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Ulf von Euler

1905 - 1983

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Ulf Svante von Euler (7 February 1905 – 9 March 1983) was a Swedish physiologist and pharmacologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ulf von Euler has received more than 131,690 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Ulf von Euler is the 110th most popular physician (up from 141st in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 134th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Physician.

Ulf von Euler is most famous for his work on the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the chemical transmission of nerve impulses.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ulf von Euler ranks 110 out of 726. Before him are Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Jens Christian Skou, Frederick Chapman Robbins, James Parkinson, Ronald Ross, and Eric Kandel. After him are Jonas Salk, Andrew Schally, Arvid Carlsson, Friedrich Miescher, Niels Kaj Jerne, and Ryke Geerd Hamer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Ulf von Euler ranks 30. Before him are Emilio Segrè, Gerard Kuiper, Władysław Gomułka, Raymond Cattell, Carl Gustav Hempel, and Dalton Trumbo. After him are Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Marian Rejewski, Max Schmeling, Otto Preminger, Dhyan Chand, and Nikolai Tikhonov. Among people deceased in 1983, Ulf von Euler ranks 24. Before him are George Cukor, Haldan Keffer Hartline, Buckminster Fuller, Gerhard Barkhorn, Alfred Tarski, and Gloria Swanson. After him are Aleksandar Ranković, John Fante, Klaus Nomi, Luis Monti, Anna Seghers, and Muddy Waters.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ulf von Euler ranks 110 out of 1,879. Before him are Alva Myrdal (1902), Bertil Ohlin (1899), Lennart Torstensson (1603), Nils Liedholm (1922), Svante Pääbo (1955), and Rudolf Kjellén (1864). After him are Arvid Carlsson (1923), Peter Stormare (1953), Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland (1861), Nathan Söderblom (1866), Gustav, Prince of Vasa (1799), and Ingrid Thulin (1926).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Sweden

Among physicians born in Sweden, Ulf von Euler ranks 2. Before him are Allvar Gullstrand (1862). After him are Arvid Carlsson (1923), Thomas Bartholin (1616), Hans Rosling (1948), Torsten Wiesel (1924), Olof Rudbeck the Younger (1660), Anders Tegnell (1956), and Anna Bågenholm (1970).

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