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Jacob Le Maire

1585 - 1616

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Jacob Le Maire (c. 1585 – 22 December 1616) was a Dutch mariner who circumnavigated the Earth in 1615 and 1616. The strait between Tierra del Fuego and Isla de los Estados was named the Le Maire Strait in his honour, though not without controversy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob Le Maire has received more than 70,542 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jacob Le Maire is the 3,578th most popular politician (up from 4,226th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 153rd in 2019) and the 39th most popular Belgian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 71k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jacob Le Maires by language

Over the past year Jacob Le Maire has had the most page views in the with 9,271 views, followed by Dutch (3,748), and French (3,129). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (96.57%), Belarusian (81.66%), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (47.90%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jacob Le Maire ranks 3,578 out of 19,576. Before him are Conrad II of Italy, Hisham I of Córdoba, Verres, Nicu Ceaușescu, Franz Ziereis, and Vladimir Voronin. After him are Ferdinand IV of Castile, Emperor Antoku, Przemysł II, Tewfik Pasha, Maria of Alania, and Francis Phoebus of Navarre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1585, Jacob Le Maire ranks 8. Before him are Heinrich Schütz, Cornelius Jansen, Hendrick Avercamp, John George I, Elector of Saxony, Uriel da Costa, and Anna of Tyrol. After him are Lucilio Vanini, Zacharias Janssen, John Rolfe, Jacques Lemercier, Mary Ward, and Massimo Stanzione. Among people deceased in 1616, Jacob Le Maire ranks 7. Before him are William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Vincenzo Scamozzi, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, and Maria Anna of Bavaria. After him are Andreas Libavius, John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Simeon Bekbulatovich, Magdalene of Brandenburg, Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, and Johannes Fabricius.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jacob Le Maire ranks 126 out of 1,190. Before him are Adriaen Brouwer (1605), Paul Deschanel (1855), Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502), Princess Louise of Belgium (1858), Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787), and Ambiorix (-100). After him are Chantal Mouffe (1943), Marguerite Porete (1250), Siger of Brabant (1240), Louis, Prince Napoléon (1914), Louis II, Count of Flanders (1330), and Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Jacob Le Maire ranks 39. Before him are Elio Di Rupo (1951), Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724), Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), Paul Deschanel (1855), Princess Louise of Belgium (1858), and Ambiorix (-100). After him are Louis, Prince Napoléon (1914), Louis II, Count of Flanders (1330), Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872), Charles Michel (1975), John I, Duke of Brabant (1252), and Henri, Count of Paris (1933).

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