Famous People with Name Diel

Paul Diel            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Paul Diel: was a French psychologist of Austrian origin who developed the method of introspective analysis and the psychology of motivation. He was orphaned at the age of 13 after spending 8 years in a religious orphanage, but was able to obtain his baccalauréat with the support of a benefactor. Diel did not pursue formal higher education, but instead became an actor, novelist, and poet before teaching himself philosophy.

Claude Dielna            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Claude Dielna: is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Ligue 2 for FC Istres.

Otto Paul Hermann Diels            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Otto Paul Hermann Diels: was a German chemist. He was the son of a professor of philology at the University of Berlin, where he himself earned his doctorate in chemistry, in the group of Emil Fischer.Diels taught till 1916 at the University of Berlin and from 1916 till 1945 at the University of Kiel. Two of his sons were killed in World War II.In 1950 he and his student, Kurt Alder, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis". This organic synthesis is known also as the Diels-Alder reaction. It regioselectively produces up to four chiral centers and is one of the most useful reactions of its type.