1565 - 1599
Cornelis de Houtman (2 April 1565 – 1 September 1599) was a Dutch merchant seaman who commanded the first Dutch expedition to the East Indies. Although the voyage was difficult and yielded only a modest profit, Houtman showed that the Portuguese monopoly on the spice trade was vulnerable. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cornelis de Houtman has received more than 173,136 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Cornelis de Houtman is the 171st most popular explorer (down from 168th in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 281st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Dutch Explorer.
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Among explorers, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 171 out of 405. Before him are Matthew Flinders, Vasily Tatishchev, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, Jim Bridger, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, and Luís Vaz de Torres. After him are Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, Lincoln Ellsworth, Gustav Nachtigal, James Weddell, Nikolai Rezanov, and Carsten Borchgrevink.
1774 - 1814
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 165
1686 - 1750
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 166
1455 - 1485
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 167
1804 - 1881
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 168
1605 - 1689
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 169
1565 - 1614
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 170
1565 - 1599
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 171
1873 - 1969
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 172
1880 - 1951
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 173
1834 - 1885
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 174
1787 - 1834
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 175
1764 - 1807
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 176
1864 - 1934
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 177
Among people born in 1565, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 7. Before him are Christina of Lorraine, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Mori Ranmaru, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Marie de Gournay, and Luís Vaz de Torres. After him are Reza Abbasi, Francesc Ribalta, Hendrick de Keyser, Ketevan the Martyr, Peter Fourier, and Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah. Among people deceased in 1599, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 10. Before him are Luca Marenzio, Maeda Toshiie, Andrew Báthory, Eknath, Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria, and Chōsokabe Motochika. After him are Simone Peterzano, Francisco Guerrero, Edzard II, Count of East Frisia, and Menocchio.
1565 - 1637
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 1
1565 - 1614
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 2
1565 - 1582
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 3
1565 - 1601
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 4
1565 - 1645
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 5
1565 - 1614
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 6
1565 - 1599
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 7
1565 - 1635
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 8
1565 - 1628
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 9
1565 - 1621
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 10
1565 - 1624
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 11
1565 - 1640
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 12
1565 - 1612
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 13
1553 - 1599
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 4
1538 - 1599
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 5
1563 - 1599
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 6
1533 - 1599
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 7
1576 - 1599
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 8
1539 - 1599
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 9
1565 - 1599
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 10
1540 - 1599
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 11
1528 - 1599
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 12
1532 - 1599
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 13
1532 - 1599
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 14
Among people born in Netherlands, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 284 out of 1,427. Before him are Armin van Buuren (1976), Hercules Seghers (1589), Aert de Gelder (1645), Henk Sneevliet (1883), Abraham van Beijeren (1620), and Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788). After him are Frank de Boer (1970), Esaias van de Velde (1587), Jan van Huysum (1682), Jaap Stam (1972), Marc Overmars (1973), and Pieter Boddaert (1730).
1976 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 278
1589 - 1638
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 279
1645 - 1727
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 280
1883 - 1942
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 281
1620 - 1690
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 282
1788 - 1899
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 283
1565 - 1599
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 284
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 285
1587 - 1630
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 286
1682 - 1749
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 287
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 288
1973 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 289
1730 - 1795
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 290
Among explorers born in Netherlands, Cornelis de Houtman ranks 9. Before him are Jan van Riebeeck (1619), Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Willem Janszoon (1570), Willem Schouten (1567), Frederick de Houtman (1571), and Anthony van Diemen (1593). After him are Olivier van Noort (1558), Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), Alexandrine Tinné (1835), Willem de Vlamingh (1640), and Dirk Hartog (1580).
1619 - 1677
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 3
1659 - 1729
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 4
1570 - 1631
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 5
1567 - 1625
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 6
1571 - 1627
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 7
1593 - 1645
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 8
1565 - 1599
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 9
1558 - 1627
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 10
1567 - 1607
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 11
1835 - 1869
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 12
1640 - 1698
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 13
1580 - 1621
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 14