Born On Your Day
Henri Moissan
sv:Generalstabens litografiska anstalt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

scientistTop tier

Henri Moissan

Scientist · born September 28, 1852 · died 1907

XWhatsAppFacebook

About

Ferdinand Frédéric Henri Moissan was a French chemist and pharmacist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Milestones, by age

Dated facts from Wikidata; ages marked “about” come from year-only dates.

  1. ~44Received the Davy Medal1896
  2. ~54Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry1906

Sources

Every fact on this page traces to one of these.

Sources (2)

Also born on September 28

Henri's most notable birthday twins

Paul Tudor Jones
billionaire

Paul Tudor Jones

Entrepreneur

1954 · United States

$8.1Bolder estimate, as of 2025 · Forbes

Paul Tudor Jones II is an American billionaire hedge fund manager. In 1980, he founded Tudor Investment Corporation, an asset management firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. Eight years later, he co-founded the Robin Hood Foundation, which focuses on poverty reduction.

Hedge Funds, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Full profile →

Sources (3)
Hilary Duff
entrepreneur

Hilary Duff

Entrepreneur

1987 · United States

Hilary Erhard Duff is an American actress, singer-songwriter, businesswoman, and author. In 2026, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Full profile →

Sources (2)
Sheikh Hasina
author

Sheikh Hasina

Politician

1947 · Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina Wazed is a Bangladeshi politician who served as Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001 and again from 2009 to 2024.

Press Information Department, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Full profile →

Sources (2)