Chemist

Fritz Haber

1868 - 1934

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Fritz Haber

His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2024). Fritz Haber is the 25th most popular chemist (down from 12th in 2024), the 19th most popular biography from Poland (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Chemist.

Fritz Haber is most famous for inventing a process to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen. This process was important because it allowed the production of fertilizer for food production.

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Among Chemists

Among chemists, Fritz Haber ranks 25 out of 602. Before him are William Ramsay, Adolf Windaus, Ernst Chain, Eduard Buchner, John Macleod, and George Washington Carver. After him are John Fenn, Friedrich Wöhler, Wilhelm Ostwald, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Hans Adolf Krebs, and Otto Wallach.

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William Ramsay
1852 - 1916
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 19
Adolf Windaus
1876 - 1959
HPI: 78.89
Rank: 20
Ernst Chain
1906 - 1979
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 21
Eduard Buchner
1860 - 1917
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 22
John Macleod
1876 - 1935
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 23
George Washington Carver
1864 - 1943
HPI: 78.70
Rank: 24
Fritz Haber
1868 - 1934
HPI: 78.61
Rank: 25
John Fenn
1917 - 2010
HPI: 78.47
Rank: 26
Friedrich Wöhler
1800 - 1882
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 27
Wilhelm Ostwald
1853 - 1932
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 28
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
1742 - 1786
HPI: 78.35
Rank: 29
Hans Adolf Krebs
1900 - 1981
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 30
Otto Wallach
1847 - 1931
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 31

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Fritz Haber ranks 6. Before him are Nicholas II of Russia, Maxim Gorky, Robert Falcon Scott, Karl Landsteiner, and Miklós Horthy. After him are Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, John Nance Garner, Abdulmejid II, W. E. B. Du Bois, Robert Andrews Millikan, and Constantine I of Greece. Among people deceased in 1934, Fritz Haber ranks 6. Before him are Marie Curie, Paul von Hindenburg, Lev Vygotsky, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, and Edward Elgar. After him are Ernst Röhm, Raymond Poincaré, Albert I of Belgium, Nestor Makhno, Kurt von Schleicher, and Sergey Kirov.

Others Born in 1868

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Nicholas II of Russia
POLITICIAN
1868 - 1918
HPI: 87.96
Rank: 1
Maxim Gorky
WRITER
1868 - 1936
HPI: 82.46
Rank: 2
Robert Falcon Scott
EXPLORER
1868 - 1912
HPI: 80.52
Rank: 3
Karl Landsteiner
BIOLOGIST
1868 - 1943
HPI: 79.16
Rank: 4
Miklós Horthy
POLITICIAN
1868 - 1957
HPI: 78.81
Rank: 5
Fritz Haber
CHEMIST
1868 - 1934
HPI: 78.61
Rank: 6
Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria
POLITICIAN
1868 - 1924
HPI: 78.56
Rank: 7
John Nance Garner
POLITICIAN
1868 - 1967
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 8
Abdulmejid II
POLITICIAN
1868 - 1944
HPI: 77.78
Rank: 9
W. E. B. Du Bois
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1868 - 1963
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 10
Robert Andrews Millikan
PHYSICIST
1868 - 1953
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 11
Constantine I of Greece
POLITICIAN
1868 - 1923
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 12