This is a list of notable chemical engineers, people who studied or practiced chemical engineering. The main list is those who achieved status in chemical engineering or a closely related field such as management or science. At the foot of the page is a list of people with chemical engineering qualifications who are notable for other reasons, such as actors, sportspeople and authors. These are people sufficiently notable to have an article in Wikipedia. Further articles on chemical engineers would be welcome. See the talk page for suggestions of people who should be added to the encyclopedia (and then to this list).
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NameKnown forAffiliationARakesh AgrawalNational Medal of Technology and Innovation for Air separation.Air Products and now at Purdue UniversityMohammed Al MadyExecutive president of SABIC.SABICSara AkbarChief Executive Officer of Kuwait Energy and the Kuwaiti oil fires.Kuwait UniversityMukesh Ambani (born 1957)Chairman and managing director of Reliance IndustriesReliance IndustriesNeal Amundson (1916–2011)Chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Minnesota from 1949 to 1977. Professor, chemical engineering and mathematics 1978–2011, and provost (1987–1989) at University of Houston. University of Minnesota and University of HoustonC. Anandharamakrishnan (born 1973) Principal Scientist and Pioneer in Engineered human stomach and small intestinal system, Food Nanotechnology, Food 3D printingIndian Institute of Food Processing Technology, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, IndiaLeonid Andrussow (1896–1988)Developed process to make hydrogen cyanide from ammonia and methaneIG Farben (now BASF)Rutherford Aris (1929–2005)Regents Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota (1958–2005). Pioneered the use of computers to solve optimization problems in kinetics and catalysis. Prolific publication record (see Rutherford Aris bibliography). University of MinnesotaFrances Arnold (born 1956) Pioneer of directed evolution of proteins, the process of using random mutations to optimize protein function. Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2018 California Institute of Technology BRobin Batterham (born 1941)Former Chief Scientist of Australia (1999–2006)Chief Scientist of CSIRO Division of Mineral EngineeringOffice of the Chief Scientist (Australia)Jay Bailey (1944–2001)Pioneer in metabolic engineeringCalifornia Institute of Technology (1980–1992), ETH Zurich (1992–2001)Frank S. Bates (born 1954)Leader in polymer science and block copolymersUniversity of MinnesotaHenry Bessemer (1813–1898)Invented Bessemer process for manufacturing steelIndependent inventorGordon Beveridge (1933–1999)Former president and vice-chancellor of Queen's University of BelfastQueen's University of BelfastLois Aileen Bey (born 1929)First woman to graduate in chemical engineering from IITIllinois Institute of TechnologySamuel Bodman (1938–2018)United States Secretary of Energy (2005–2009)US GovernmentCarl Bosch (1874–1940)From 1908 until 1913 developed the Haber-Bosch process together with Fritz Haber. His other notable work was for the introduction of high-pressure chemistry. Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1931BASF and IG FarbenHenry T. Brown (1932–2020)First African American director of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (1983)Polaroid Corporation (before: Esso Research & Engineering Company and ER Squibb & Sons)Jomar Brun (1904–1993)Designer of the world's first industrial heavy water plant, and helped in its sabotage during World War IINorwegian Institute of TechnologyCJohn G. Collier (1935–1995)Two-phase flow and nuclear power expert, head of United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and Central Electricity Generating BoardUnited Kingdom Atomic Energy AuthorityJohn Coulson (1910–1990)Co-author of what became the standard UK textbook set; Coulson & Richardson's Chemical EngineeringNewcastle University, UKDDonald A. Dahlstrom (1920–2005)Inventor of the Hydrocyclone and related correlations, 1943. Elected to National Academy of Engineering in 1975 for, "Contributions to liquid-solids separation processes in mineral recovery and waste disposal"".University of UtahZara Salim Davidson (born 1973) Raja Puan Besar of Perak. Heads petroleum and petrochemical consulting firm in Malaysia.George E. Davis (1850–1907)Regarded as the 'founding father' of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of ManchesterNguyet Anh Duong (born 1960)is a Vietnamese-American, she assisted in creating a new weapon called the Thermobaric weapon in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to assault tunnels and caves being used as hideouts by the Taliban in Afghanistan.United States Department of DefenseJohn Drosdick (born 1943)Chairman and CEO of SunocoSunocoE