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Mieke Bal

Dutch art historian (born 1946)

1946 - today

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Mieke Bal

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Mieke Bal is the 4,769th most popular writer (down from 4,647th in 2024), the 731st most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 712th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Dutch Writer.

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Mar 14

Mieke Bal shares a March 14 birthday with Albert Einstein, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, and Johann Strauss I.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Mieke Bal ranks 4,769 out of 7,302. Before her are Ladislav Fuks, Vladimir Dudintsev, Vitaly Bianki, David Belasco, Sakyo Komatsu, and Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov. After her are Hushang Ebtehaj, Joe Abercrombie, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Charles Brockden Brown, Susanna Kaysen, and Elaine May.

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Ladislav Fuks
1923 - 1994
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 4,763
Vladimir Dudintsev
1918 - 1998
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 4,764
Vitaly Bianki
1894 - 1959
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 4,765
David Belasco
1853 - 1931
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 4,766
Sakyo Komatsu
1931 - 2011
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 4,767
Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov
1815 - 1869
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 4,768
Mieke Bal
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 4,769
Hushang Ebtehaj
1928 - 2022
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 4,770
Joe Abercrombie
1974 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 4,771
Jean-Philippe Toussaint
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 4,772
Charles Brockden Brown
1771 - 1810
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 4,773
Susanna Kaysen
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 4,774
Elaine May
1932 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 4,775

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Mieke Bal ranks 504. Before her are S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Lídia Jorge, Antonio Fargas, Gram Parsons, Giovanni Bramucci, and Ángel Bargas. After her are Juan José Millás, Marc Forné Molné, Ken Starr, Leonid Filatov, Anatoly Kvashnin, and Abdallah Lamrani.

Others Born in 1946

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S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
SINGER
1946 - 2020
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 498
Lídia Jorge
WRITER
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 499
Antonio Fargas
ACTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 500
Gram Parsons
MUSICIAN
1946 - 1973
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 501
Giovanni Bramucci
CYCLIST
1946 - 2019
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 502
Ángel Bargas
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 503
Mieke Bal
WRITER
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 504
Juan José Millás
WRITER
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 505
Marc Forné Molné
POLITICIAN
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 506
Ken Starr
LAWYER
1946 - 2022
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 507
Leonid Filatov
ACTOR
1946 - 2003
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 508
Anatoly Kvashnin
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1946 - 2022
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 509
Abdallah Lamrani
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - 2019
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 510

In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Mieke Bal ranks 731 out of 1,646. Before her are Sandra Roelofs (1968), William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (1649), Tini Wagner (1919), Harm Ottenbros (1943), Peter Aerts (1970), and Hendrik Voogd (1768). After her are Fred Rutten (1962), Jan Wils (1891), John Bosman (1965), Jasper Cillessen (1989), Hendrik Timmer (1904), and Pieter de Grebber (1600).

Others born in Netherlands

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Sandra Roelofs
POLITICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 725
William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland
NOBLEMAN
1649 - 1709
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 726
Tini Wagner
SWIMMER
1919 - 2004
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 727
Harm Ottenbros
CYCLIST
1943 - 2022
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 728
Peter Aerts
MARTIAL ARTS
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 729
Hendrik Voogd
PAINTER
1768 - 1839
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 730
Mieke Bal
WRITER
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 731
Fred Rutten
SOCCER PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 732
Jan Wils
ARCHITECT
1891 - 1972
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 733
John Bosman
SOCCER PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 734
Jasper Cillessen
SOCCER PLAYER
1989 - Present
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 735
Hendrik Timmer
TENNIS PLAYER
1904 - 1998
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 736
Pieter de Grebber
PAINTER
1600 - 1652
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 737