# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-tigerstedt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:23:33.689Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-tigerstedt"
name: "Robert Tigerstedt"
slug: "robert-tigerstedt"
description: "Robert Adolph Armand Tigerstedt was a Finnish medical scientist and physiologist. With his student Per Bergman, he discovered renin at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, in 1898. Renin is a component of the renin–angiotensin system which regulates blood pressure, salt and water homeostasis and is an important therapeutic target. Tigerstedt is also recognised as an educator, author and social campaigner."
tagline: "Finnish physician (1853-1923)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Tigerstedt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1853-02-28"
deathDate: "1923-02-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.12
  momentum:             12
  historical:           6.80414
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Tigerstedt"
    title: "Robert Tigerstedt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%AA"
    title: "روبرت تايجرستيدت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AF"
    title: "رابرت تایقرستد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Tigerstedt"
    title: "Robert Tigerstedt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Tigerstedt"
    title: "Robert Tigerstedt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Tigerstedt"
    title: "Robert Tigerstedt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Tigerstedt"
    title: "Robert Tigerstedt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%82%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Тигерстедт, Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q553859"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump