ENGINEER

Johan August Brinell

1849 - 1925

Photo of Johan August Brinell

Icon of person Johan August Brinell

August Brinell (10 October 1849 – 17 November 1925) was a Swedish metallurgical engineer. Brinell is noted as the creator of a method for quantifying the surface hardness of materials, now known as the Brinell hardness test. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan August Brinell has received more than 25,660 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Johan August Brinell is the 136th most popular engineer (down from 132nd in 2019), the 334th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 318th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Engineer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 26k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Johan August Brinell ranks 136 out of 389. Before him are Erich Topp, Rory Byrne, Aurel Vlaicu, Flaminio Bertoni, J. Walter Christie, and Patrick Head. After him are Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov, Pierre Berthier, Gustave Whitehead, Pierre-Émile Martin, Gabriel Voisin, and Franz Reuleaux.

Most Popular Engineers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Johan August Brinell ranks 46. Before him are Dersu Uzala, Herbert von Bismarck, W. T. Stead, Eugène Carrière, Karl Brugmann, and William Osler. After him are Emile Claus, Agenor Maria Gołuchowski, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, Ida Straus, and Benjamin Godard. Among people deceased in 1925, Johan August Brinell ranks 69. Before him are Louis Feuillade, Hidesaburō Ueno, John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, Anna Schäffer, Stefan Żeromski, and Aristide Bruant. After him are Charles Mangin, Antonio Maura, Grigory Kotovsky, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Yevgenia Bosch, and Alexander Miasnikian.

Others Born in 1849

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1925

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Johan August Brinell ranks 334 out of 1,879. Before him are Viveca Lindfors (1920), Kurt Atterberg (1887), Bertil Lindblad (1895), Gunnar Nilsson (1948), Kerstin Ekman (1933), and Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland (1827). After him are Ulf Stark (1944), Björn at Haugi (832), Jonas Jonasson (1961), Prince August, Duke of Dalarna (1831), Anne Sofie von Otter (1955), and Ronnie Hellström (1949).

Others born in Sweden

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ENGINEERS In Sweden

Among engineers born in Sweden, Johan August Brinell ranks 5. Before him are Lennart Torstensson (1603), Gustaf de Laval (1845), Harry Nyquist (1889), and Erik Dahlbergh (1625). After him are Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721), and Waloddi Weibull (1887).

Swedish born Engineers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous