Chemists Famous in Other Areas
- Marion Barry (born 1936), Masters in Organic Chemistry, American politician
- Alexander Borodin (1833–1887), Russian chemist & composer
- Jerry Buss (born 1934), PhD in Physical Chemistry, owner of the NBA LA Lakers and other sports franchises
- Emmanuel Dongala (born 1941), Congolese chemist and novelist
- Dolph Lundgren (born 1957), Masters in Chemistry, Swedish actor
- Primo Levi (1919–1987), resistance fighter, chemist and novelist
- Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765), Russian chemist, historian, philologist, and poet.
- Angela Merkel (born 1954), Doctorate in Quantum Chemistry, Chancellor of Germany 2005-
- Gaspard Monge (1746–1818), invented descriptive geometry
- Francis Muguet (1955–2009), advocate of open information access
- Edward Williams Morley (1838–1923), performed the Michelson-Morley experiment
- Knute Rockne (1888–1931), head football coach of Notre Dame
- Elio Di Rupo (born 1951),Prime Minister of Belgium
- Israel Shahak (1933–2001)
- Margaret Thatcher (born 1925), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979–1990), Research chemist at BX Plastics
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