Trending Chemists in Germany this week
The 100 most-viewed chemists this week on Wikipedia (Germany). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Friedrich Bayer.
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Friedrich Bayer
German businessman (1825–1880)
895
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Valery Legasov
Soviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (1936-1988)
422
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3
Angela Merkel
chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
229
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4
Bas Eickhout
Dutch politician
122
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5
Margaret Thatcher
British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)
74
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6
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
66
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7
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
65
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8
Robert Ley
German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)
63
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9
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
52
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10
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor and martial artist
45
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11
Frauke Petry
German politician
35
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12
Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim
German chemist, science journalist and television presenter
28
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13
Lise Meitner
Austrian-Swedish physicist
25
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14
Carl Duisberg
German chemist (1861–1935)
24
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15
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
21
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16
Robert Koch
German physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910)
20
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17
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist (1642-1727)
20
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18
Joachim Sauer
German chemist and former Second Gentleman of Germany
20
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19
Rafik Schami
Syrian-German writer and chemist (born 1946)
18
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20
Richard Bayer
German chemist
17
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21
Fritz Haber
German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)
16
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22
Sebastian Lege
German chef and TV personality
15
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23
Wolfgang Pauli
physicist, Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)
15
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24
Niels Bohr
Danish physicist (1885–1962)
14
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25
Rainer Kraft
German politician
13
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26
Alfred Nobel
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
13
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27
Albert Hofmann
Swiss chemist (1906–2008)
12
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28
Johannes Krause
German biochemist, geneticist and paleontologist
12
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29
Alexander Borodin
Russian composer, doctor and chemist (1833–1887)
12
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30
Heinrich Theodor Böttinger
German entrepreneur, politician and chemist (1848-1920)
12
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31
Paul Ehrlich
Jewish-German physician and scientist (1854-1915)
11
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32
Justus von Liebig
German chemist (1803-1873)
11
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33
Paracelsus
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
11
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34
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
11
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35
Elias Canetti
Bulgarian-born Swiss and British Jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer (1905–1994)
11
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36
Karen Silkwood
Labor union activist, chemical technician (1946–1974)
11
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37
John Dalton
British chemist and mathematician (1766–1844)
10
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38
Franz Karl Achard
German chemist
10
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39
Yasmin Fahimi
German politician
10
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40
Fritz Vahrenholt
German politician and climate change denier (born 1949)
10
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41
Ulrike Beisiegel
German biochemist and molecular biologist
9
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42
Avicenna
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
9
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43
Harry Gold
American chemist (1910–1972)
8
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44
Alessandro Volta
Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)
8
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45
Klaus Soehring
7
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46
August Oetker
German food scientist (1862-1918)
7
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47
Poison Ivy
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
7
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48
Otto Hahn
German chemist and physicist (1879-1968)
7
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49
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)
7
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50
Hanns Hatt
German biologist
7
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51
The Joker
fictional character throughout the DC Universe
6
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52
Hans Christian Ørsted
Danish physicist and chemist (1777-1851)
6
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53
Oliver Sacks
British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)
6
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54
Carl Bosch
German chemical engineer (1874–1940)
6
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55
Ludwig Boltzmann
Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906)
6
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56
Clara Immerwahr
German chemist (1870-1915)
6
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57
Otto Heinrich Warburg
German physiologist, medical doctor and Nobel laureate (1883–1970)
6
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58
Samuel Hahnemann
German physician known for creating homeopathy
5
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59
Scarecrow
fictional character in DC Comics
5
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60
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
5
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61
Albert Boehringer
German chemist (1861–1939)
5
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62
Louis Slotin
Canadian physicist and chemist (1910-1946)
5
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63
Heinz Riesenhuber
German politician (CDU)
5
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64
Bane
fictional character in the DC Comics universe, a supervillain
5
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65
Gerhard Ritter
German chemist
5
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66
Henry Cavendish
English natural philosopher, and scientist (1731–1810)
5
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67
Friedrich Wöhler
German chemist (1800-1882)
5
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68
Ursula Koch
Swiss politician
5
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69
Sebastian Seiffert
German chemist
5
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70
Ernest Rutherford
New Zealand physicist (1871–1937)
4
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71
Primo Levi
Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987)
4
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72
Irène Joliot-Curie
French scientist (1897–1956)
4
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73
Hermann Blumenau
German pharmacist, founder of the city of Blumenau, Brazil (1819–1899)
4
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74
Leo Rudolf Raubal
Adolf Hitler's nephew (1906–1977)
4
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75
Elizabeth Blackburn
Australian-American biological researcher
4
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76
Ernest Solvay
Belgian chemist, industrialist, philanthropist (1838-1922)
4
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77
Martin Brudermüller
German top manager in the chemical industry and trained chemist
4
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78
Rudolf Wild
German businessman (1904–1995)
4
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79
Anders Celsius
Swedish astronomer, physicist, and naturalist (1701-1744)
4
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80
Carol Greider
American molecular biologist
4
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81
Hartmut Michel
German biochemist (1988 Nobel Prize)
4
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82
Robert Bunsen
German chemist (1811-1899)
4
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83
Jack Szostak
American biologist
4
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84
Omar M. Yaghi
American chemist of Arabic descent (born 1965)
4
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85
Dmitri Mendeleev
Russian chemist (1834–1907)
4
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86
Albertus Magnus
German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
4
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87
Joseph von Fraunhofer
Bavarian physicist and optical lens manufacturer
4
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88
Markus Müller
Austrian university president
4
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89
Adolf von Baeyer
German chemist (1835-1917)
4
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90
André-Marie Ampère
French physicist and mathematician (1775–1836)
4
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91
Barbara McClintock
American scientist and cytogeneticist
4
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92
Paul Langevin
French physicist, philosopher of science and pedagogue (1872-1946)
4
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93
Stefan Hockertz
4
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94
Francis Crick
British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
4
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95
Katrin Staffler
German politician
4
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96
Yeshayahu Leibowitz
Israeli intellectual (1903-1994)
4
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97
James Watt
British engineer (1736–1819)
4
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98
Gustav Ernst Leube
German chemist and pharmacist (1808-1881)
4
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99
Otmar von Verschuer
German military physician, geneticist and biochemist (1896-1969)
4
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100
Otto Ambros
German chemist (1901-1990)
3
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