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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. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1970 for his work on neurotransmitters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ulf von Euler is the 104th most popular physician (up from 110th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 110th 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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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ulf von Euler ranks 104 out of 726. Before him are Djer, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Shirō Ishii, George Minot, Michael DeBakey, and Louis Auguste Blanqui. After him are Niels Kaj Jerne, Cornelius Jansen, Frederick Banting, Harvey J. Alter, Ctesias, and Werner Forssmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Ulf von Euler ranks 24. Before him are Astrid of Sweden, Felix Bloch, Marcel Lefebvre, Vasily Grossman, Arthur Koestler, and Raymond Aron. After him are Artem Mikoyan, Guillermo Stábile, Władysław Gomułka, Gerard Kuiper, Gertrude Ederle, and C. P. Snow. Among people deceased in 1983, Ulf von Euler ranks 21. Before him are Benigno Aquino Jr., David Niven, Arthur Koestler, Nikolai Podgorny, Roy Sullivan, and Raymond Aron. After him are Meyer Lansky, Alfred Tarski, George Cukor, Haldan Keffer Hartline, Anna Seghers, and Aleksandar Ranković.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ulf von Euler ranks 97 out of 1,879. Before him are Axel Oxenstierna (1583), Sigfrid Edström (1870), Olof Skötkonung (980), Sune Bergström (1916), Folke Bernadotte (1895), and Louise of Sweden (1851). After him are Birger Jarl (1210), Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934), Bertil Ohlin (1899), Ronnie Peterson (1944), Ermanaric (400), and Arvid Carlsson (1923).

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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), Torsten Wiesel (1924), Hans Rosling (1948), Olof Rudbeck the Younger (1660), Anders Tegnell (1956), and Anna Bågenholm (1970).

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