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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 195,412 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Lown is the 292nd most popular inventor, the 113th most popular biography from Lithuania and the most popular Lithuanian Inventor.

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  • 200k

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  • 48.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Bernard Lown ranks 292 out of 354. Before him are Rowland Hill, Peter Carl Goldmark, Ralph Hartley, Tabitha Babbitt, John Barnard, and Walter Bruch. After him are Almon Brown Strowger, Kálmán Kandó, Joseph Bramah, Harry Ferguson, Henry M. Leland, and Max Valier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Bernard Lown ranks 253. Before him are Manny Ayulo, Edvard Mirzoyan, Pierre Bec, Inge Borkh, Maria Gorokhovskaya, and Verghese Kurien. After him are Mikayil Abdullayev, Gunnar Eriksson, Kees de Jager, Jacques Martin, Juan José Arreola, and Alfréd Rényi. Among people deceased in 2021, Bernard Lown ranks 399. Before him are Ramsey Clark, Tamara Rylova, Jonathan Penrose, Jan Sokol, Fofi Gennimata, and Wayne Thiebaud. After him are Catherine Tizard, Kees de Jager, Martín Pando, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Mansour Ojjeh, and Alber Elbaz.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Bernard Lown ranks 113 out of 287. Before him are Justinas Marcinkevičius (1930), Władysław Kozakiewicz (1953), Osip Senkovsky (1800), Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (1963), Emil Młynarski (1870), and Osip Piatnitsky (1882). After him are Jonas Staugaitis (1868), Stanisław Witkiewicz (1851), Władysław Komar (1940), Henryk Gulbinowicz (1923), Grigory Gershuni (1870), and Steponas Darius (1896).

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Among INVENTORS In Lithuania

Among inventors born in Lithuania, Bernard Lown ranks 1. 

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