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Dick Quax

1948 - 2018

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Theodorus Jacobus Leonardus "Dick" Quax (1 January 1948 – 28 May 2018) was a Dutch-born New Zealand runner, one-time world record holder in the 5000 metres, and local-body politician. Quax stood for Parliament for the ACT Party in 1999 and 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dick Quax has received more than 175,712 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Dick Quax is the 17,656th most popular politician (down from 16,116th in 2019), the 1,078th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 943rd in 2019) and the 138th most popular Dutch Politician.

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  • 180k

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  • 47.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dick Quax ranks 17,656 out of 19,576Before him are Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Kari Traa, P. Chidambaram, and Jim Bunning. After him are Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Philip May, John Eaton, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Padmaja Naidu, and Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Dick Quax ranks 717Before him are István Szívós, David Davis, Cliff Thorburn, Csaba Hegedűs, Brian Stableford, and El Kazovsky. After him are Tamás Wichmann, Mario Aldo Montano, Günter Haritz, Hans van Helden, Tom Wolf, and Jeff Baxter. Among people deceased in 2018, Dick Quax ranks 544Before him are Carole Shelley, Oliver Knussen, Dennis Edwards, Celeste Yarnall, Ken Flach, and Nanette Fabray. After him are Naftali Bon, Joseph Campanella, Yevgeni Zimin, Jānis Bojārs, Saleh Ali al-Sammad, and Harry Anderson.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Dick Quax ranks 1,078 out of 1,646Before him are Orlando Engelaar (1979), Arnon Grunberg (1971), Don Diablo (1980), Sven Kramer (1986), Coenraad Hiebendaal (1879), and Tijjani Reijnders (1998). After him are Robert Gesink (1986), Hans van Helden (1948), Wilbert Suvrijn (1962), Lieke Martens (1992), Bert Koenders (1958), and Yvonne van Gennip (1964).

Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Dick Quax ranks 138Before him are Caroline van der Plas (1967), Anky van Grunsven (1968), Sophie in 't Veld (1963), Hans van Baalen (1960), Helen Tanger (1978), and Emile Roemer (1962). After him are Bert Koenders (1958), Thierry Baudet (1983), Wouter Bos (1963), Diederik Samsom (1971), Loek van Wely (1972), and Marianne Thieme (1972).