1916 - 2004
Karl Sune Detlof Bergström (10 January 1916 – 15 August 2004) was a Swedish biochemist. In 1975, he was appointed to the Nobel Foundation Board of Directors in Sweden, and was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University, together with Bengt I. Samuelsson. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Bengt I. Samuelsson and John R. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sune Bergström has received more than 151,912 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Sune Bergström is the 146th most popular chemist (down from 128th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Sweden and the 7th most popular Swedish Chemist.
Sune Bergström is most famous for his discovery of the first antibiotic, penicillin.
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Among chemists, Sune Bergström ranks 146 out of 509. Before him are Fritz Strassmann, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Bengt I. Samuelsson, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Robert F. Furchgott, and Kurt Wüthrich. After him are Jerome Karle, Hennig Brand, Ignacy Mościcki, Paul Lauterbur, Stanley Miller, and Paul Flory.
1902 - 1980
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 140
1850 - 1936
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 141
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 142
1800 - 1884
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 143
1916 - 2009
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 144
1938 - Present
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 145
1916 - 2004
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 146
1918 - 2013
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 147
1630 - 1710
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 148
1867 - 1946
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 149
1929 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 150
1930 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 151
1910 - 1985
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 152
Among people born in 1916, Sune Bergström ranks 42. Before him are Vitaly Ginzburg, Emil Gilels, Raf Vallone, Alexander Prokhorov, Robert F. Furchgott, and Paul Keres. After him are Masaki Kobayashi, P. W. Botha, Dino Risi, Maria Altmann, Michael Gough, and Jacque Fresco. Among people deceased in 2004, Sune Bergström ranks 31. Before him are Leônidas, Carlos Kleiber, Estée Lauder, Laura Branigan, Jerry Goldsmith, and Ingrid Thulin. After him are Godfrey Hounsfield, Gérard Debreu, John Vane, Thomas Klestil, Robert Merle, and Matthäus Hetzenauer.
1916 - 2009
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 36
1916 - 1985
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 37
1916 - 2002
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 38
1916 - 2002
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 39
1916 - 2009
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 40
1916 - 1975
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 41
1916 - 2004
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 42
1916 - 1996
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 43
1916 - 2006
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 44
1916 - 2008
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 45
1916 - 2011
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 46
1916 - 2011
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 47
1916 - 2017
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 48
1913 - 2004
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 25
1930 - 2004
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 26
1906 - 2004
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 27
1952 - 2004
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 28
1929 - 2004
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 29
1926 - 2004
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 30
1916 - 2004
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 31
1919 - 2004
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 32
1921 - 2004
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 33
1927 - 2004
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 34
1932 - 2004
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 35
1908 - 2004
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 36
1924 - 2004
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 37
Among people born in Sweden, Sune Bergström ranks 127 out of 1,612. Before him are Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896), Björn Andrésen (1955), Ingrid Thulin (1926), Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (1912), Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934), and Carl Peter Thunberg (1743). After him are Birgit Nilsson (1918), Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler (1934), Gustav, Prince of Vasa (1799), Lennart Johansson (1929), Charles VII of Sweden (1130), and Sigfrid Edström (1870).
1896 - 1966
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 121
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 122
1926 - 2004
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 123
1912 - 1997
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 124
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 125
1743 - 1828
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 126
1916 - 2004
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 127
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 128
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 129
1799 - 1877
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 130
1929 - 2019
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 131
1130 - 1167
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 132
1870 - 1964
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 133
Among chemists born in Sweden, Sune Bergström ranks 7. Before him are Alfred Nobel (1833), Svante Arrhenius (1859), Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779), Theodor Svedberg (1884), Arne Tiselius (1902), and Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934). After him are Johan August Arfwedson (1792), Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797), Torbern Bergman (1735), and Georg Brandt (1694).
1833 - 1896
HPI: 87.58
Rank: 1
1859 - 1927
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 2
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