1928 - 2007
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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Among politicians, Gaston Thorn ranks 4,387 out of 15,577. Before 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.
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 4,381
1342 - 1377
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 4,382
1868 - 1946
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 4,383
1596 - 1680
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 4,384
922 - 955
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 4,385
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 4,386
1928 - 2007
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 4,387
570 - 627
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 4,388
440 BC - 391 BC
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 4,389
1764 - 1850
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 4,390
1751 - 1820
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 4,391
1910 - 1998
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 4,392
1767 - 1824
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 4,393
Among people born in 1928, Gaston Thorn ranks 86. Before 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 43. Before 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.
1928 - 2018
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 80
1928 - 1999
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 81
1928 - Present
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 82
1928 - 1961
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 83
1928 - 1997
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 84
1928 - 2018
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 85
1928 - 2007
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 86
1928 - 2009
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 87
1928 - 2021
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 88
1928 - 2017
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 89
1928 - 1998
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 90
1928 - 1978
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 91
1928 - 2021
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 92
1918 - 2007
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 37
1921 - 2007
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 38
1917 - 2007
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 39
1948 - 2007
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 40
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 41
1933 - 2007
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 42
1928 - 2007
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 43
1932 - 2007
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 44
1925 - 2007
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 45
1929 - 2007
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 46
1917 - 2007
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 47
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 48
1968 - 2007
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 49
Among people born in Luxembourg, Gaston Thorn ranks 12 out of 79. Before 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).
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 6
1822 - 1900
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 7
1921 - 2019
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 8
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 9
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 10
1580 - 1626
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 11
1928 - 2007
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 12
1884 - 1967
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 13
1894 - 1924
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 14
1879 - 1973
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 15
1887 - 1975
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 16
1932 - 2005
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 17
1899 - 1985
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 18
Among politicians born in Luxembourg, Gaston Thorn ranks 6. Before 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).
1886 - 1963
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 1
1296 - 1346
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 2
1896 - 1985
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 3
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 4
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 5
1928 - 2007
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 6
1894 - 1924
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 7
1887 - 1975
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 8
1922 - 2011
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 9
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 10
1878 - 1919
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 11
1935 - 2022
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 12