Jean-Baptiste Senderens

Jean-Baptiste Senderens
Born(1856-01-27)27 January 1856
Barbachen, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Died26 September 1937(1937-09-26) (aged 81)
Barbachen, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Priest, chemist
Known forHydrogenation of whale oil

Jean-Baptiste Senderens (27 January 1856 – 26 September 1937) was a French priest and chemist. He was one of the pioneers of catalytic chemistry, and a co-discoverer of catalytic hydrogenation, a process used commercially to make margarine.