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Torsten Wiesel

1924 - Today

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Torsten Nils Wiesel (born 3 June 1924) is a Swedish neurophysiologist. With David H. Hubel, he received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system; the prize was shared with Roger W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Torsten Wiesel has received more than 244,032 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Torsten Wiesel is the 243rd most popular physician (up from 259th in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 264th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swedish Physician.

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  • 57.06

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  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Torsten Wiesel ranks 243 out of 502Before him are Barry Marshall, Robert Lefkowitz, Frederik Ruysch, Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol, Thomas Bartholin, and Carl Ludwig. After him are François Magendie, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Thomas Addison, August Oetker, Adolf Eugen Fick, and Constantine the African.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Torsten Wiesel ranks 93Before him are Vasil Bykaŭ, Milka Planinc, Moktar Ould Daddah, Antoni Ramallets, David Bronstein, and Noboru Takeshita. After him are Claude Sautet, Tengiz Abuladze, Katy Jurado, Roland Petit, Luigi Musso, and Robert Frank.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Torsten Wiesel ranks 246 out of 1,612Before him are Georg Brandt (1694), Stefan Edberg (1966), Johan Banér (1596), Basshunter (1984), Mikael Persbrandt (1963), and Princess Eugénie of Sweden (1830). After him are Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland (1973), Sven Nykvist (1922), Catherine Stenbock (1535), Per Brahe the Younger (1602), Håkan the Red (1040), and Catherine Vasa of Sweden (1539).

Among PHYSICIANS In Sweden

Among physicians born in Sweden, Torsten Wiesel ranks 6Before him are Allvar Gullstrand (1862), Arvid Carlsson (1923), Ulf von Euler (1905), Hans Rosling (1948), and Thomas Bartholin (1616). After him are Olof Rudbeck the Younger (1660) and Anders Tegnell (1956).