..at least according to Wikipedia, which was analyzed by researchers at the University of Toulouse.
Most influential Swede in history
The list of the people who today are considered influential has been analyzed by Young-Ho Eom, a researcher at the University of Toulouse.
Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist Carl von Linné (or Carl Linnaeus as he is known in English), is one of history’s most influential persons, at least according to Wikipedia.
The list of the people who today are considered influential has been analyzed by Young-Ho Eom, a researcher at the University of Toulouse. The experiment was conducted across 24 Wikipedia pages in 24 languages, with clear results, according to New Scientist. The experiment also shows that Linné never really became a prophet in his own country, where he ends up in fifth place after August Strindberg, Astrid Lindgren, Carl XVI Gustaf and Bob Dylan. First on the Arabic Wikipedia is Muhammad, but Linné shows up in third place. German Wikipedia is topped by Napoleon, followed by Linné, and in the third spot is Hitler. When a similar investigation was conducted in 2010, the list was topped by Jesus, Napoleon and William Shakespeare.
