PHYSICIST

Rolf Maximilian Sievert

1896 - 1966

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Rolf Maximilian Sievert (Swedish: [ˈrɔlf maksɪˈmǐːlɪan ˈsǐːvɛʈ]; 6 May 1896 – 3 October 1966) was a Swedish medical physicist whose major contribution was in the study of the biological effects of ionizing radiation. The sievert (Sv), the SI unit representing the stochastic health risk of ionizing radiation, is named for him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rolf Maximilian Sievert has received more than 112,819 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Rolf Maximilian Sievert is the 236th most popular physicist (down from 220th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 120th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swedish Physicist.

Rolf Maximilian Sievert is most famous for his work in radiation protection. He was a Swedish physicist who is known for his work on dose-response relationships in radiation protection.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.20

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Over the past year Rolf Maximilian Sievert has had the most page views in the with 14,962 views, followed by German (6,373), and Russian (5,027). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (133.18%), Esperanto (93.49%), and Serbo-Croatian (81.06%)

Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Rolf Maximilian Sievert ranks 236 out of 851. Before him are Makoto Kobayashi, Burton Richter, Joseph Plateau, Serge Haroche, Horst Ludwig Störmer, and William Shockley. After him are Leon M. Lederman, Henry Way Kendall, John Kendrew, Valentin Ceaușescu, Bertram Brockhouse, and Alexey Ekimov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Rolf Maximilian Sievert ranks 41. Before him are A. J. Cronin, Helen of Greece and Denmark, Sandro Pertini, Anastasio Somoza García, Lewis Strauss, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. After him are Nobusuke Kishi, Tina Modotti, Herbert Backe, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Gottlob Berger, and Robert S. Mulliken. Among people deceased in 1966, Rolf Maximilian Sievert ranks 29. Before him are Montgomery Clift, Célestin Freinet, Paul Reynaud, Albert Göring, Carlo Carrà, and Abdul Salam Arif. After him are Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Chang Myon, Herbert Gille, D. T. Suzuki, Cléo de Mérode, and Ludwig Binswanger.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Rolf Maximilian Sievert ranks 124 out of 1,879. Before him are Lasse Hallström (1946), Gunnar Gren (1920), Sune Bergström (1916), Lennart Johansson (1929), Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden (1001), and Hjalmar Branting (1860). After him are Ingemar Stenmark (1956), Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg (1584), Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (1681), Harriet Andersson (1932), Victor Sjöström (1879), and Stefan Löfven (1957).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Sweden

Among physicists born in Sweden, Rolf Maximilian Sievert ranks 6. Before him are Manne Siegbahn (1886), Gustaf Dalén (1869), Anders Jonas Ångström (1814), Hannes Alfvén (1908), and Kai Siegbahn (1918). After him are Johannes Rydberg (1854), Vagn Walfrid Ekman (1874), Oskar Klein (1894), Christopher Polhem (1661), Knut Ångström (1857), and Wilhelm Hisinger (1766).

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