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Linus Pauling

1901 - 1994

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Linus Carl Pauling ( PAW-ling; February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994) was an American chemist and peace activist. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. New Scientist called him one of the 20 greatest scientists of all time. For his scientific work, Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Linus Pauling is the 38th most popular chemist (down from 18th in 2019), the 238th most popular biography from United States (down from 175th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Chemist.

Linus Pauling is most famous for his work in chemistry, specifically in the field of quantum chemistry. He is the only person to have won two unshared Nobel Prizes.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Linus Pauling ranks 38 out of 602. Before him are Alexander R. Todd, Otto Hahn, Robert Robinson, Henri Moissan, Richard Willstätter, and F. Sherwood Rowland. After him are Paul Karrer, Tadeusz Reichstein, Humphry Davy, Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Alfred Werner, and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood.

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Among people born in 1901, Linus Pauling ranks 13. Before him are Louis Armstrong, Rudolf Höss, Jacques Lacan, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Fulgencio Batista, and Clark Gable. After him are Leopold III of Belgium, Ngo Dinh Diem, Gary Cooper, Princess Märtha of Sweden, Magda Goebbels, and Paul of Greece. Among people deceased in 1994, Linus Pauling ranks 11. Before him are Charles Bukowski, Erich Honecker, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Eugène Ionesco, Elias Canetti, and Erik Erikson. After him are Burt Lancaster, Raul Julia, Dorothy Hodgkin, Jeffrey Dahmer, Giulietta Masina, and Jan Tinbergen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Linus Pauling ranks 238 out of 20,380. Before him are Emily Greene Balch (1867), Candice Bergen (1946), Josephine Baker (1906), Clark Gable (1901), Johnny Cash (1932), and Truman Capote (1924). After him are James Madison (1751), Richard Chamberlain (1934), Sitting Bull (1831), Geronimo (1829), George Gershwin (1898), and Gregory Peck (1916).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Linus Pauling ranks 7. Before him are John Stith Pemberton (1831), Edwin McMillan (1907), Raymond Davis Jr. (1914), George Washington Carver (1864), John Fenn (1917), and F. Sherwood Rowland (1927). After him are Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915), John Howard Northrop (1891), Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904), Gertrude B. Elion (1918), Robert S. Mulliken (1896), and James B. Sumner (1887).

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