Know about the famous male chemists, including Louis Pasteur, Michael Faraday, Alfred Nobel, Dmitri Mendeleev, Antoine Lavoisier.This list of famous male chemists includes people from United States, England, France & Germany and many more countries.

Male Chemists

John KendrewJohn Kendrew
(Biochemist and Crystallographer)

24 March 1917

British

Louis PasteurLouis Pasteur
(Chemist and Microbiologist)

27 December 1822

French

Michael FaradayMichael Faraday
(Physicist & Chemist)

22 September 1791

British

Alfred NobelAlfred Nobel

21 October 1833

Swedish

Dmitri MendeleevDmitri Mendeleev
(Inventor of Periodic Table)

08 February 1834

Russian

Antoine LavoisierAntoine Lavoisier
(Chemist)

26 August 1743

French

Linus PaulingLinus Pauling
(Chemist, Biochemist)

28 February 1901

American

Albert HofmannAlbert Hofmann
(The First Person to Synthesize LSD)

11 January 1906

Swiss

Fritz HaberFritz Haber
(Chemist)

09 December 1868

German

Robert BoyleRobert Boyle
(Founder of Modern Chemistry, Boyle's Law)

25 January 1627

Irish,British

Joseph PriestleyJoseph Priestley
(Discoverer of Oxygen)

24 March 1733

British

Humphry DavyHumphry Davy
(Inventor of Davy Lamp)

17 December 1778

British

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Svante ArrheniusSvante Arrhenius
(Scientist)

19 February 1859

Swedish

Percy Lavon JulianPercy Lavon Julian
(Chemist)

11 April 1899

American

C.N.R. RaoC. N. R. Rao
(Chemist)

30 June 1934

Indian

Amedeo AvogadroAmedeo Avogadro
(Chemist and Physicist)

09 August 1776

Italian

Chaim WeizmannChaim Weizmann
(Former President of Israel)

27 November 1874

British

Henry CavendishHenry Cavendish
(Chemist)

10 October 1731

British

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Otto HahnOtto Hahn
(Chemist)

08 March 1879

German

Frederick SangerFrederick Sanger
(Biochemist)

13 August 1918

British

Joseph Louis Gay-LussacJoseph Louis Gay-Lussac
(Chemist and Physicist)

06 December 1778

French

Prafulla Chandra RayPrafulla Chandra Ray
(Chemist)

02 August 1861

Indian

Glen T. SeaborgGlenn T. Seaborg
(Chemist)

19 April 1912

American

Manfred EigenManfred Eigen
(Biophysical Chemist)

09 May 1927

German

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Leo BaekelandLeo Baekeland
(Chemist & Inventor)

14 November 1863

Belgian,American

Robert BunsenRobert Bunsen
(Chemist)

30 March 1811

German

Irving LangmuirIrving Langmuir
(Chemist)

31 January 1881

American

Mario J. MolinaMario J. Molina
(Chemist)

19 March 1943

Mexican

Shanti Swaroop BhatnagarShanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
(Father of research laboratories)

21 February 1894

Indian

William RamsayWilliam Ramsay
(Chemist)

02 October 1852

British

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Carl Bosch Carl Bosch
(Chemist & Engineer)

27 August 1874

German

Harold UreyHarold Urey
(Chemist)

29 April 1893

American

Robert Burn WoodworthRobert Burns Woodward
(Organic Chemist)

10 April 1917

American

Wallace Hume Carothers Wallace Carothers
(Inventor of Neoprene & Nylon)

27 April 1896

American

Elias James CoreyElias James Corey
(Organic Chemist)

12 July 1928

American

Peter DebyePeter Debye
(American-Dutch chemist)

24 March 1884

American

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William Henry BraggWilliam Henry Bragg
(Nobel Prize Winner in Physics)

02 July 1862

British

Willard Frank LibbyWillard Libby
(Physical Chemist)

17 December 1908

American

Roald HoffmannRoald Hoffmann
(Theoretical Chemist)

18 July 1937

American

Adolf von BaeyerAdolf von Baeyer
(Chemist)

31 October 1835

German

Wilhelm OstwaldWilhelm Ostwald
(Chemist)

02 September 1853

German

Aaron KlugAaron Klug
(Chemist & Biophysicist)

11 August 1926

British

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Walther NernstWalther Nernst
(Physicist and Chemist)

25 June 1864

German

Dan ShechtmanDan Shechtman

24 January 1941

Israeli

Jabir Ibn HayyanJabir Ibn Hayyan
(Alchemist)

0721 AD

Iranian

Yuan T. LeeYuan T. Lee
(Chemist)

19 November 1936

American

Walter KohnWalter Kohn
(Physicist and Chemist)

09 March 1923

Austrian

Frederick SoddyFrederick Soddy
(Radiochemist)

02 September 1877

British

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François Auguste Victor GrignardVictor Grignard
(Chemist)

06 May 1871

French

Henri MoissanHenri Moissan
(Chemist)

28 September 1852

French

Thomas Robert CechThomas Cech
(Chemist)

08 December 1947

American

Heinrich Otto WielandHeinrich Otto Wieland
(Father of Biochemistry)

04 June 1877

German

Rudolph A. MarcusRudolph A. Marcus
(Chemist)

21 July 1923

Canadian

Hermann StaudingerHermann Staudinger
(Chemist)

23 March 1881

German

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Richard R. ErnstRichard R. Ernst
(Chemist)

14 August 1933

Swiss

Hermann Emil FischerHermann Emil Fischer
(Chemist)

09 October 1852

German

Karl ZieglerKarl Ziegler
(Chemist)

26 November 1898

German

Paul Hermann MüllerPaul Hermann Müller
(Chemist)

12 January 1899

Swiss

Paul J. CrutzenPaul J. Crutzen
(Atmospheric Chemist)

03 December 1933

Dutch

Arnold Orville BeckmanArnold Orville Beckman
(Chemist)

10 April 1900

American

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Giulio NattaGiulio Natta
(Chemist)

25 February 1903

Italian

Eduard BuchnerEduard Buchner
(Nobel Laureate in Chemistry)

20 May 1860

German

Alfred WernerAlfred Werner
(Chemist)

12 December 1866

Swiss

Herbert C. BrownHerbert C. Brown
(Chemist)

22 May 1912

American

John PolanyiJohn Polanyi
(Chemist)

23 January 1929

Canadian

Francis William AstonFrancis William Aston
(Chemist & Physicist)

01 September 1877

British

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Jean-Marie LehnJean-Marie Lehn
(Chemist)

30 September 1939

French

John CornforthJohn Cornforth
(Nobel Prize Winner Chemist)

07 September 1917

Australian,British

Norman HaworthNorman Haworth
(Chemist)

19 March 1883

British

Vladimir PrelogVladimir Prelog
(Chemist)

23 July 1906

Swiss

Richard KuhnRichard Kuhn
(Biochemist)

03 December 1900

German

Kenichi Fukui Kenichi Fukui
(Chemist)

04 October 1918

Japanese

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Henry TaubeHenry Taube
(Chemist)

30 November 1915

Canadian,American

William LipscombWilliam Lipscomb
(Chemist)

09 December 1919

American

Gerhard HerzbergGerhard Herzberg
(Physical Chemist, Physicist)

25 December 1904

Canadian,German

Derek Harold Richard BartonDerek Barton
(Chemist)

08 September 1918

British

James B. Sumner James B. Sumner
(Chemist)

19 November 1887

American

Donald J. CramDonald J. Cram
(Chemist)

22 April 1919

American

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Robert Sanderson Mulliken Robert S. Mulliken
(Chemist, Physicist)

07 June 1896

American

Paul Flory Paul Flory
(Chemist)

19 June 1910

American

Hans Fischer Hans Fischer
(Chemist)

27 July 1881

German

Geoffrey Wilkinson Geoffrey Wilkinson
(Chemist)

14 July 1921

British

John E. WalkerJohn E. Walker
(Chemist)

07 January 1941

British

Dudley Robert HerschbachDudley R. Herschbach
(Chemist)

18 June 1932

American

Edward Calvin KendallEdward Calvin Kendall
(Biochemist)

08 March 1886

American

Georg WittigGeorg Wittig
(Organic Chemist)

16 June 1897

German

Archer John Porter MartinArcher Martin
(Chemist)

01 March 1910

British

Kurt AlderKurt Alder
(Chemist)

10 July 1902

German

Edwin G. KrebsEdwin G. Krebs
(Biochemist)

06 June 1918

American

Otto DielsOtto Diels
(Chemist)

23 January 1876

German

Ernst Otto FischerErnst Otto Fischer
(Chemist)

10 November 1918

German

Konrad BlochKonrad Emil Bloch
(Biochemist)

21 January 1912

German,Polish,American

Theodore William RichardsTheodore William Richards
(Chemist)

31 January 1868

American

Otto WallachOtto Wallach
(Chemist)

27 March 1847

German

Tadeusz ReichsteinTadeusz Reichstein
(Chemist)

20 July 1897

Polish

Paul KarrerPaul Karrer
(Chemist)

21 April 1889

Swiss

Friedrich Karl Rudolf Bergius Friedrich Bergius
(Chemist)

11 October 1884

German

Robert Bruce Merrifield Robert Bruce Merrifield
(Biochemist)

15 July 1921

American

Odd HasselOdd Hassel
(Chemist)

17 May 1897

Norwegian

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