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Hans Rosling

1948 - 2017

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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. Widely regarded as one of the most influential physicians and geographers in the modern world, 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 1,605,656 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Rosling is the 219th most popular physician (down from 174th in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 171st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Physician.

Hans Rosling is most famous for his TED talks and his Gapminder Foundation.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Hans Rosling ranks 219 out of 726. Before him are Adolf Eugen Fick, Fritz Klein, Soranus of Ephesus, Thomas Bartholin, Franciscus Sylvius, and Pietro Andrea Mattioli. After him are Carl von Rokitansky, Karl Adolph von Basedow, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Paul of Aegina, Barry Marshall, and Bernard Kouchner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Hans Rosling ranks 110. Before him are Don Airey, Salvador Puig Antich, Akira Yoshino, Mark Phillips, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, and Carlos Salinas de Gortari. After him are Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Susan Atkins, Jonathan Hyde, Thierry Mugler, Robert Jordan, and Johnny Ramone. Among people deceased in 2017, Hans Rosling ranks 89. Before him are Nicolai Gedda, Anne Wiazemsky, René Préval, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Fats Domino, and Tomas Milian. After him are Colin Dexter, Paolo Villaggio, Karin Dor, Tom Regan, Juan Goytisolo, and Robert Hardy.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Hans Rosling ranks 226 out of 1,879. Before him are Eva Ekeblad (1724), Thomas Bartholin (1616), Karin Boye (1900), Ingemar Johansson (1932), Georg Brandt (1694), and Per Gessle (1959). After him are Lena Olin (1955), Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland (1973), Princess Margaretha of Sweden (1899), Lars Vilks (1946), Elsa Beskow (1874), and Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1616).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Sweden

Among physicians born in Sweden, Hans Rosling ranks 5. Before him are Allvar Gullstrand (1862), Ulf von Euler (1905), Arvid Carlsson (1923), and Thomas Bartholin (1616). After him are Torsten Wiesel (1924), Olof Rudbeck the Younger (1660), Anders Tegnell (1956), and Anna Bågenholm (1970).

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