1924 - Today
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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Among physicians, Torsten Wiesel ranks 243 out of 502. Before 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.
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 237
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 238
1638 - 1731
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 239
1772 - 1840
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 240
1616 - 1680
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 241
1816 - 1895
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 242
1924 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 243
1783 - 1855
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 244
1796 - 1866
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 245
1793 - 1860
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 246
1862 - 1918
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 247
1829 - 1901
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 248
1020 - 1087
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 249
Among people born in 1924, Torsten Wiesel ranks 93. Before 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.
1924 - 2003
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 87
1924 - 2010
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 88
1924 - 2003
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 89
1924 - 2013
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 90
1924 - 2006
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 91
1924 - 2000
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 92
1924 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 93
1924 - 2000
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 94
1924 - 1994
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 95
1924 - 2002
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 96
1924 - 2011
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 97
1924 - 1958
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 98
1924 - 2019
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 99
Among people born in Sweden, Torsten Wiesel ranks 246 out of 1,612. Before 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).
1694 - 1768
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 240
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 241
1596 - 1641
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 242
1984 - Present
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 243
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 244
1830 - 1889
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 245
1924 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 246
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 247
1922 - 2006
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 248
1535 - 1621
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 249
1602 - 1680
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 250
1040 - 1079
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 251
1539 - 1610
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 252
Among physicians born in Sweden, Torsten Wiesel ranks 6. Before 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).
1862 - 1930
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 1
1923 - 2018
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 2
1905 - 1983
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 3
1948 - 2017
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 4
1616 - 1680
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 5
1924 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 6
1660 - 1740
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 7
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 8