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Frans Andriessen

1929 - 2019

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Franciscus Henricus Johannes Joseph "Frans" Andriessen (2 April 1929 – 22 March 2019) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessperson who served as European Commissioner from 6 January 1981 until 6 January 1993. Andriessen studied Law at Utrecht University obtaining a Master of Laws degree. Andriessen worked for a construction institute in Utrecht from October 1953 until February 1967 and as CEO from July 1961. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frans Andriessen has received more than 42,026 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Frans Andriessen is the 15,680th most popular politician (down from 14,720th in 2019), the 868th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 790th in 2019) and the 117th most popular Dutch Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 42k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Frans Andriessen has had the most page views in the with 4,854 views, followed by English (4,459), and German (778). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (113.03%), Catalan (62.66%), and Luxembourgish (54.12%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frans Andriessen ranks 15,680 out of 19,576. Before him are François Legault, Massasoit, Dolly Buster, Marco Rubio, Sükhbaataryn Batbold, and Giorgi Gakharia. After him are D. M. Jayaratne, Yi Gwang-sik, Pauline Marois, Michèle Pierre-Louis, Pantaleon, and Guillermo Tell Villegas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Frans Andriessen ranks 437. Before him are Utpal Dutt, Audun Boysen, Yordan Radichkov, Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, Eugène Parlier, and Pentti Hämäläinen. After him are Raymond Bellot, Mario Francesco Pompedda, Yvette Williams, Saeed Jaffrey, Keijo Liinamaa, and Olga Tass. Among people deceased in 2019, Frans Andriessen ranks 406. Before him are Josef Feistmantl, Kurt Armbruster, Lol Mahamat Choua, Aleksey Buldakov, Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, and Ben Pon. After him are D. M. Jayaratne, Raymond Bellot, Sara Danius, Judith Krantz, Yvette Williams, and King Kong Bundy.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Frans Andriessen ranks 868 out of 1,646. Before him are John Heitinga (1983), Caius Welcker (1885), Pieter van den Hoogenband (1978), J. Slauerhoff (1898), Ben Pon (1936), and Joris Mathijsen (1980). After him are Joan Röell (1844), Conny Vandenbos (1937), Johannes van Dijk (1868), Jan Poortvliet (1955), Willem Slijkhuis (1923), and Ronald Plasterk (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Frans Andriessen ranks 117. Before him are Els Borst (1932), Nicolaas Pierson (1839), Theo Heemskerk (1852), Kajsa Ollongren (1967), Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841), and Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (1822). After him are Joan Röell (1844), Ronald Plasterk (1957), Wilhelmina Drucker (1847), Wopke Hoekstra (1975), Jeroen Dijsselbloem (1966), and Atje Keulen-Deelstra (1938).

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