Joseph Priestley (1733–1804): He was the first scientist to discover

oxygen

Marie Curie (1867–1934): She was the first woman to win a Nobel
Prize and made significant contributions
to the field of chemistry, particularly in
the study of radioactivity

Dmitri Mendeleev (1834– He created the first periodic table of the

elements, which led to the discovery of
1907): many new elements

Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794 ): He is sometimes called the "father of

modern chemistry" and developed the
law of conservation of mass

Linus Pauling (1901-1994): He is known for his research in the

nature of chemical bonds and is the only
person to win two unshared Nobel Prize

Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958): She contributed to the discovery of the

DNA double helix through her X-ray
diffraction images
.