946
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Josef Augusta
ATHLETE
1946 - 2017
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 688
José Claramunt
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 689
Fernando Colomo
FILM DIRECTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 690
Georgi Markov
WRESTLER
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 691
Dave Mason
MUSICIAN
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 692
Josef Horešovský
ATHLETE
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 693
Faiza Al-Kharafi
CHEMIST
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 694
Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford
ECONOMIST
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 695
Terry Branstad
POLITICIAN
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 696
Sonny Perdue
POLITICIAN
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 697
Howard Kendall
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - 2015
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 698
Justin Hayward
SINGER
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 699
Valery Muratov
ATHLETE
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 700
In Kuwait
Among people born in Kuwait, Faiza Al-Kharafi ranks 22 out of 42. Before her are Mishary Rashid Alafasy (1976), Nasser Al-Sabah (1940), Alaa Hussein Ali (1949), Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (1956), Jihadi John (1988), and Faisal Al-Dakhil (1957). After her are Ramzi Yousef (1968), Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah (1955), Fehaid Al-Deehani (1966), Yasser Al-Habib (1979), Jasem Yaqoub (1953), and Fathi Kameel (1955).
Others born in Kuwait
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Mishary Rashid Alafasy
MUSICIAN
1976 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 16
Nasser Al-Sabah
POLITICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 17
Alaa Hussein Ali
POLITICIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 18
Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
POLITICIAN
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 19
Jihadi John
CELEBRITY
1988 - 2015
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 20
Faisal Al-Dakhil
SOCCER PLAYER
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 21
Faiza Al-Kharafi
CHEMIST
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 22
Ramzi Yousef
EXTREMIST
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 23
Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
ECONOMIST
1955 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 24
Fehaid Al-Deehani
POLITICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 25
Yasser Al-Habib
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1979 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 26
Jasem Yaqoub
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 27
Fathi Kameel
SOCCER PLAYER
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 28
Among CHEMISTS In Kuwait
Among chemists born in Kuwait, Faiza Al-Kharafi ranks 1.
