1745 - 1818
Johan Gottlieb Gahn (19 August 1745 – 8 December 1818) was a Swedish chemist and metallurgist who isolated manganese in 1774. Gahn studied in Uppsala 1762 – 1770 and became acquainted with chemists Torbern Bergman and Carl Wilhelm Scheele. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Gottlieb Gahn has received more than 48,760 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Johan Gottlieb Gahn is the 249th most popular chemist (down from 244th in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 206th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swedish Chemist.
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Among chemists, Johan Gottlieb Gahn ranks 249 out of 509. Before him are Edward W. Morley, Donald J. Cram, Jaroslav Heyrovský, Vincent du Vigneaud, John Polanyi, and Michael Polanyi. After him are Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Thomas Graham, Karl Barry Sharpless, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, and Geoffrey Wilkinson.
1838 - 1923
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 243
1919 - 2001
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 244
1890 - 1967
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 245
1901 - 1978
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 246
1929 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 247
1891 - 1976
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 248
1745 - 1818
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 249
1817 - 1884
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 250
1805 - 1869
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 251
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 252
1698 - 1739
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 253
1722 - 1765
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 254
1921 - 1996
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 255
Among people born in 1745, Johan Gottlieb Gahn ranks 13. Before him are Carl Stamitz, Levin August von Bennigsen, Andrianampoinimerina, Fyodor Ushakov, Valentin Haüy, and Johan Christian Fabricius. After him are Şahin Giray, Mihrişah Sultan, Casimir Pulaski, George Atwood, Olaudah Equiano, and Shneur Zalman of Liadi. Among people deceased in 1818, Johan Gottlieb Gahn ranks 12. Before him are Maria Isabel of Braganza, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, Alexandre Pétion, and Warren Hastings. After him are Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, Matthew Lewis, Heinrich Füger, Abigail Adams, Paul Revere, and Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen.
1745 - 1801
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 7
1745 - 1826
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 8
1745 - 1810
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 9
1745 - 1817
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 10
1745 - 1822
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 11
1745 - 1808
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 12
1745 - 1818
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 13
1745 - 1787
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 14
1745 - 1805
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 15
1745 - 1779
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 16
1745 - 1807
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 17
1745 - 1797
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 18
1745 - 1812
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 19
1797 - 1818
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 6
1759 - 1818
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 7
1786 - 1818
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 8
1736 - 1818
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 9
1770 - 1818
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 10
1732 - 1818
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 11
1745 - 1818
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 12
1754 - 1818
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 13
1775 - 1818
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 14
1751 - 1818
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 15
1744 - 1818
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 16
1735 - 1818
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 17
1746 - 1818
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 18
Among people born in Sweden, Johan Gottlieb Gahn ranks 199 out of 1,612. Before him are Gunilla Bielke (1568), Lars Levi Laestadius (1800), Gideon Sundback (1880), Maj Sjöwall (1935), Mats Wilander (1964), and Nicolai Gedda (1925). After him are Per Gessle (1959), Sigvard Bernadotte (1907), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), Stig Dagerman (1923), Carl Bildt (1949), and Stig Anderson (1931).
1568 - 1597
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 193
1800 - 1861
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 194
1880 - 1954
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 195
1935 - 2020
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 196
1964 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 197
1925 - 2017
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 198
1745 - 1818
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 199
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 200
1907 - 2002
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 201
1722 - 1765
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 202
1923 - 1954
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 203
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 204
1931 - 1997
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 205
Among chemists born in Sweden, Johan Gottlieb Gahn ranks 9. Before him are Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779), Theodor Svedberg (1884), Arne Tiselius (1902), Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934), Sune Bergström (1916), and Johan August Arfwedson (1792). After him are Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797), Torbern Bergman (1735), Georg Brandt (1694), Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (1767), and Lars Fredrik Nilson (1840).
1779 - 1848
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 3
1884 - 1971
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 4
1902 - 1971
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 5
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 6
1916 - 2004
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 7
1792 - 1841
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 8
1745 - 1818
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 9
1722 - 1765
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 10
1797 - 1858
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 11
1735 - 1784
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 12
1694 - 1768
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 13
1767 - 1813
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 14
1840 - 1899
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 15