1733 - 1803
Gottfried Freiherr van Swieten (29 October 1733 – 29 March 1803) was a Dutch-born Austrian diplomat, librarian, and government official who served the Holy Roman Empire during the 18th century. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gottfried van Swieten has received more than 179,382 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Gottfried van Swieten is the 7,626th most popular politician (up from 9,872nd in 2019), the 309th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 439th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Dutch Politician.
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Among politicians, Gottfried van Swieten ranks 7,626 out of 15,577. Before him are Tippu Tip, Eliza Lynch, Emperor Kameyama, Petre Roman, John Connally, and Yesün Temür. After him are Prospero Colonna, Smbat I of Armenia, Mandane of Media, John C. Calhoun, 8th Dalai Lama, and Ignazio Cassis.
1837 - 1905
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 7,620
1833 - 1886
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 7,621
1249 - 1305
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 7,622
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 7,623
1917 - 1993
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 7,624
1293 - 1328
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 7,625
1733 - 1803
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 7,626
1452 - 1523
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 7,627
850 - 912
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 7,628
584 BC - 559 BC
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 7,629
1782 - 1850
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 7,630
1758 - 1804
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 7,631
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 7,632
Among people born in 1733, Gottfried van Swieten ranks 10. Before him are Victoire of France, Carsten Niebuhr, Hubert Robert, Jean-Charles de Borda, Siraj ud-Daulah, and Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland. After him are Daniel Solander, Richard Kirwan, Maruyama Ōkyo, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, Adam Naruszewicz, and Philip Carteret. Among people deceased in 1803, Gottfried van Swieten ranks 17. Before him are Vittorio Alfieri, Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Xenia of Saint Petersburg, Ami Argand, and Kirill Razumovski. After him are François Devienne, William Hamilton, Samuel von Brukenthal, Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, Arthur Guinness, and Sylvain Maréchal.
1733 - 1799
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 4
1733 - 1815
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 5
1733 - 1808
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 6
1733 - 1799
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 7
1733 - 1757
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 8
1733 - 1796
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 9
1733 - 1803
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 10
1733 - 1782
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 11
1733 - 1812
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 12
1733 - 1795
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 13
1733 - 1811
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 14
1733 - 1796
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 15
1733 - 1796
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 16
1749 - 1803
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 11
1743 - 1803
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 12
1727 - 1803
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 13
1719 - 1803
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 14
1750 - 1803
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 15
1728 - 1803
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 16
1733 - 1803
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 17
1759 - 1803
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 18
1730 - 1803
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 19
1721 - 1803
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 20
1721 - 1803
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 21
1725 - 1803
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 22
1750 - 1803
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 23
Among people born in Netherlands, Gottfried van Swieten ranks 309 out of 1,427. Before him are Frans Timmermans (1961), Olivier van Noort (1558), Danny Blind (1961), Jan van der Heyden (1637), Franciscus Donders (1818), and Huub Stevens (1953). After him are Albert van Ouwater (1415), Ludger (742), Sjaak Swart (1938), Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743), Mart Stam (1899), and Ton Koopman (1944).
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 303
1558 - 1627
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 304
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 305
1637 - 1712
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 306
1818 - 1889
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 307
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 308
1733 - 1803
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 309
1415 - 1475
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 310
742 - 809
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 311
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 312
1743 - 1787
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 313
1899 - 1986
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 314
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 315
Among politicians born in Netherlands, Gottfried van Swieten ranks 52. Before him are Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1657), Dries van Agt (1931), William, Prince of Orange (1840), Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (940), Sicco Mansholt (1908), and Frans Timmermans (1961). After him are Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743), Jan Gies (1905), Floris V, Count of Holland (1254), Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210), Philippa of Guelders (1464), and William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1613).
1657 - 1696
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 46
1931 - 2024
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 47
1840 - 1879
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 48
940 - 962
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 49
1908 - 1995
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 50
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 51
1733 - 1803
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 52
1743 - 1787
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 53
1905 - 1993
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 54
1254 - 1296
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 55
1210 - 1234
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 56
1464 - 1547
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 57
1613 - 1664
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 58