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Roy J. Plunkett

1910 - 1994

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Roy Joseph Plunkett (June 26, 1910 – May 12, 1994) was an American chemist. He discovered polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), better known as Teflon, in 1938. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roy J. Plunkett is the 403rd most popular chemist (up from 428th in 2019), the 4,288th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,616th in 2019) and the 80th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Roy J. Plunkett ranks 403 out of 602. Before him are Eric Betzig, Jennifer Doudna, Koichi Tanaka, Otto Ambros, Leo Sternbach, and Julia Lermontova. After him are David Warren, Rashad Khalifa, Jean Stas, Leonor Michaelis, Ernst Otto Beckmann, and Luke Howard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Roy J. Plunkett ranks 152. Before him are Gerhard Schröder, Gunnar Höckert, Wolfgang Preiss, Yekaterina Furtseva, Karl Kling, and Josef Klaus. After him are Claire Trevor, Franz Kline, Barbara O'Neil, Barbara Castle, Helmut Kunz, and Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1994, Roy J. Plunkett ranks 154. Before him are Nicole Brown Simpson, Elga Andersen, Anni Albers, Frederick Copleston, Stephen Cole Kleene, and Ales Adamovich. After him are Grigol Abashidze, Leonid Leonov, Mildred Natwick, Joe Pass, Dmitri Ivanenko, and Phoumi Vongvichit.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy J. Plunkett ranks 4,288 out of 20,380. Before him are Bruce Cabot (1904), Vinnie Vincent (1952), Eugene Parker (1927), Irene Dunne (1898), Hill Harper (1966), and Jason Miller (1939). After him are Christopher Meloni (1961), Mancur Olson (1932), Aidan Quinn (1959), Tomas Arana (1955), Brett Lunger (1945), and Kieran Culkin (1982).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Roy J. Plunkett ranks 80. Before him are Albert Ghiorso (1915), Edward Calvin Kendall (1972), Isabella Karle (1921), Maclyn McCarty (1911), Eric Betzig (1960), and Jennifer Doudna (1964). After him are George Church (1954), Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847), James Crafts (1839), John Tukey (1915), Myrtle Bachelder (1908), and Donella Meadows (1941).

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