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Bernard Lown

1921 - 2021

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Bernard Lown (June 7, 1921 – February 16, 2021) was a Lithuanian-American cardiologist and inventor. Lown was the original developer of the direct current defibrillator for cardiac resuscitation, and the cardioverter for correcting rapid disordered heart rhythms. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernard Lown has received more than 206,197 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Lown is the 328th most popular inventor (down from 292nd in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 111th in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Inventor.

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  • 210k

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  • 48.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Bernard Lown ranks 328 out of 426. Before him are Patricia Bath, Jay Miner, Harry Ferguson, John Wilkinson, Edward Lawry Norton, and Ivan Polzunov. After him are Rostislav Alexeyev, Orville Gibson, Hannibal Goodwin, Beulah Louise Henry, Phil Ramone, and Henri Fabre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Bernard Lown ranks 304. Before him are Ruth Orkin, Steve Allen, Karen Hoff, Ernest Gold, Dominique Mbonyumutwa, and Liz Smith. After him are Roger Bocquet, Ilse Werner, Abdelmalek Benhabyles, Tony Scott, Isabella Bashmakova, and George Nader. Among people deceased in 2021, Bernard Lown ranks 383. Before him are Jean-Marc Vallée, Issake Dabore, Clarence Williams III, Kadir Topbaş, Alfred Teinitzer, and Aleksandar Shalamanov. After him are Bobby Unser, Ramsey Clark, Lothar Metz, Francesco Morini, Vera Nikolić, and Mauro Bellugi.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Bernard Lown ranks 149 out of 328. Before him are Šarūnas Marčiulionis (1964), Remigijus Valiulis (1958), Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius (1882), Cornell Borchers (1925), Henryk Gulbinowicz (1923), and Kārlis Zāle (1888). After him are Steponas Kairys (1879), Ernestas Galvanauskas (1882), Ignaty Krachkovsky (1883), Napoleon Cybulski (1854), Lena Valaitis (1943), and Kazimieras Būga (1879).

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Among INVENTORS In Lithuania

Among inventors born in Lithuania, Bernard Lown ranks 1. 

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