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Harry Nyquist

1889 - 1976

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Harry Nyquist (, Swedish: [ˈnŷːkvɪst]; February 7, 1889 – April 4, 1976) was a Swedish-American physicist and electronic engineer who made important contributions to communication theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Nyquist has received more than 408,074 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Harry Nyquist is the 101st most popular engineer (down from 84th in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 229th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Engineer.

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Harry Nyquist ranks 101 out of 389. Before him are Ivan Sechenov, Hans Ledwinka, George Cayley, Vasily Degtyaryov, Hertha Ayrton, and Nikolai Polikarpov. After him are Viktor Kaplan, Adrian Newey, Henry Darcy, Eupalinos, Carlo Abarth, and Stephen Timoshenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Harry Nyquist ranks 70. Before him are Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, R. G. Collingwood, María Capovilla, Alma Karlin, Khudiram Bose, and Philippe Thys. After him are Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, Pavel Dybenko, Frans Masereel, Ernst Niekisch, Reşat Nuri Güntekin, and Efim Bogoljubov. Among people deceased in 1976, Harry Nyquist ranks 71. Before him are Alexandros Panagoulis, Adolph Zukor, Walter H. Schottky, Orlando Letelier, Gottfried von Cramm, and Willi Hennig. After him are Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, Hans Richter, Gregor Piatigorsky, Sal Mineo, Alexander Lippisch, and Gilbert Ryle.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Harry Nyquist ranks 271 out of 1,879. Before him are Björn Waldegård (1943), Johann Patkul (1660), Carl Adolph Agardh (1785), Gideon Sundback (1880), Torsten Wiesel (1924), and Torbern Bergman (1735). After him are Joey Tempest (1963), Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (1982), Bruno Liljefors (1860), Börje Salming (1951), Stig Blomqvist (1946), and Helge von Koch (1870).

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Among ENGINEERS In Sweden

Among engineers born in Sweden, Harry Nyquist ranks 3. Before him are Lennart Torstensson (1603), and Gustaf de Laval (1845). After him are Erik Dahlbergh (1625), Johan August Brinell (1849), Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721), and Waloddi Weibull (1887).

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