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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 154,084 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Gaston Thorn is the 4,229th most popular politician (up from 4,376th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Luxembourg (up from 12th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Luxembourger Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gaston Thorn ranks 4,229 out of 19,576. Before him are Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, John Foster Dulles, Kunigunde of Austria, Gülçiçek Hatun, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, and Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond. After him are Charles Michel, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Sigvard Bernadotte, Publius Licinius Crassus, Emperor Keitai, and Periyar E. V. Ramasamy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Gaston Thorn ranks 73. Before him are Manfred Rommel, Osamu Shimomura, Erik Bruhn, Robert Badinter, Zhu Rongji, and Adam West. After him are Bernard Buffet, Capucine, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, Pierre Mauroy, and Ion Mihai Pacepa.

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In Luxembourg

Among people born in Luxembourg, Gaston Thorn ranks 11 out of 95. Before him are Jean-Claude Juncker (1954), Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896), Jacques Santer (1937), Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921), Jules A. Hoffmann (1941), and Ernst von Mansfeld (1580). After him are Hugo Gernsback (1884), Joseph Bech (1887), Edward Steichen (1879), Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894), Charly Gaul (1932), and Louis Pilot (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In Luxembourg

Among politicians born in Luxembourg, Gaston Thorn ranks 6. Before him are Robert Schuman (1886), John of Bohemia (1296), Jean-Claude Juncker (1954), Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896), and Jacques Santer (1937). After him are Joseph Bech (1887), Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894), Xavier Bettel (1973), Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg (1922), Michel Théato (1878), and Viviane Reding (1951).

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