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Gaston Thorn

1928 - 2007

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Gaston Egmond Thorn (3 September 1928 – 26 August 2007) was a Luxembourgish politician who served in a number of high-profile positions, both domestically and internationally. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaston Thorn has received more than 142,559 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Gaston Thorn is the 4,387th most popular politician (up from 4,534th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Luxembourg (up from 14th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Luxembourger Politician.

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  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.92

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gaston Thorn ranks 4,387 out of 15,577Before him are Barham Salih, Frederick the Simple, Gustav Noske, Emperor Go-Mizunoo, Conrad, Duke of Lorraine, and Jing Ke. After him are Theodelinda, Andocides, José Gervasio Artigas, Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange, Imi Lichtenfeld, and Rama II of Siam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Gaston Thorn ranks 86Before him are Osamu Shimomura, Daniel Nathans, Desmond Morris, Wolfgang von Trips, Marco Ferreri, and Gene Sharp. After him are Patrick McGoohan, Ion Mihai Pacepa, Fats Domino, James Earl Ray, Musa al-Sadr, and Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Among people deceased in 2007, Gaston Thorn ranks 43Before him are Arthur Kornberg, Paul Watzlawick, Jane Wyman, Robert Jordan, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, and Jean-Claude Brialy. After him are Joe Zawinul, Oscar Peterson, Bob Denard, Ettore Sottsass, Abbé Pierre, and Colin McRae.

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In Luxembourg

Among people born in Luxembourg, Gaston Thorn ranks 12 out of 79Before him are Jean-Claude Juncker (1954), Étienne Lenoir (1822), Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921), Jules A. Hoffmann (1941), Jacques Santer (1937), and Ernst von Mansfeld (1580). After him are Hugo Gernsback (1884), Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894), Edward Steichen (1879), Joseph Bech (1887), Charly Gaul (1932), and Nicolas Frantz (1899).

Among POLITICIANS In Luxembourg

Among politicians born in Luxembourg, Gaston Thorn ranks 6Before him are Robert Schuman (1886), John of Bohemia (1296), Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896), Jean-Claude Juncker (1954), and Jacques Santer (1937). After him are Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894), Joseph Bech (1887), Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg (1922), Xavier Bettel (1973), Michel Théato (1878), and Jacques Poos (1935).