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Erik Gatenholm
Erik Gatenholm, born 1989, is a Swedish life-science entrepreneur who co-founded the bioprinting company CELLINK in Gothenburg in 2015, led it as chief executive until 2023, and became chairman of its successor, BICO Group, in 2026.
Erik Godtfredsen
Erik Godtfredsen (1913–1993) was a Danish ophthalmologist at Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, whose 454-case study of malignant nasopharyngeal tumors identified the combined sixth and twelfth cranial nerve palsy known as Godtfredsen syndrome.
Erik Granfelt
Erik Gustaf Granfelt (1883-1962), Swedish gymnast and tug-of-war athlete; bronze at the 1906 Intercalated Games, gymnastics team gold and Swedish flagbearer at London 1908, and 1901 football champion with AIK.
Erik Grumstrup
Erik M. Grumstrup is a physical chemist and Associate Professor at Montana State University who develops time-resolved optical microscopy to study electron movement in solar materials.
Erik Guay
Erik Guay (born 1981, Montreal) is a Canadian former alpine ski racer from Mont-Tremblant; 25 World Cup podiums, 2010 super-G Crystal Globe, 2011 and 2017 world champion, three-time Olympian, retired 2018.
Erik Gundersen
Erik Gundersen (born 1959, Esbjerg), "The Gunder Wonder", Danish speedway rider; triple individual world champion 1984, 1985, 1988 with 17 world titles total; career ended by a 1989 Bradford crash.
Erik Gustaf Geijer
Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783–1847) was a Swedish historian, poet, philosopher, and composer, professor of history at Uppsala University and a leading figure of Swedish National Romanticism.
Erik Hägglund
Erik Hägglund (1887–1959) was a Swedish chemist and the central figure in Swedish wood, cellulose, and lignin chemistry, who developed an industrial process for converting wood waste into sugar.
Erik Hansen (olympedia 62265)
Erik Hansen, full name Erik Herman Hansen, is a Danish sailor born in Copenhagen in 1945 who won Olympic gold in the Soling class at Montreal 1976 and Moscow 1980.
Erik Hansen (olympedia 9433)
Erik Rosendahl Hansen (1939-2014), Danish sprint canoeist, Olympedia athlete 9433; K1 1000 m Olympic gold at Rome 1960 in record 3:53.00, bronzes in 1960 relay and 1968, five World Championship medals, 37 Danish titles.
Erik Herseth
Erik Johan Herseth (1892-1993), Norwegian Olympic sailor and baritone. Won 1920 Antwerp sailing gold in the 10-metre class aboard Eleda; sang at Opera Comique Oslo and Wiener Volksoper; later Air Force officer and painter as L. Smith.
Erik Huneker
Erik Huneker is a French engineer who co-founded Diabeloop in Grenoble in 2015 with diabetologist Guillaume Charpentier, developing AI for automated insulin delivery in type 1 diabetes.
Erik Hurst
Erik Hurst is an American economist at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, known for research on time use, leisure, entrepreneurship, and household wealth.
Erik Ivar Fredholm
Erik Ivar Fredholm (1866–1927) was a Swedish mathematician whose 1903 memoir on integral equations founded Fredholm theory, the starting point from which Hilbert built the theory leading to Hilbert spaces.
Erik J. Alexanian
Erik J. Alexanian is an American organic chemist and professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, known for functionalizing unactivated C–H bonds in small molecules and polymers.
Erik J. Sontheimer
Erik J. Sontheimer is an American molecular biologist studying RNA interference and CRISPR immunity; his 2008 work showed CRISPR targets DNA, and he co-founded Intellia Therapeutics in 2014.
Erik Jan Hanussen
Erik Jan Hanussen, born Hermann Steinschneider (1889-1933), was an Austrian clairvoyant and hypnotist of Jewish birth who courted the Nazis, predicted the Reichstag fire, and was murdered by the SA in March 1933.
Erik Jazet
Erik Jazet (Erik Alexander Jazet), Dutch field hockey defender born 1971 in Schiedam; 308 Netherlands caps 1990-2004, Olympic gold 1996 and 2000, silver 2004, 1998 world champion, played for Bloemendaal, SCHC, and Kampong.
Erik Johan Stagnelius
Erik Johan Stagnelius (1793–1823) was a Swedish Romantic poet from Öland, unknown in his life but admired after death as one of Sweden's finest lyricists.
Erik Johan Widmark
Erik Johan Widmark (1850–1909) was a Swedish ophthalmologist and first professor of eye medicine at the Karolinska Institutet, whose 1889 ultraviolet experiments underpinned Finsen's 1903 Nobel Prize.
Erik Johnson
Erik Johnson, American NHL defenseman born 1988 in Bloomington, Minnesota; first overall pick of the 2006 draft by St. Louis; played 1,023 games, won the 2022 Stanley Cup with Colorado, retired 2025.
Erik Jones
Erik Jones (born 1996, Byron, Michigan) is a NASCAR Cup Series driver of the No. 43 Toyota for Legacy Motor Club; 2015 Truck Series champion, youngest Truck winner at 17, two-time Southern 500 winner (2019, 2022).
Erik Jorpes
Erik Jorpes, born Johan Erik Johansson (1894–1973), was a Finnish-born Swedish biochemist at Karolinska Institutet who determined heparin's chemistry, made it a clinical anticoagulant, and purified secretin and cholecystokinin.
Erik K. Alexander
Erik K. Alexander is an American endocrinologist who is Chief of the Thyroid Section at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Erik K. Antonsson
Erik K. Antonsson is a mechanical engineer and Caltech professor emeritus known for formal methods for engineering design, including the Method of Imprecision, and served as JPL Chief Technologist.
Erik Karlsson
Erik Karlsson, Swedish NHL defenseman (born 1990, Landsbro), three-time Norris Trophy winner (2012, 2015, 2023) with Ottawa, San Jose, and Pittsburgh; 101-point 2022-23 season, first 100-point defenseman since Brian Leetch.
Erik Killmonger
Erik Killmonger (N'Jadaka), Marvel Comics Black Panther supervillain co-created by Don McGregor and Rich Buckler; MIT-trained Wakandan exile and, as Erik Stevens, the Black Panther (2018) film antagonist played by Michael B. Jordan.
Erik King
Erik King (Erik Antonio King), American actor, played Sgt. James Doakes on Showtime's Dexter (seasons 1–2, meme 'Surprise, motherfucker') and Moses Deyell on Oz; films include Casualties of War and National Treasure; returned in Dexter: Resurrection (2025).
Erik Knutsson
Erik Knutsson was King of Sweden from 1208 to 1216. He was a member of the House of Eric and ascended the throne by force from King Sverker.
Erik Kojzek
Erik Kojzek, Austrian centre-forward born 2006 in Slovenj Gradec, 195 cm, right-footed; Wolfsberger AC striker loaned to FK Partizan in 2026 as their number 9, Austria U21 international with 5 caps and 1 goal.