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Hendrik Willem van Loon

1882 - 1944

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Hendrik Willem van Loon (January 14, 1882 – March 11, 1944) was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's book author. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hendrik Willem van Loon has received more than 177,377 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Hendrik Willem van Loon is the 3,748th most popular writer (down from 2,828th in 2019), the 590th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 442nd in 2019) and the 31st most popular Dutch Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hendrik Willem van Loon ranks 3,748 out of 7,302. Before him are Henry Bataille, Laza Kostić, Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Gabriel Chevallier, Tadeusz Konwicki, and Mykola Bazhan. After him are Luigi Capuana, John Gray, Girolamo de Rada, Ian Rankin, Hal Clement, and Judith Gautier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Hendrik Willem van Loon ranks 159. Before him are Robert Kerr, Louis Pergaud, Simon Vratsian, Leonhard Frank, Joseph Marx, and James Somerville. After him are Oldřich Duras, George Bellows, Jenő Fuchs, Kyusaku Ogino, Rockwell Kent, and Louis St. Laurent. Among people deceased in 1944, Hendrik Willem van Loon ranks 219. Before him are Adam von Trott zu Solz, Dénes Kőnig, Noël Édouard, vicomte de Curières de Castelnau, Isabelino Gradín, Erich Marcks, and Trafford Leigh-Mallory. After him are Tokutaro Ukon, Maurice Paléologue, Arthur Blake, Johan Pitka, Ker-Xavier Roussel, and Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Hendrik Willem van Loon ranks 590 out of 1,646. Before him are Candy Dulfer (1969), Willem Hendrik Keesom (1876), Gisbertus Voetius (1589), Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794), Michael Reiziger (1973), and Cornelis Pietersz Bega (1630). After him are Claes Jansz. Visscher (1587), Mary of Guelders (1434), Martin Jol (1956), Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1900), Nigel de Jong (1984), and Netti Witziers-Timmer (1923).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Hendrik Willem van Loon ranks 31. Before him are Cornelis Tromp (1629), Corrie ten Boom (1892), Tim Krabbé (1943), Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792), Bertus Aafjes (1914), and Gysbert Japiks (1603). After him are Jan Wolkers (1925), Simon Vestdijk (1898), Janwillem van de Wetering (1931), Gerbrand Bredero (1585), Mieke Bal (1946), and Anna Enquist (1945).

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