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Cornelis Vreeswijk

1937 - 1987

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Cornelis Vreeswijk (; ; 8 August 1937 – 12 November 1987) was a Dutch-born Swedish singer-songwriter and poet. He emigrated to Sweden with his parents in 1949 at the age of twelve. He was educated as a social worker and hoped to become a journalist, but became increasingly involved in music, performing at events for students with idiosyncratic humor and social engagement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cornelis Vreeswijk has received more than 232,424 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Cornelis Vreeswijk is the 2,573rd most popular writer, the 398th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 15th most popular Dutch Writer.

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  • 230k

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  • 53.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cornelis Vreeswijk ranks 2,573 out of 5,755. Before him are FM-2030, Uladzimir Karatkievich, Harold Robbins, Xu Zhimo, Polemon I of Pontus, and Cornelis de Bruijn. After him are Benjamin Fondane, Abu-l-'Atahiya, Horace McCoy, Shūji Terayama, Petar Hektorović, and August von Platen-Hallermünde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Cornelis Vreeswijk ranks 175. Before him are Joe Viterelli, Jay Rockefeller, Lusine Zakaryan, John Hume, Audrys Bačkis, and Ron Carter. After him are Andrés Gimeno, Sami Frey, Don Bluth, Lois Lowry, Marcian Hoff, and Richard Bright. Among people deceased in 1987, Cornelis Vreeswijk ranks 97. Before him are Naji al-Ali, Seyni Kountché, Renato Guttuso, Yves Allégret, Gustav Fröhlich, and Alejandro Scopelli. After him are Claudio Villa, Stanisław Szukalski, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Asim Ferhatović, Hermann Lang, and Georges Franju.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Cornelis Vreeswijk ranks 398 out of 1,427. Before him are Thomas de Keyser (1596), Johannes van den Bosch (1780), Isaac van Ostade (1621), Bep Voskuijl (1919), Walter Lewin (1936), and Cornelis de Bruijn (1652). After him are Willem Drost (1633), Roche Braziliano (1630), Herman Willem Daendels (1762), Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611), Herman Gorter (1864), and Cornelis Cort (1533).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Cornelis Vreeswijk ranks 15. Before him are Constantijn Huygens (1596), Cornelis Tromp (1629), Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862), Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911), Jacob Cats (1577), and Cornelis de Bruijn (1652). After him are Herman Gorter (1864), Louis Couperus (1863), Isaac Titsingh (1745), Macropedius (1487), Gerard Reve (1923), and Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882).

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