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
24 March 1917, British
Biochemist and Crystallographer
Louis PasteurLouis Pasteur
27 December 1822, French
Chemist and Microbiologist

Michael FaradayMichael Faraday
22 September 1791, British
Physicist & Chemist

Alfred NobelAlfred Nobel
21 October 1833, Swedish
 

Dmitri MendeleevDmitri Mendeleev
08 February 1834, Russian
Inventor of Periodic Table

Antoine LavoisierAntoine Lavoisier
26 August 1743, French
Chemist
Albert HofmannAlbert Hofmann
11 January 1906, Swiss
The First Person to Synthesize LSD

Linus PaulingLinus Pauling
28 February 1901, American
Chemist, Biochemist

Fritz HaberFritz Haber
09 December 1868, German
Chemist

Robert BoyleRobert Boyle
25 January 1627, Irish, British
Founder of Modern Chemistry, Boyle's Law
Humphry DavyHumphry Davy
17 December 1778, British
Inventor of Davy Lamp

Joseph PriestleyJoseph Priestley
24 March 1733, British
Discoverer of Oxygen
C.N.R. RaoC. N. R. Rao
30 June 1934, Indian
Chemist

Glen T. SeaborgGlenn T. Seaborg
19 April 1912, American
Chemist

Svante ArrheniusSvante Arrhenius
19 February 1859, Swedish
Scientist
Otto HahnOtto Hahn
08 March 1879, German
Chemist

Chaim WeizmannChaim Weizmann
27 November 1874, British
Former President of Israel
Henry CavendishHenry Cavendish
10 October 1731, British
Chemist

Percy Lavon JulianPercy Lavon Julian
11 April 1899, American
Chemist

Amedeo AvogadroAmedeo Avogadro
09 August 1776, Italian
Chemist and Physicist
Prafulla Chandra RayPrafulla Chandra Ray
02 August 1861, Indian
Chemist

Frederick SangerFrederick Sanger
13 August 1918, British
Biochemist
Joseph Louis Gay-LussacJoseph Louis Gay-Lussac
06 December 1778, French
Chemist and Physicist

Leo BaekelandLeo Baekeland
14 November 1863, Belgian, American
Chemist & Inventor

Irving LangmuirIrving Langmuir
31 January 1881, American
Chemist

Robert BunsenRobert Bunsen
30 March 1811, German
Chemist
Mario J. MolinaMario J. Molina
19 March 1943, Mexican
Chemist
William RamsayWilliam Ramsay
02 October 1852, British
Chemist

Carl Bosch Carl Bosch
27 August 1874, German
Chemist & Engineer

Harold UreyHarold Urey
29 April 1893, American
Chemist

Shanti Swaroop BhatnagarShanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
21 February 1894, Indian
Father of research laboratories
Peter DebyePeter Debye
24 March 1884, American
American-Dutch chemist

Robert Burn WoodworthRobert Burns Woodward
10 April 1917, American
Organic Chemist

Wallace Hume Carothers Wallace Carothers
27 April 1896, American
Inventor of Neoprene & Nylon

William Henry BraggWilliam Henry Bragg
02 July 1862, British
Nobel Prize Winner in Physics

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Adolf von BaeyerAdolf von Baeyer
31 October 1835, German
Chemist
Willard Frank LibbyWillard Libby
17 December 1908, American
Physical Chemist

Frederick SoddyFrederick Soddy
02 September 1877, British
Radiochemist
Wilhelm OstwaldWilhelm Ostwald
02 September 1853, German
Chemist

Elias James CoreyElias James Corey
12 July 1928, American
Organic Chemist

Roald HoffmannRoald Hoffmann
18 July 1937, American
Theoretical Chemist
Walther NernstWalther Nernst
25 June 1864, German
Physicist and Chemist

Aaron KlugAaron Klug
11 August 1926, British
Chemist & Biophysicist
Dan ShechtmanDan Shechtman
24 January 1941, Israeli
 

Jabir Ibn HayyanJabir Ibn Hayyan
0721 AD, Iranian
Alchemist

Yuan T. LeeYuan T. Lee
19 November 1936, American
Chemist

Walter KohnWalter Kohn
09 March 1923, Austrian
Physicist and Chemist

Henri MoissanHenri Moissan
28 September 1852, French
Chemist
François Auguste Victor GrignardVictor Grignard
06 May 1871, French
Chemist

Hermann StaudingerHermann Staudinger
23 March 1881, German
Chemist

Manfred EigenManfred Eigen
09 May 1927, German
Biophysical Chemist

Rudolph A. MarcusRudolph A. Marcus
21 July 1923, Canadian
Chemist
Thomas Robert CechThomas Cech
08 December 1947, American
Chemist

Paul J. CrutzenPaul J. Crutzen
03 December 1933, Dutch
Atmospheric Chemist
Karl ZieglerKarl Ziegler
26 November 1898, German
Chemist

Arnold Orville BeckmanArnold Orville Beckman
10 April 1900, American
Chemist

Richard R. ErnstRichard R. Ernst
14 August 1933, Swiss
Chemist
Francis William AstonFrancis William Aston
01 September 1877, British
Chemist & Physicist

Heinrich Otto WielandHeinrich Otto Wieland
04 June 1877, German
Father of Biochemistry
Giulio NattaGiulio Natta
25 February 1903, Italian
Chemist

Hermann Emil FischerHermann Emil Fischer
09 October 1852, German
Chemist

Paul Hermann MüllerPaul Hermann Müller
12 January 1899, Swiss
Chemist
Alfred WernerAlfred Werner
12 December 1866, Swiss
Chemist

Richard KuhnRichard Kuhn
03 December 1900, German
Biochemist
Eduard BuchnerEduard Buchner
20 May 1860, German
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

John PolanyiJohn Polanyi
23 January 1929, Canadian
Chemist

Kenichi Fukui Kenichi Fukui
04 October 1918, Japanese
Chemist

Herbert C. BrownHerbert C. Brown
22 May 1912, American
Chemist
Vladimir PrelogVladimir Prelog
23 July 1906, Swiss
Chemist
John CornforthJohn Cornforth
07 September 1917, Australian, British
Nobel Prize Winner Chemist

Robert Sanderson Mulliken Robert S. Mulliken
07 June 1896, American
Chemist, Physicist

Norman HaworthNorman Haworth
19 March 1883, British
Chemist

Donald J. CramDonald J. Cram
22 April 1919, American
Chemist
Henry TaubeHenry Taube
30 November 1915, Canadian, American
Chemist

Gerhard HerzbergGerhard Herzberg
25 December 1904, Canadian, German
Physical Chemist, Physicist

William LipscombWilliam Lipscomb
09 December 1919, American
Chemist

Jean-Marie LehnJean-Marie Lehn
30 September 1939, French
Chemist

Paul Flory Paul Flory
19 June 1910, American
Chemist
James B. Sumner James B. Sumner
19 November 1887, American
Chemist

Dudley Robert HerschbachDudley R. Herschbach
18 June 1932, American
Chemist
Hans Fischer Hans Fischer
27 July 1881, German
Chemist

Derek Harold Richard BartonDerek Barton
08 September 1918, British
Chemist

Geoffrey Wilkinson Geoffrey Wilkinson
14 July 1921, British
Chemist
John E. WalkerJohn E. Walker
07 January 1941, British
Chemist

Edward Calvin KendallEdward Calvin Kendall
08 March 1886, American
Biochemist
Edwin G. KrebsEdwin G. Krebs
06 June 1918, American
Biochemist

Hartmut MichelHartmut Michel
18 July 1948, German
Biochemist

Kurt AlderKurt Alder
10 July 1902, German
Chemist

Ernst Otto FischerErnst Otto Fischer
10 November 1918, German
Chemist
Georg WittigGeorg Wittig
16 June 1897, German
Organic Chemist

Konrad BlochKonrad Emil Bloch
21 January 1912, German, Polish, American
Biochemist
Paul KarrerPaul Karrer
21 April 1889, Swiss
Chemist

Otto DielsOtto Diels
23 January 1876, German
Chemist

Otto WallachOtto Wallach
27 March 1847, German
Chemist

Tadeusz ReichsteinTadeusz Reichstein
20 July 1897, Polish
Chemist
Theodore William RichardsTheodore William Richards
31 January 1868, American
Chemist