CHEMIST
Kurt Alder
1902 - 1958

Kurt Alder
Kurt Alder (German pronunciation: [ˈkʊʁt ˈaldɐ] ; 10 July 1902 – 20 June 1958) was a German chemist and Nobel laureate. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Alder is the 59th most popular chemist (down from 45th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Poland (up from 80th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Polish Chemist.
Kurt Alder is most famous for his discovery of the chemical reaction that is used to synthesize polymers.
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Among CHEMISTS
Among chemists, Kurt Alder ranks 59 out of 602. Before him are Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Walther Nernst, Rodney Robert Porter, Robert Bunsen, Justus von Liebig, and Frederick Soddy. After him are Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., Francis William Aston, Norman Haworth, John Howard Northrop, Ilya Prigogine, and Leopold Ružička.
Most Popular Chemists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsHenry Louis Le Chatelier
1850 - 1936
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 53
Walther Nernst
1864 - 1941
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 54
Rodney Robert Porter
1917 - 1985
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 55
Robert Bunsen
1811 - 1899
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 56
Justus von Liebig
1803 - 1873
HPI: 75.92
Rank: 57
Frederick Soddy
1877 - 1956
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 58
Kurt Alder
1902 - 1958
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 59
Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr.
1915 - 1974
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 60
Francis William Aston
1877 - 1945
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 61
Norman Haworth
1883 - 1950
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 62
John Howard Northrop
1891 - 1987
HPI: 75.49
Rank: 63
Ilya Prigogine
1917 - 2003
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 64
Leopold Ružička
1887 - 1976
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 65
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1902, Kurt Alder ranks 13. Before him are John Steinbeck, Carl Rogers, Halldór Laxness, Paul Dirac, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Eugene Wigner. After him are Saud of Saudi Arabia, Fernand Braudel, Alfred Kastler, Barbara McClintock, Walter Houser Brattain, and Arne Tiselius. Among people deceased in 1958, Kurt Alder ranks 7. Before him are Pope Pius XII, Rosalind Franklin, Wolfgang Pauli, Imre Nagy, Roger Martin du Gard, and Frédéric Joliot-Curie. After him are Tyrone Power, Faisal II of Iraq, Clinton Davisson, Ernest Lawrence, John B. Watson, and Abul Kalam Azad.
Others Born in 1902
Go to all RankingsJohn Steinbeck
WRITER
1902 - 1968
HPI: 78.61
Rank: 7
Carl Rogers
PSYCHOLOGIST
1902 - 1987
HPI: 78.56
Rank: 8
Halldór Laxness
WRITER
1902 - 1998
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 9
Paul Dirac
PHYSICIST
1902 - 1984
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 10
Isaac Bashevis Singer
WRITER
1902 - 1991
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 11
Eugene Wigner
PHYSICIST
1902 - 1995
HPI: 75.92
Rank: 12
Kurt Alder
CHEMIST
1902 - 1958
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 13
Saud of Saudi Arabia
POLITICIAN
1902 - 1969
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 14
Fernand Braudel
HISTORIAN
1902 - 1985
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 15
Alfred Kastler
PHYSICIST
1902 - 1984
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 16
Barbara McClintock
BIOLOGIST
1902 - 1992
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 17
Walter Houser Brattain
PHYSICIST
1902 - 1987
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 18
Arne Tiselius
CHEMIST
1902 - 1971
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 19
Others Deceased in 1958
Go to all RankingsPope Pius XII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1876 - 1958
HPI: 87.71
Rank: 1
Rosalind Franklin
BIOLOGIST
1920 - 1958
HPI: 79.24
Rank: 2
Wolfgang Pauli
PHYSICIST
1900 - 1958
HPI: 78.12
Rank: 3
Imre Nagy
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1958
HPI: 77.93
Rank: 4
Roger Martin du Gard
WRITER
1881 - 1958
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 5
Frédéric Joliot-Curie
PHYSICIST
1900 - 1958
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 6
Kurt Alder
CHEMIST
1902 - 1958
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 7
Tyrone Power
ACTOR
1914 - 1958
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 8
Faisal II of Iraq
POLITICIAN
1935 - 1958
HPI: 75.71
Rank: 9
Clinton Davisson
PHYSICIST
1881 - 1958
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 10
Ernest Lawrence
PHYSICIST
1901 - 1958
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 11
John B. Watson
PSYCHOLOGIST
1878 - 1958
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 12
Abul Kalam Azad
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1958
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 13
In Poland
Among people born in Poland, Kurt Alder ranks 48 out of 1,694. Before him are Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456), Rudolf Virchow (1821), Bronisław Malinowski (1884), Klaus Kinski (1926), Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768), and Casimir III the Great (1310). After him are Faustina Kowalska (1905), Paul Ehrlich (1854), Kurt Lewin (1890), Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916), Emanuel Lasker (1868), and Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (1895).
Others born in Poland
Go to all RankingsVladislaus II of Hungary
POLITICIAN
1456 - 1516
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 42
Rudolf Virchow
PHYSICIAN
1821 - 1902
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 43
Bronisław Malinowski
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1884 - 1942
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 44
Klaus Kinski
ACTOR
1926 - 1991
HPI: 75.81
Rank: 45
Friedrich Schleiermacher
PHILOSOPHER
1768 - 1834
HPI: 75.81
Rank: 46
Casimir III the Great
POLITICIAN
1310 - 1370
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 47
Kurt Alder
CHEMIST
1902 - 1958
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 48
Faustina Kowalska
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1905 - 1938
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 49
Paul Ehrlich
PHYSICIAN
1854 - 1915
HPI: 75.73
Rank: 50
Kurt Lewin
PSYCHOLOGIST
1890 - 1947
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 51
Hans-Ulrich Rudel
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1916 - 1982
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 52
Emanuel Lasker
CHESS PLAYER
1868 - 1941
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 53
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen
PILOT
1895 - 1945
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 54
Among CHEMISTS In Poland
Among chemists born in Poland, Kurt Alder ranks 4. Before him are Fritz Haber (1868), Tadeusz Reichstein (1897), and Walther Nernst (1864). After him are Friedrich Bergius (1884), Konrad Emil Bloch (1912), Casimir Funk (1884), Antoni Grabowski (1857), Clara Immerwahr (1870), Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776), Richard Abegg (1869), and Ignacy Mościcki (1867).
Fritz Haber
1868 - 1934
HPI: 78.61
Rank: 1
Tadeusz Reichstein
1897 - 1996
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 2
Walther Nernst
1864 - 1941
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 3
Kurt Alder
1902 - 1958
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 4
Friedrich Bergius
1884 - 1949
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 5
Konrad Emil Bloch
1912 - 2000
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 6
Casimir Funk
1884 - 1967
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 7
Antoni Grabowski
1857 - 1921
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 8
Clara Immerwahr
1870 - 1915
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 9
Johann Wilhelm Ritter
1776 - 1810
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 10
Richard Abegg
1869 - 1910
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 11
Ignacy Mościcki
1867 - 1946
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 12