ENGINEER

Johan August Brinell

1849 - 1925

Johan August Brinell

August Brinell (10 October 1849 – 17 November 1925) was a Swedish metallurgical engineer. Brinell is noted as the creator of a method for quantifying the surface hardness of materials, now known as the Brinell hardness test. His name is also commemorated in the description of a failure mechanism of material surfaces known as Brinelling. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johan August Brinell is the 137th most popular engineer (down from 136th in 2019), the 381st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 334th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Johan August Brinell ranks 137 out of 389. Before him are Flaminio Bertoni, Li Kui, Georgy Shpagin, Christian Otto Mohr, Claude Dornier, and Eliyahu M. Goldratt. After him are Joseph M. Juran, Alexandre Darracq, John Loudon McAdam, Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, Pierre-Émile Martin, and J. Walter Christie.

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Flaminio Bertoni
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HPI: 61.91
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500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 61.86
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Georgy Shpagin
1897 - 1952
HPI: 61.78
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Christian Otto Mohr
1835 - 1918
HPI: 61.75
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Claude Dornier
1884 - 1969
HPI: 61.66
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Eliyahu M. Goldratt
1947 - 2011
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 136
Johan August Brinell
1849 - 1925
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 137
Joseph M. Juran
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HPI: 61.62
Rank: 138
Alexandre Darracq
1855 - 1931
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 139
John Loudon McAdam
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HPI: 61.55
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Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto
1460 - 1528
HPI: 61.51
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Pierre-Émile Martin
1824 - 1915
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 142
J. Walter Christie
1865 - 1944
HPI: 61.48
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Johan August Brinell ranks 48. Before him are Empress Shōken, Dersu Uzala, William Osler, Karl Brugmann, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, and Sergei Ivanovich Mosin. After him are Oscar Hertwig, Alexander von Krobatin, Károly Khuen-Héderváry, Benjamin Godard, Nikolai Nebogatov, and Luther Burbank. Among people deceased in 1925, Johan August Brinell ranks 72. Before him are Myer Prinstein, Sheikh Said, Anna Schäffer, Stefan Żeromski, Fanny Bullock Workman, and Princess Françoise of Orléans. After him are Louis Feuillade, Hugo Preuß, Charles Mangin, Yevgenia Bosch, Antonio Maura, and Grigory Kotovsky.

Others Born in 1849

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Empress Shōken
COMPANION
1849 - 1914
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 42
Dersu Uzala
POLITICIAN
1849 - 1908
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 43
William Osler
PHYSICIAN
1849 - 1919
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 44
Karl Brugmann
LINGUIST
1849 - 1919
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 45
Jérôme Eugène Coggia
ASTRONOMER
1849 - 1919
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 46
Sergei Ivanovich Mosin
POLITICIAN
1849 - 1902
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 47
Johan August Brinell
ENGINEER
1849 - 1925
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 48
Oscar Hertwig
BIOLOGIST
1849 - 1922
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 49
Alexander von Krobatin
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1849 - 1933
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 50
Károly Khuen-Héderváry
POLITICIAN
1849 - 1918
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 51
Benjamin Godard
COMPOSER
1849 - 1895
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 52
Nikolai Nebogatov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1849 - 1922
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 53
Luther Burbank
BIOLOGIST
1849 - 1926
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 54

Others Deceased in 1925

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Myer Prinstein
ATHLETE
1878 - 1925
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 66
Sheikh Said
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1864 - 1925
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 67
Anna Schäffer
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1882 - 1925
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 68
Stefan Żeromski
WRITER
1864 - 1925
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 69
Fanny Bullock Workman
MOUNTAINEER
1859 - 1925
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 70
Princess Françoise of Orléans
POLITICIAN
1844 - 1925
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 71
Johan August Brinell
ENGINEER
1849 - 1925
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 72
Louis Feuillade
FILM DIRECTOR
1873 - 1925
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 73
Hugo Preuß
POLITICIAN
1860 - 1925
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 74
Charles Mangin
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1866 - 1925
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 75
Yevgenia Bosch
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1925
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 76
Antonio Maura
POLITICIAN
1853 - 1925
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 77
Grigory Kotovsky
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1925
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 78

In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Johan August Brinell ranks 381 out of 1,879. Before him are Bertil Lindblad (1895), Ove Andersson (1938), Malena Ernman (1970), Börje Salming (1951), Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland (1750), and Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland (1984). After him are Ernst Fast (1881), Sixten Jernberg (1929), Göran Wahlenberg (1780), Carl Charlier (1862), Tore Keller (1905), and Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862).

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Bertil Lindblad
ASTRONOMER
1895 - 1965
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 375
Ove Andersson
RACING DRIVER
1938 - 2008
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 376
Malena Ernman
SINGER
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 377
Börje Salming
POLITICIAN
1951 - 2022
HPI: 61.68
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Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland
POLITICIAN
1750 - 1803
HPI: 61.67
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Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland
COMPANION
1984 - Present
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ENGINEER
1849 - 1925
HPI: 61.63
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Ernst Fast
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1959
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 382
Sixten Jernberg
SKIER
1929 - 2012
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 383
Göran Wahlenberg
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HPI: 61.54
Rank: 384
Carl Charlier
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1862 - 1934
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 385
Tore Keller
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HPI: 61.53
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1862 - 1953
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