1729 - 1803
Anders Chydenius (Finland Swedish: [ˈandærs tɕyˈdeːniʉs]; 26 February 1729 – 1 February 1803) was a Swedish-Finnish Lutheran priest and a member of the Swedish Riksdag, and is known as the leading classical liberal of Nordic history.Born in Sotkamo, Finland (then part of Sweden) and having studied under Pehr Kalm at the Royal Academy of Åbo, Chydenius became a priest and Enlightenment philosopher. He was elected as an ecclesiastic member of the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates in 1765–66, in which his Cap party seized the majority and government and championed Sweden's first Freedom of the Press Act, the most liberal in the world along with those of Great Britain and the Seven United Provinces. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anders Chydenius has received more than 138,829 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Anders Chydenius is the 384th most popular physician (down from 361st in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Finland (down from 109th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Physician.
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Among physicians, Anders Chydenius ranks 384 out of 502. Before him are Ali ibn Ridwan, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, René Favaloro, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, and Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen. After him are James Barry, Alfonso López Trujillo, Stamen Grigorov, Wilhelm Fliess, Johann Lukas Schönlein, and Zhong Nanshan.
988 - 1061
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 378
1766 - 1833
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 379
1923 - 2000
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 380
1723 - 1799
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 381
1762 - 1836
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 382
1833 - 1910
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 383
1729 - 1803
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 384
1795 - 1865
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 385
1935 - 2008
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 386
1878 - 1945
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 387
1858 - 1928
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 388
1793 - 1864
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 389
1936 - Present
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 390
Among people born in 1729, Anders Chydenius ranks 21. Before him are William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, Johann Reinhold Forster, Pierre André de Suffren, Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, Gaétan Vestris, and Christian Gottlob Heyne. After him are Michael von Melas, Johann Gottlieb Georgi, Giuseppe Parini, Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing, Michael Denis, and Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny. Among people deceased in 1803, Anders Chydenius ranks 28. Before him are Arthur Guinness, Sylvain Maréchal, Jean-François de La Harpe, Nicolas Baudin, Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland, and Maria Fortunata d'Este. After him are Pōmare I, Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi, Peter Woulfe, Jean François de Saint-Lambert, and Georges-Louis Le Sage.
1729 - 1814
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 15
1729 - 1798
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 16
1729 - 1788
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 17
1729 - 1800
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 18
1729 - 1808
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 19
1729 - 1812
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 20
1729 - 1803
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 21
1729 - 1806
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 22
1729 - 1802
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 23
1729 - 1799
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 24
1729 - 1794
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 25
1729 - 1800
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 26
1729 - 1817
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 27
1725 - 1803
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 22
1750 - 1803
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 23
1739 - 1803
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 24
1754 - 1803
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 25
1750 - 1803
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 26
1731 - 1803
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 27
1729 - 1803
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 28
1742 - 1803
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 29
1761 - 1803
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 30
1714 - 1803
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 31
1727 - 1803
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 32
1716 - 1803
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 33
1724 - 1803
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 34
Among people born in Finland, Anders Chydenius ranks 115 out of 642. Before him are Lauri Ingman (1868), Kaija Saariaho (1952), Bo Carpelan (1926), Eero Mäntyranta (1937), Mika Kaurismäki (1955), and Lauri Lehtinen (1908). After him are Aimo Lahti (1896), Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), Antti Rinne (1962), Harri Holkeri (1937), Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1759), and Anders Johan Lexell (1740).
1868 - 1934
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 109
1952 - 2023
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 110
1926 - 2011
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 111
1937 - 2013
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 112
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 113
1908 - 1973
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 114
1729 - 1803
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 115
1896 - 1970
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 116
1907 - 1969
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 117
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 118
1937 - 2011
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 119
1759 - 1815
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 120
1740 - 1784
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 121
Among physicians born in Finland, Anders Chydenius ranks 3. Before him are Elias Lönnrot (1802) and Ragnar Granit (1900). After him are Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1870) and Arvo Ylppö (1887).
1802 - 1884
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 1
1900 - 1991
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 2
1729 - 1803
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 3
1870 - 1949
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 4
1887 - 1992
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 5