1603 - 1651
Lennart Torstensson, Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad (17 August 1603 – 7 April 1651), was a Swedish Field Marshal and military engineer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lennart Torstensson has received more than 100,412 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Lennart Torstensson is the 30th most popular engineer (up from 34th in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 109th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Engineer.
Lennart Torstensson is most famous for his military victories in the Thirty Years War.
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Among engineers, Lennart Torstensson ranks 30 out of 323. Before him are Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Philo of Byzantium, Albert Göring, August Horch, José Echegaray, and Hugo Junkers. After him are Jiro Horikoshi, Theodore von Kármán, Villard de Honnecourt, Felix Wankel, Pavel Sukhoi, and Howard H. Aiken.
1696 - 1781
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 24
280 BC - 220 BC
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 25
1895 - 1966
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 26
1868 - 1951
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 27
1832 - 1916
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 28
1859 - 1935
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 29
1603 - 1651
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 30
1903 - 1982
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 31
1881 - 1963
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 32
1200 - 1250
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 33
1902 - 1988
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 34
1895 - 1975
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 35
1900 - 1973
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 36
Among people born in 1603, Lennart Torstensson ranks 4. Before him are Abel Tasman, Joseph of Cupertino, and Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur. After him are Adam Olearius, Aert van der Neer, Michel Le Tellier, Yerofey Khabarov, Francesco Furini, Marco Uccellini, Fasilides, and Johannes Cocceius. Among people deceased in 1651, Lennart Torstensson ranks 3. Before him are Kösem Sultan and Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria. After him are Tokugawa Iemitsu, Abraham Bloemaert, Giulia Tofana, Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Tugay Bey, Anna Catherine Constance Vasa, Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg, and Ngawang Namgyal.
1603 - 1659
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 1
1603 - 1663
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 2
1603 - 1664
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 3
1603 - 1651
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 4
1603 - 1671
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 5
1603 - 1677
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 6
1603 - 1685
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 7
1603 - 1671
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 8
1603 - 1646
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 9
1603 - 1680
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 10
1603 - 1667
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 11
1603 - 1669
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 12
1590 - 1651
HPI: 82.27
Rank: 1
1573 - 1651
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 2
1603 - 1651
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 3
1604 - 1651
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 4
1566 - 1651
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 5
1581 - 1651
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 6
1612 - 1651
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 7
1601 - 1651
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 8
1619 - 1651
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 9
1587 - 1651
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 10
1602 - 1651
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 11
1594 - 1651
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 12
Among people born in Sweden, Lennart Torstensson ranks 105 out of 1,612. Before him are Princess Birgitta of Sweden (1937), Bertil Ohlin (1899), Arvid Carlsson (1923), Peter Stormare (1953), Roy Andersson (1943), and Tomas Lindahl (1938). After him are Sverker I of Sweden (1100), Stefan Löfven (1957), Ingemar Stenmark (1956), Carin Göring (1888), Kai Siegbahn (1918), and Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (1884).
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 99
1899 - 1979
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 100
1923 - 2018
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 101
1953 - Present
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 102
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 103
1938 - Present
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 104
1603 - 1651
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 105
1100 - 1156
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 106
1957 - Present
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 107
1956 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 108
1888 - 1931
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 109
1918 - 2007
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 110
1884 - 1965
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 111
Among engineers born in Sweden, Lennart Torstensson ranks 1. After him are Gustaf de Laval (1845), Harry Nyquist (1889), Erik Dahlbergh (1625), and Johan August Brinell (1849).
1603 - 1651
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 1
1845 - 1913
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 2
1889 - 1976
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 3
1625 - 1703
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 4
1849 - 1925
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 5