Uppsala
Uppsala ranks 306th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nizhny Novgorod, Calgary, and Parma. Memorable people born in Uppsala include Anders Celsius, Ingmar Bergman, and Alva Myrdal. Memorable people who died in Uppsala include Anders Celsius, Anders Jonas Ångström, and Eric IX of Sweden. Uppsala has been the birth place of many physicians and politicians and the death place of many biologists and religious figures. Uppsala is located in Sweden.
Uppsala is the county seat of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1001 and 1997, Uppsala was the birth place of 37 globally memorable people, including Anders Celsius, Ingmar Bergman, and Alva Myrdal. Additionaly, 25 globally memorable people have passed away in Uppsala including Anders Celsius, Anders Jonas Ångström, and Eric IX of Sweden.
People Born in Uppsala
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Anders Celsius
1701 - 1744
HPI: 79.08
Rank: 1
Ingmar Bergman
1918 - 2007
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 2
Alva Myrdal
1902 - 1986
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 3
Arvid Carlsson
1923 - 2018
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 4
Rudolf Kjellén
1864 - 1922
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 5
Carl Gustaf Wrangel
1613 - 1676
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 6
Hans Rosling
1948 - 2017
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 7
Blot-Sweyn
1001 - 1087
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 8
Magdalena Andersson
1967 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 9
Torsten Wiesel
1924 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 10
Hans Blix
1928 - Present
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 11
Viveca Lindfors
1920 - 1995
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Uppsala
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Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden
1100 - 1122
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 21
Astrid Cleve
1875 - 1968
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 26
Amanda Lind
1980 - Present
HPI: 33.20
Rank: 31
Nathalie Björn
1997 - Present
HPI: 23.37
Rank: 36
Emilia Brodin
1990 - Present
HPI: 23.05
Rank: 37
People Deceased in Uppsala
Go to all RankingsAnders Celsius
1701 - 1744
HPI: 79.08
Rank: 1
Anders Jonas Ångström
1814 - 1874
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 2
Eric IX of Sweden
1120 - 1160
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 3
Arne Tiselius
1902 - 1971
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 4
Róbert Bárány
1876 - 1936
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 5
Rudolf Kjellén
1864 - 1922
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 6
Nathan Söderblom
1866 - 1931
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 7
Elias Magnus Fries
1794 - 1878
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 8
Hans Rosling
1948 - 2017
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 9
Olaus Rudbeck
1630 - 1702
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 10
Carl Linnaeus the Younger
1741 - 1783
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 11
Adam Afzelius
1750 - 1837
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Uppsala
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Ragnar Malm
1893 - 1959
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 21
Rolf Johnsson
1889 - 1931
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 22
Erik Lindahl
1891 - 1960
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 24
Evy Berggren
1934 - 2018
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 25
Most individuals born in present day Uppsala were physicians (5), politicians (5), singers (3), soccer players (3), and film directors (2), while most who died were biologists (5), religious figures (3), chemists (3), physicians (3), and physicists (2).
Over the past 100 years, physicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Uppsala, including Hans Rosling, Torsten Wiesel, and Anders Tegnell. Whereas, throughout history, physicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Uppsala, including Arvid Carlsson, Hans Rosling, and Torsten Wiesel.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 15 globally memorable people born in Uppsala since 1700.
