59.8513° N, 17.6371° E
UPPSALA
Most Famous People Born in Uppsala, Sweden
- Notable people
- 949
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1924
- Most distinctive
- Ämbetsman 45.7×
Sweden's oldest university town, and it shows in every visible metric. The Translator bench runs at better than fourteen times the global baseline — the Enlightenment habit of classifying, translating and dissecting the world, handed down from Linnaeus's lecture halls — and the thick Professor, Physician and Artist depth is the same campus in its modern guise.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Uppsala during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Uppsala Is Known For
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Actor is Uppsala's biggest profession — 8% of all notables (73).
Uppsala over-indexes on ämbetsman — 45.7× the global rate.
Uppsala under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Uppsala's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Film & TV
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Carl Westman
1866 - 1936
Fredrik Magnus Piper
1746 - 1824
Hillevi Svedberg
1910 - 1990
Elias Cornell
1916 - 2008
Elias Svedberg
1913 - 1987
Wolter Gahn
1890 - 1985
Lars Magnus Giertz
1908 - 2008
Ärland Noreen
1888 - 1970
Örjan Wikforss
Born 1950
Anna Borelius-Brodd
Born 1925
Karl Berlin
1871 - 1924
Carl Crispin
1867 - 1929
Erik F. Dahl
1917 - 1981
Eva Heckscher
1936 - 2004
Gösta Wikforss
1922 - 2001
Gabriel Winge
1913 - 2000
Harald Thedéen
1923 - 2017
Reigun Thune-Hedström
Born 1941
Lena Leander
1942 - 1993