This page is arranged alphabetically. Countries are indicated according to long-term affiliations. For ‘multidisciplinary’ scientists, only electrochemical research fields are mentioned, but other fields are typically described in attached biographic publications. We use * below to indicate that a brief biographic text can be found in Electrochemical Dictionary (where information about much higher number of people can be found, not about electrochemists exclusively; typically some Refs to the most important publications are included). There is essentially more selective “Pillars of modern electrochemistry” (Interface. 2008. V. 17. P. 31-39), which starts from XVI(!) century, but mentions very few people from XX century as well. One more collection of similar type is named Corrosion doctors. There is also ‘Electrochemical contributions’ series of short notes in Electrochem. Sci. Adv. (the available links are included).
We believe that all contributions (more or less particular) retaining their significance for decades are important for electrochemistry as a whole, and many people should be added to this list step-by-step. Our goal is to collect the available scientific biographies, with as many professional details as possible. We pay special attention to ‘forgotten names’. Sometimes these names belong to people who played a prominent role in the community due to their activities in journals and societies. As far as possible, we select the texts in English, but in some cases only the text in different national languages can be found.
Fred C. Anson (1933-2024) <USA; interfacial electrochemistry> Obituary at ISE web; text and photos at Caltech web
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) * <Sweeden; electrolyte solutions> Tribute by G. Arrhenius, K. Caldwell, and S. Wold, 2008; note in Electrochemical contributions series
Alejandro Jorge Arvia (1928-2021) <Argentina; several branches of basic electrochemistry> Memorial text in Spanish
Allen J. Bard (1933-2024) <USA; interfacial electrochemistry> Nature. 2024. V. 629. P. 285; Obituary at ISE web
Giuseppe Bianchi (1919-1996) <Italy; industrial electrochemistry> J. Appl. Electrochem. 1998. V. 28. P. 1289 (S. Trasatti’s Foreword in Memorial special issue)
John O’Mara Bockris (1923–2013) <United Kingdom, Australia, USA; several branches of basic electrochemistry> J. Solid State Electrochem. 2014. V. 18. P. 1-3
Frank Philip Bowden (1903-1968) <United Kingdom; electrode kinetics> Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1969. V. 15. P. 1-38, with the list of papers
Rudolf Brdička (1906-1970) * <Czechoslovakia; polarography> Chem. zvesti. 1970. V. 24. P. 38-39; note in Electrochemical contributions series
Jean Paul Brenet (1910-2001) <France; batteries> Obituaty written by N. Trinajstić, in Croacian; biographic text dedicated to Brenet’s retirement is available in Electrochim. Acta. 1981. V. 26. P. 1357.
Luigi Valentino <Lewis> Brugnatelli (1761-1818) <Italy; electroplating>. His scientific heritage beyond 1805 gold plating is described in Phil. Mag. Ser. 1. 1819. V. 53. P. 321-326
Evgeni Budevski (1922-2008) * <Bulgaria; electrocrystallization> Interface. 2009. V. 18. P. 28
John Alfred Valentine Butler (1899-1977) * <United Kingdom; electrode kinetics> Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1979. V. 25. P. 144-178, with the list of papers; note in Electrochemical contributions series
Brian Evans Conway (1927-2005) * <United Kingdom, Canada; electrode kinetics, power sources> Interface. 2014. V. 23. P. 34-36
Cecil Whitfield Davies (1895-1978) <United Kingdom; electrolyte solutions> Nature. 1978. V. 273. P. 414
Aleksandr Despić (1927-2005) * <Serbia; electrode kinetics> Extracted from Suppl Materials to A. Dekanski’s article in J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 2020. V. 85. P. 1237–1250
Frederick George Donnan (1870-1956) * <Germany, United Kingdom; electrolyte solutions and membranes> Bull. Hist. Chem. 2004. V. 29. P. 91-96; this informative text written by J.T. Stock mostly addresses early works, but list of Refs includes membrane equilibrium as well
Dragutin M. Dražić (1930-2008) <Serbia; electrode kinetics> Extracted from Suppl Materials to A. Dekanski’s article in J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 2020. V. 85. P. 1237–1250
Ulick Richardson Evans (1889-1980) <United Kingdom; corrosion> Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1981. V. 27. P. 234-253, with the list of papers; Brit. Corrosion J. 1980. V. 15. P. 49-50; memorial text at Corrosion Doctors
William Ron Fawcett (1939–2025) <Canada, USA; interfacial electrochemistry> J. Solid State Electrochemistry. 2025.
Martin Fleischmann (1927-2012) <United Kingdom; electrocrystallization, in situ spectroscopy> Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 2023. V. 74. P. 161-184, with the list of papers
Fritz Foerster (1866-1931) <Germany; various areas of electrochemistry> Memorial text of Erich Müller in Z. anorg. allgem. Chem. 1932. Bd. 204. S. 1-20, in German
Raymond Matthew Fuoss (1905-1987) <USA; electrolyte solutions> Memorial text from biographicalmemoirs web, with the list of papers
Heinz Gerischer (1919-1994) <Germany; electrode kinetics; semiconductor electrochemistry> Interface. 2010. V. 19. P. 37-40;
Lucien Gierst (1923-?) <Belgium; interfacial electrochemistry> The most detailed bio and list of publications can be found in 70th jubilee article, J. Electroanal. Chem. 1993. V. 349. P. vii-xiii
Eliezer Gileadi (1932-2022) <Israel; electrode kinetics> Text from israel-electrochemistry.com
Aleksandr Il’ich Glazunov (1888-1951) <Russia, Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, Chile; “electrography”> J. Solid State Electrochem. 2021. V. 25. P. 2705-2715
Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890-1967) <Czechoslovakia; polarography> Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1967. V. 13. P. 167-191, with the list of papers; there are also vividly written Heyrovský’s biography in P. Zuman’s text about polarography, and M. Heyrovsky’s text at ECS web.
Thomas Percy Hoar (1907-1978) <United Kingdom; corrosion> Brit. Corrosion J. 1978. V. 13. P. 53-54
György Horányi (1934-2006) <Hungary; adorption, radiotracer technique>. His list of publications is available
Dionýz Ilkovič (1907-1980) <Czechoslovakia; polarography> The most complete biography with photos is available in Slovak; here is a brief biography in English; note in Electrochemical contributions series
Rostislav Kaishev (1908-2002) <Bulgaria; electrocrystallization> Rus. J. Electrochem. 2003. V. 39. P. 496; here is a content of monograph about R. Kaishev compiled by A. Milchev and S. Stoyanov
Erika Kálmán (1942–2009) <Hungary; corrosion> Corrosion Eng. Sci. Technol. 2009. V. 44. P. 401; Int. J. Nano Corrosion Sci. Eng. 2017. V. 4. P. 125-129
Wiktor Kemula (1902-1985) <Poland; electroanalytical chemistry> Text from “50 lat Wydziału Chemii UW”, in Polish
Jan Arnold Albert[s] Ketelaar (1908-2001) <Netherlands; molten salts electrochemistry> In: Levensberichten en herdenkingen, 2003, Amsterdam, pp. 31-38, in Dutch.
Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch (1840-1910) <Germany; electrolyte solutions> Memorial text in Ann. Phys. 1910. Bd. 31. S. 449-454, in German; note in Electrochemical contributions series
Dieter M. Kolb (1942–2011) <Germany; interfacial electrochemistry> ChemPhysChem. 2012. V. 13. P. 2891; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011. V. 50. P. 11840-11841
Izaak Maurits Kolthoff (1894–1993) <Netherlands, USA; electroanalysis> Memorial text from biographicalmemoirs web, with the list of papers
Jaroslav Koutecký (1922-2005) <Czechoslovakia, USA, Germany; theoretical/computational activities> Eur. Phys. J. D. 2009. V. 52. P. 3-5
Tatyana Alexandrovna Kryukova (1906-1987)<Russia; polarography> J. Solid State Electrochem. 2024. V. 28. P. 1205-1223; note in Electrochemical contributions series
Herbert August[us] Laitinen (1915?-1991) <USA; electroanalysis> The link takes you to a brief memorial text from 1991 issue of Analytical Chemistry (the data mostly agree with what can be found in other sources, excluding birth year);
Gabriel Lippmann (1845-1921) <France; capillary electrometer> is widely known for his works on color photography; his biography and electrometer story written by J.T. Stock are available in Bull. Hist. Chem. 2004. V. 29. P. 16-20
Hans Luggin (1863-1899) <Sweeden, Germany; electrochemical thermodynamics and kinetics, incl. photoelectrochemistry> Obituary is published by S. Arrhenius in Z. Electrochem. 1900. V. 6. P. 373; here is Luggin’s habilitation thesis (1897)
Juozas Matulis (1899-1993) <Lithuania; electrodeposition> Centenary text in Russ. J. Electrochem. 2000. V. 36. P. 557-558
Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692-1761) <Netherlands; Leyden jar invention> His activities beyond the famous jar are considered in Brit. J. Hist. Sci. 2017. V. 50. P. 637-656
Alexander Milchev (1943-2022) <Bulgaria; electrocrystallization> Memorial issue J. Solid State Electrochemistry. 2024. V. 28. Issue 5 starts from biographic text written by V. Tsakova; Alexander’s informative personal page still exists at the web of Kaishev Institute
Stefan Minc (1914–2003) <Poland; interfacial electrochemistry, electrolyte solutions> Text from “50 lat Wydziału Chemii UW”, in Polish
Royce Wilton Murray (1937-2022) <USA; interfacial electrochemistry> Anal. Chem. 2022. V. 94. P. 14081-14082; Science Editor commentary; memorial text at the web of Univ North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Walter Nernst (1864-1941) <Germany; electrochemical thermodynamics> G. Ertl’s article in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015. V. 54. P. 2-10; biographic text with Refs at ECS web
Uno [Voldemarovich] Palm (1933-1989) <Estonia; interfacial electrochemistry> A brief biography from Tartu Univ archive, in Estonian (theses titles are in Russian)
Roger Parsons (1926-2017) <United Kingdom; interfacial electrochemistry> Obituary at the Univ of Bristol web
Gaston Planté (1834-1839) <France; batteries> J. Power Sources. 2010. V. 195. P. 4424-4434
Waldfried Johannes Ludwig Plieth (1937-2021) <Germany; spectro-electrochemistry, electrodeposition>
Marcel Pourbaix (1904-1998) <Belgium; corrosion> Brit. Corrosion J. 1998. V. 33. P. 259-260; note in Electrochemical contributions series
Nikolay Antonovich Pushin [Nikola A. Pušin] (1875-1947) <Russia, Croacia, Serbia; electrometallurgy, electrolyte solutions> Extractions from Serbian Acad. Sci. Biographies and Bibliographies. 1998. V. 3. Ser. II. Brief biography in English (authored by Dragutin M. Dražić); list of papers. Pushin at webpage of Electrotechnical Inst in StPetersburg where he teached before his escape from Russia.
Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776-1810) <Germany; electrolysis and nature of electricity> Rev. Polarogr. 2008. V.54. P.99-103
Margarita Nikolaevna Rodnikova (1932-2025) <Russia; electrolyte solutions> J. Mol. Liquids. 2025. V. 437. No 128290; also commemorated at Warsaw Univ web (in Polish); see also about Samoilov’s seminar which she maintained during 40 years after he passed away
Pierre Van Rysselberghe (1905-1977) <USA; electrochemical thermodynamics> Electrochim. Acta. 1978. V. 23. P. 583
Oleg Yakovlevich Samoilov (1921-1980) <Russia; electrolyte solutions> RENSIT. 2021. V. 13. P. 187-220 (about him and his unique solution seminar started in 1962 and continued by M.N. Rodnikova for decades; contains the list of 394 talks at this seminar and many photos); RENSIT. 2021. V. 13. P. 109-110 (about Samoilov’s negative hydration)
Henry Julius Salomon Sand (1973-1944) <United Kingdom; electrochemical analysis> In: Electrochemistry, Past and Present (ACS Symp. Ser. 390). 1989. Chapter 32, written by J.T. Smith, who was Sand’s undergraduate student
Joachim Walter Schultze (1937-2005) <Germany; electrode kinetics, photoelectrochemistry> J. Solid State Electrochem. 2005. V. 9. P. 415; Interface. 2005. V. 14. P. 21
Theodore Shedlovsky (1898-1976) <USA; electrolyte solutions> Fuoss’ text from biographicalmemoirs web, with the list of papers
Janis Stradins (1933-2019) <Latvia; organic electrochemistry> J. Solid State Electrochem. 2021. V. 25. P. 2717-2724
Julius Tafel (1862-1918) <Germany; organic electrochemistry, electrode kinetics> Texts of K.Muller are published in J. Res. Inst. Catal. Hokkaido Univ. 1969. V. 17. P. 54-75 and (shorter version) at ECS web; note in Electrochemical contributions series
Harold Reginald Thirsk (1915-1995) <United Kingdom; electrodeposition, corrosion> Electrochim. Acta. 1995. V. 40. P. xii
Charles William Tobias (1920-1996) <USA; electrochemical engineering> Nat. Acad. Eng. Memorial Tributes. 2013. V. 17. P. 318-338 (you can read full text as a guest after registration); ECS web page; UC Berkeley web page;
Sergio Trasatti (1937-2021) <Italy; interfacial electrochemistry> Dedicated virtual special issue of Electrochim. Acta (2022) starts from Personalia articles No 140102 and 140689; list of papers compiled in 2002 was published on occasion of Trasatti’s 65th birthday
Yevgeniya Nikolayevna Varasova (1905-1938) <Czechoslovakia and Russia; polarography> J. Solid State Electrochem. 2025. V. 29. P. 4339-4354
Povilas Algirdas Vaškelis (1937-2009) <Lithuania; electro- and electroless deposition> Russ. J. Electrochem. 2009. V. 45. P. 1098-1100. There is also a special issue of the J. Solid State Electrochem. dedicated to his 70th jubilee
Klaus Jürgen Vetter (1916-1974) <Germany; electrode kinetics and thermodynamics> Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem. 1975. Bd. 79. S. 113-115, in German
Michael J. Weaver (1947-2002) <United Kingdom, USA; interfacial electrochemistry> J. Electroanal. Chem. 2003. V. 554-555. P. 1-13 (this Wieckowski’s text with Weaver’s list of papers opens a large special issue dedicated to Weaver); Interface. 2002. V. 21. P. 23
Andrzej Wieckowski (1945-2019) <Poland, USA; interfacial electrochemistry> J. Electroanal Chem. 2020. V. 875. No 114756 (preface to memorial special issue, with Andrzej’s photos); Memorial page, Univ Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Interface. 2019. V. 28. P. 35
Piotr K. Wrona (1948–2004) <> <Poland; interfacial electrochemistry, electrolyte solutions> Text from “50 lat Wydziału Chemii UW”, in Polish
Ernest B. Yeager (1924-2002) <USA; electrode kinetics, combined techniques> J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 2002. V. 67. P. 301–302; Interface. 2002. V. 11. P. 10
Petr Zuman (1926-2021) <Czechoslovakia and USA; polarography> Interface. 2021. V. 30. P. 31-32