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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 375,734 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Harry Nyquist is the 86th most popular engineer (down from 79th in 2019), the 230th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 214th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Engineer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Harry Nyquist ranks 86 out of 323. Before him are Józef Bem, Henri Farman, Vasily Degtyaryov, Yuri Kondratyuk, Karl von Terzaghi, and Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev. After him are Ivan Sechenov, Valdemar Poulsen, Mikhail Gurevich, Stephen Timoshenko, Joseph M. Juran, and Henry Darcy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Harry Nyquist ranks 62. Before him are Hannah Höch, María Capovilla, Richard Glücks, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, and Erle Stanley Gardner. After him are Takeo Kurita, Zoltán Tildy, Alexander Vertinsky, Efim Bogoljubov, Rezső Seress, and Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke. Among people deceased in 1976, Harry Nyquist ranks 60. Before him are Carlo Gambino, Michael Polanyi, Abdul Razak Hussein, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Arnold Gehlen, and Walter Warlimont. After him are Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, Gregor Piatigorsky, Carol Reed, Phil Ochs, Mikhail Gurevich, and Géza Anda.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Harry Nyquist ranks 230 out of 1,612. Before him are Princess Margaretha of Sweden (1899), Carl Johan Bernadotte (1916), Håkan Nesser (1950), John Ericsson (1803), Henrik Larsson (1971), and Gillis Grafström (1893). After him are Torbern Bergman (1735), Jan Guillou (1944), Joey Tempest (1963), Göran Persson (1949), Thomas Bartholin (1616), and Johann Patkul (1660).

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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) and Johan August Brinell (1849).

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