CHEMIST
Jabir ibn Hayyan
721 - 815
Jabir ibn Hayyan
Abū Mūsā Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (Arabic: أَبو موسى جابِر بِن حَيّان, variously called al-Ṣūfī, al-Azdī, al-Kūfī, or al-Ṭūsī), died c. 806−816, is the purported author of a large number of works in Arabic, often called the Jabirian corpus. The c. 215 treatises that survive today mainly deal with alchemy and chemistry, magic, and Shi'ite religious philosophy. However, the original scope of the corpus was vast, covering a wide range of topics ranging from cosmology, astronomy and astrology, over medicine, pharmacology, zoology and botany, to metaphysics, logic, and grammar. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jabir ibn Hayyan is the 6th most popular chemist (up from 9th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Iran (up from 14th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Chemist.
Jabir ibn Hayyan is most famous for his contributions to the field of chemistry. He is credited with inventing a number of substances including sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and aqua regia.
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Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Jabir ibn Hayyan ranks 6 out of 602. Before him are Louis Pasteur, Alfred Nobel, Dmitri Mendeleev, Antoine Lavoisier, and John Dalton. After him are Irène Joliot-Curie, Amedeo Avogadro, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, Robert Boyle, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, and Emil Fischer.
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HPI: 89.24
Rank: 1
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HPI: 88.86
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Jabir ibn Hayyan
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HPI: 82.30
Rank: 6
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 721, Jabir ibn Hayyan ranks 1. After him is Isma'il ibn Ja'far. Among people deceased in 815, Jabir ibn Hayyan ranks 1. After him is Mashallah ibn Athari.
Others Born in 721
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CHEMIST
721 - 815
HPI: 82.30
Rank: 1
Isma'il ibn Ja'far
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
721 - 755
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 2
Others Deceased in 815
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CHEMIST
721 - 815
HPI: 82.30
Rank: 1
Mashallah ibn Athari
ASTRONOMER
740 - 815
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 2
In Iran
Among people born in Iran, Jabir ibn Hayyan ranks 8 out of 631. Before him are Cyrus the Great (-600), Omar Khayyam (1048), Al-Ghazali (1058), Zoroaster (-2000), Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), and Abu Nuwas (762). After him are Harun al-Rashid (766), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Darius III (-380), Ali Khamenei (1939), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), and Esther (-600).
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Cyrus the Great
POLITICIAN
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 86.91
Rank: 2
Omar Khayyam
MATHEMATICIAN
1048 - 1131
HPI: 86.69
Rank: 3
Al-Ghazali
PHILOSOPHER
1058 - 1111
HPI: 85.99
Rank: 4
Zoroaster
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 85.42
Rank: 5
Ruhollah Khomeini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1902 - 1989
HPI: 83.10
Rank: 6
Abu Nuwas
WRITER
762 - 814
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Rank: 7
Jabir ibn Hayyan
CHEMIST
721 - 815
HPI: 82.30
Rank: 8
Harun al-Rashid
POLITICIAN
766 - 809
HPI: 82.20
Rank: 9
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1980
HPI: 82.03
Rank: 10
Darius III
POLITICIAN
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 81.71
Rank: 11
Ali Khamenei
POLITICIAN
1939 - Present
HPI: 81.36
Rank: 12
Bahá'u'lláh
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1817 - 1892
HPI: 81.34
Rank: 13
Esther
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 14
Among CHEMISTS In Iran
Among chemists born in Iran, Jabir ibn Hayyan ranks 1. After him are Shahram Amiri (1978).
