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Willem Einthoven

1860 - 1927

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Willem Einthoven (21 May 1860 – 29 September 1927) was a Dutch medical doctor and physiologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willem Einthoven has received more than 486,999 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Willem Einthoven is the 29th most popular physician (down from 28th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Indonesia and the most popular Indonesian Physician.

Willem Einthoven is most famous for the invention of the electrocardiograph, which records the electrical activity of the heart.

Memorability Metrics

  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 15.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Willem Einthoven ranks 29 out of 726. Before him are Li Ching-Yuen, Rudolf Virchow, Emil von Behring, Camillo Golgi, Claude Bernard, and Paul Ehrlich. After him are António Egas Moniz, Allvar Gullstrand, Jean-Martin Charcot, Qa'a, Al-Zahrawi, and Marcello Malpighi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Willem Einthoven ranks 11. Before him are Jane Addams, Alphonse Mucha, Eduard Buchner, Kanō Jigorō, Raymond Poincaré, and Anders Zorn. After him are William Jennings Bryan, Isaac Albéniz, Herman Hollerith, James Ensor, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, and Niels Ryberg Finsen. Among people deceased in 1927, Willem Einthoven ranks 4. Before him are Isadora Duncan, Svante Arrhenius, and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. After him are Juan Gris, Ferdinand I of Romania, Albrecht Kossel, Carlota of Mexico, Gaston Leroux, Andranik, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, and Kang Youwei.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Willem Einthoven ranks 3 out of 158. Before him are Sukarno (1901), and Suharto (1921). After him are Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947), Abdurrahman Wahid (1940), Joko Widodo (1961), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949), B. J. Habibie (1936), Anthony Fokker (1890), Laura Gemser (1950), Prabowo Subianto (1951), and Enrique of Malacca (1495).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Indonesia

Among physicians born in Indonesia, Willem Einthoven ranks 1. 

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