CHEMIST

Leopold Ružička

1887 - 1976

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Leopold Ružička (Croatian pronunciation: [rǔʒitʃka]; born Lavoslav Stjepan Ružička; 13 September 1887 – 26 September 1976) was a Croatian-Swiss scientist and joint winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes" "including the first chemical synthesis of male sex hormones." He worked most of his life in Switzerland, and received eight doctorates honoris causa in science, medicine, and law; seven prizes and medals; and twenty-four honorary memberships in chemical, biochemical, and other scientific societies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leopold Ružička is the 65th most popular chemist (up from 94th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Chemist.

Leopold Ružička is most famous for his discovery of the Ružička reaction.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Leopold Ružička ranks 65 out of 602. Before him are Kurt Alder, Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., Francis William Aston, Norman Haworth, John Howard Northrop, and Ilya Prigogine. After him are Wendell Meredith Stanley, Henry Hallett Dale, Gerty Cori, Vladimir Prelog, Gertrude B. Elion, and Dorothy Hodgkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Leopold Ružička ranks 18. Before him are Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Vidkun Quisling, Arthur Rubinstein, Wilhelm Canaris, and Jozef Tiso. After him are Juan Gris, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Leonard Bloomfield, James B. Sumner, Henry Moseley, and Saint-John Perse. Among people deceased in 1976, Leopold Ružička ranks 13. Before him are Alvar Aalto, Luchino Visconti, Zhou Enlai, Max Ernst, Jean Gabin, and Fritz Lang. After him are André Malraux, Yonatan Netanyahu, Eyvind Johnson, Trofim Lysenko, Man Ray, and Prince Paul of Yugoslavia.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Leopold Ružička ranks 8 out of 700. Before him are Josip Broz Tito (1892), Diocletian (244), Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (-63), Rüstem Pasha (1500), Franjo Tuđman (1922), and Valens (328). After him are János Kádár (1912), Roger Joseph Boscovich (1711), Pope John IV (600), Pope Caius (250), Saint Marinus (275), and Laura Antonelli (1941).

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Among CHEMISTS In Croatia

Among chemists born in Croatia, Leopold Ružička ranks 1. After him are Leo Sternbach (1908).

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