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Anthony van Diemen

1593 - 1645

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Anthony van Diemen (also Antonie, Antonio, Anton, Antonius; 1593 – 19 April 1645) was a Dutch colonial governor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony van Diemen has received more than 164,804 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony van Diemen is the 176th most popular explorer (down from 156th in 2019), the 300th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 261st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Dutch Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Anthony van Diemen ranks 176 out of 498. Before him are Henri Mouhot, Paulo da Gama, Gaspar Corte-Real, António de Abreu, Simon Fraser, and John Sutter. After him are Jacob van Heemskerck, John Rolfe, Hendrik Brouwer, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, and Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1593, Anthony van Diemen ranks 11. Before him are Toyotomi Hideyori, Nicolaes Tulp, George I Rákóczi, Matthäus Merian, Balthasar van der Ast, and Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena. After him are George Herbert, William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Sultan Agung of Mataram, Jean de Brébeuf, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1645, Anthony van Diemen ranks 11. Before him are William Laud, Francisco de Quevedo, Nur Jahan, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Marie de Gournay, and Feng Menglong. After him are Eudoxia Streshneva, Mary Ward, Gaspar de Borja y Velasco, Sultan Agung of Mataram, Mariana de Jesús de Paredes, and William Lawes.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Anthony van Diemen ranks 300 out of 1,646. Before him are Floris V, Count of Holland (1254), Floris I, Count of Holland (1025), Jan Mandijn (1500), Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1622), Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1768), and Ton Koopman (1944). After him are Jan van der Heyden (1637), Henri Winkelman (1876), Lidwina (1380), Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510), and Theo Jansen (1948).

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Among EXPLORERS In Netherlands

Among explorers born in Netherlands, Anthony van Diemen ranks 10. Before him are Frederick de Houtman (1571), Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Willem Schouten (1567), Willem Janszoon (1570), Cornelis de Houtman (1565), and Alexandrine Tinné (1835). After him are Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), Olivier van Noort (1558), Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (1556), Willem de Vlamingh (1640), and Dirk Hartog (1580).

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