1948 - 2017
Hans Rosling (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhɑːns ˈrûːslɪŋ]; 27 July 1948 – 7 February 2017) was a Swedish physician, academic and public speaker. He was a professor of international health at Karolinska Institute and was the co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation, which developed the Trendalyzer software system. He held presentations around the world, including several TED Talks in which he promoted the use of data (and data visualization) to explore development issues. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Rosling has received more than 1,557,452 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Hans Rosling is the 174th most popular physician (down from 136th in 2019), the 172nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 147th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Physician.
Hans Rosling is most famous for his TED talks and his Gapminder Foundation.
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Among physicians, Hans Rosling ranks 174 out of 502. Before him are Leonid Rogozov, Dominique Jean Larrey, Anthony Fauci, Alexander Bogdanov, Kitasato Shibasaburō, and Erasistratus. After him are Andrew Schally, Thomas Willis, Patch Adams, Charaka, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, and Albert of Riga.
1934 - 2000
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 168
1766 - 1842
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 169
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 170
1873 - 1928
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 171
1853 - 1931
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 172
303 BC - 249 BC
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 173
1948 - 2017
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 174
1926 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 175
1621 - 1675
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 176
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 177
50 - Present
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 178
100 - 200
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 179
1165 - 1229
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 180
Among people born in 1948, Hans Rosling ranks 71. Before him are Ray Kurzweil, Tom Wilkinson, Agnieszka Holland, Arie Haan, Claude Jade, and Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. After him are Robert Jordan, Dan Simmons, Nicolae Timofti, René Arnoux, Nathalie Baye, and Beppe Grillo. Among people deceased in 2017, Hans Rosling ranks 66. Before him are Derek Walcott, Pierre Bergé, Jacque Fresco, Michael Nyqvist, Abdul Halim of Kedah, and John Heard. After him are Piet Keizer, Roger Ailes, John Berger, Jake LaMotta, Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, and Konstantinos Mitsotakis.
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 65
1948 - 2023
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 66
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 67
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 68
1948 - 2006
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 69
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 70
1948 - 2017
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 71
1948 - 2007
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 72
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 73
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 74
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 75
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 76
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 77
1930 - 2017
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 60
1930 - 2017
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 61
1916 - 2017
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 62
1960 - 2017
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 63
1927 - 2017
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 64
1946 - 2017
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 65
1948 - 2017
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 66
1943 - 2017
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 67
1940 - 2017
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 68
1926 - 2017
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 69
1922 - 2017
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 70
1926 - 2017
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 71
1918 - 2017
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 72
Among people born in Sweden, Hans Rosling ranks 172 out of 1,612. Before him are Johan August Arfwedson (1792), Inge the Younger (1100), Kurt Hamrin (1934), Toomas Hendrik Ilves (1953), Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1613), and Inger Nilsson (1959). After him are Ingvar Carlsson (1934), Gunnar Asplund (1885), Sten Sture the Younger (1493), John I of Sweden (1201), Tage Erlander (1901), and Oscar Montelius (1843).
1792 - 1841
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 166
1100 - 1125
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 167
1934 - 2024
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 168
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 169
1613 - 1676
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 170
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 171
1948 - 2017
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 172
1934 - Present
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 173
1885 - 1940
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 174
1493 - 1520
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 175
1201 - 1222
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 176
1901 - 1985
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 177
1843 - 1921
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 178
Among physicians born in Sweden, Hans Rosling ranks 4. Before him are Allvar Gullstrand (1862), Arvid Carlsson (1923), and Ulf von Euler (1905). After him are Thomas Bartholin (1616), Torsten Wiesel (1924), Olof Rudbeck the Younger (1660), and Anders Tegnell (1956).
1862 - 1930
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 1
1923 - 2018
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 2
1905 - 1983
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 3
1948 - 2017
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 4
1616 - 1680
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 5
1924 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 6
1660 - 1740
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 7
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 8