1859 - 1927
Svante August Arrhenius (; 19 February 1859 – 2 October 1927) was a Swedish scientist. Originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, Arrhenius was one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. He received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1903, becoming the first Swedish Nobel laureate. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Svante Arrhenius has received more than 706,911 page views. His biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2019). Svante Arrhenius is the 11th most popular chemist, the 23rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 17th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Chemist.
Svante Arrhenius was a Swedish chemist and physicist who is most famous for his work in thermodynamics. He is also known for his discovery of the greenhouse effect.
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Among chemists, Svante Arrhenius ranks 11 out of 510. Before him are John Dalton, Robert Boyle, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Amedeo Avogadro, and Linus Pauling. After him are Fritz Haber, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Irène Joliot-Curie, Friedrich Wöhler, and Wilhelm Ostwald.
1766 - 1844
HPI: 84.54
Rank: 5
1627 - 1691
HPI: 82.13
Rank: 6
721 - 815
HPI: 81.75
Rank: 7
1779 - 1848
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 8
1776 - 1856
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 9
1901 - 1994
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 10
1859 - 1927
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 11
1868 - 1934
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 12
1742 - 1786
HPI: 79.87
Rank: 13
1852 - 1911
HPI: 79.52
Rank: 14
1897 - 1956
HPI: 79.05
Rank: 15
1800 - 1882
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 16
1853 - 1932
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 17
Among people born in 1859, Svante Arrhenius ranks 11. Before him are L. L. Zamenhof, John Dewey, Edmund Husserl, Pierre Curie, Alfred Dreyfus, and Georges Seurat. After him are Billy the Kid, Yuan Shikai, Sholem Aleichem, Jean Jaurès, Alexander Stepanovich Popov, and Alexandre Millerand. Among people deceased in 1927, Svante Arrhenius ranks 2. Before him is Isadora Duncan. After him are Juan Gris, Ferdinand I of Romania, Willem Einthoven, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Carlota of Mexico, Gaston Leroux, Albrecht Kossel, Jerome K. Jerome, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, and Hugo Ball.
1859 - 1917
HPI: 82.95
Rank: 5
1859 - 1952
HPI: 82.66
Rank: 6
1859 - 1938
HPI: 82.49
Rank: 7
1859 - 1906
HPI: 81.74
Rank: 8
1859 - 1935
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 9
1859 - 1891
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 10
1859 - 1927
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 11
1859 - 1881
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 12
1859 - 1916
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 13
1859 - 1916
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 14
1859 - 1914
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 15
1859 - 1906
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 16
1859 - 1943
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 17
1877 - 1927
HPI: 81.01
Rank: 1
1859 - 1927
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 2
1887 - 1927
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 3
1865 - 1927
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 4
1860 - 1927
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 5
1892 - 1927
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 6
1840 - 1927
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 7
1868 - 1927
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 8
1853 - 1927
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 9
1859 - 1927
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 10
1855 - 1927
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 11
1886 - 1927
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 12
Among people born in Sweden, Svante Arrhenius ranks 23 out of 1,296. Before him are Bridget of Sweden (1303), Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779), Max von Sydow (1929), Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882), Sigismund III Vasa (1566), and Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946). After him are Gustaf V of Sweden (1858), Dag Hammarskjöld (1905), Gustav I of Sweden (1496), Oscar II of Sweden (1829), Dieterich Buxtehude (1637), and Charles X Gustav of Sweden (1622).
1303 - 1373
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 17
1779 - 1848
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 18
1929 - 2020
HPI: 80.64
Rank: 19
1882 - 1973
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 20
1566 - 1632
HPI: 80.52
Rank: 21
1946 - Present
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 22
1859 - 1927
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 23
1858 - 1950
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 24
1905 - 1961
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 25
1496 - 1560
HPI: 79.41
Rank: 26
1829 - 1907
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 27
1637 - 1707
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 28
1622 - 1660
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 29
Among chemists born in Sweden, Svante Arrhenius ranks 3. Before him are Alfred Nobel (1833) and Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779). After him are Theodor Svedberg (1884), Arne Tiselius (1902), Sune Bergström (1916), Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934), Johan August Arfwedson (1792), Torbern Bergman (1735), Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), and Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797).
1833 - 1896
HPI: 89.69
Rank: 1
1779 - 1848
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 2
1859 - 1927
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 3
1884 - 1971
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 4
1902 - 1971
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 5
1916 - 2004
HPI: 70.90
Rank: 6
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 7
1792 - 1841
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 8
1735 - 1784
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 9
1745 - 1818
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 10
1722 - 1765
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 11
1797 - 1858
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 12