1780 - 1851
Georg (Göran) Wahlenberg (1 October 1780 – 22 March 1851) was a Swedish naturalist. He was born in Kroppa, Värmland County. Wahlenberg matriculated at Uppsala University in 1792, received his doctorate in Medicine in 1806, was appointed botanices demonstrator in 1814, and professor of medicine and botany in 1829, succeeding Carl Peter Thunberg. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Göran Wahlenberg has received more than 18,520 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Göran Wahlenberg is the 349th most popular biologist (up from 421st in 2019), the 376th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 407th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swedish Biologist.
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Among biologists, Göran Wahlenberg ranks 349 out of 841. Before him are Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Eugen Fischer, William Speirs Bruce, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, and Carl Sigismund Kunth. After him are Antonio José Cavanilles, Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau, Odoardo Beccari, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, John Maynard Smith, and Paul Nurse.
1665 - 1721
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 343
1723 - 1806
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 344
1874 - 1967
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 345
1867 - 1921
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 346
1743 - 1807
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 347
1788 - 1850
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 348
1780 - 1851
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 349
1745 - 1804
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 350
1770 - 1845
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 351
1843 - 1920
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 352
1793 - 1831
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 353
1920 - 2004
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 354
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 355
Among people born in 1780, Göran Wahlenberg ranks 27. Before him are Angelica Catalani, Princess Augusta of Prussia, Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Anastasio Bustamante, Johannes van den Bosch, and Alexandre Deschapelles. After him are Conradin Kreutzer, Richard Mentor Johnson, Élie, duc Decazes, Alexey Venetsianov, Fulgencio Yegros, and Juana Azurduy de Padilla. Among people deceased in 1851, Göran Wahlenberg ranks 29. Before him are Vincenz Priessnitz, Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta, Karl Gützlaff, Princess Maria Christina of Saxony, Lorenz Oken, and Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link. After him are Baji Rao II, Alexander Alyabyev, Stanko Vraz, Carl Friedrich von Ledebour, Leopold II, Prince of Lippe, and Esteban Echeverría.
1780 - 1849
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 21
1780 - 1841
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 22
1780 - 1850
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 23
1780 - 1853
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 24
1780 - 1844
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 25
1780 - 1847
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 26
1780 - 1851
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 27
1780 - 1849
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 28
1780 - 1850
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 29
1780 - 1860
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 30
1780 - 1847
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 31
1780 - 1821
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 32
1780 - 1862
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 33
1799 - 1851
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 23
1772 - 1851
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 24
1803 - 1851
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 25
1770 - 1851
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 26
1779 - 1851
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 27
1767 - 1851
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 28
1780 - 1851
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 29
1775 - 1851
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 30
1787 - 1851
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 31
1810 - 1851
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 32
1786 - 1851
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 33
1796 - 1851
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 34
1805 - 1851
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 35
Among people born in Sweden, Göran Wahlenberg ranks 376 out of 1,612. Before him are Esaias Tegnér (1782), Laurentius Petri (1499), Lennart Carleson (1928), Per Oscarsson (1927), Marianne Fredriksson (1927), and Malena Ernman (1970). After him are Sofia Helin (1972), Slim Borgudd (1946), Pehr Kalm (1716), William Chambers (1723), Lars Hörmander (1931), and Gustav Cassel (1866).
1782 - 1846
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 370
1499 - 1573
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 371
1928 - Present
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 372
1927 - 2010
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 373
1927 - 2007
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 374
1970 - Present
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 375
1780 - 1851
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 376
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 377
1946 - 2023
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 378
1716 - 1779
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 379
1723 - 1796
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 380
1931 - 2012
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 381
1866 - 1945
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 382
Among biologists born in Sweden, Göran Wahlenberg ranks 12. Before him are Olaus Rudbeck (1630), Carl Linnaeus the Younger (1741), Adam Afzelius (1750), Erik Acharius (1757), Eva Ekeblad (1724), and Anders Sparrman (1748). After him are Pehr Kalm (1716), Daniel Solander (1733), Anders Dahl (1751), Olof Swartz (1760), Peter Artedi (1705), and Svante Pääbo (1955).
1630 - 1702
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 6
1741 - 1783
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 7
1750 - 1837
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 8
1757 - 1819
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 9
1724 - 1786
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 10
1748 - 1820
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 11
1780 - 1851
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 12
1716 - 1779
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 13
1733 - 1782
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 14
1751 - 1789
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 15
1760 - 1818
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 16
1705 - 1735
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 17
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 18