1585 - 1616
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 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Jacob Le Maire is the 4,237th most popular politician (up from 4,479th in 2019), the 153rd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 164th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Belgian Politician.
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Among politicians, Jacob Le Maire ranks 4,237 out of 15,577. Before him are Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Wamba, Wu Ding, Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, and Dieter Wisliceny. After him are Elio Di Rupo, Rafael Correa, Emperor An of Han, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger, and Issey Miyake.
1943 - 2006
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 4,231
1709 - 1759
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 4,232
630 - 688
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 4,233
1300 BC - 1192 BC
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 4,234
1575 - 1612
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 4,235
1911 - 1948
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 4,236
1585 - 1616
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 4,237
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 4,238
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 4,239
94 - 125
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 4,240
1906 - 1931
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 4,241
1500 - 1453
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 4,242
1938 - 2022
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 4,243
Among people born in 1585, Jacob Le Maire ranks 10. Before him are Hendrick Avercamp, Anna of Tyrol, John George I, Elector of Saxony, Uriel da Costa, Zacharias Janssen, and Lucilio Vanini. After him are Jacques Lemercier, John Rolfe, Hamnet Shakespeare, Mary Ward, Squanto, and Caspar Bartholin the Elder. Among people deceased in 1616, Jacob Le Maire ranks 7. Before him are William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Vincenzo Scamozzi, and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. After him are Simeon Bekbulatovich, John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Andreas Libavius, Magdalene of Brandenburg, Johannes Fabricius, and Kuzma Minin.
1585 - 1634
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 4
1585 - 1618
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 5
1585 - 1656
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 6
1585 - 1640
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 7
1585 - 1635
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 8
1585 - 1619
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 9
1585 - 1616
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 10
1585 - 1654
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 11
1585 - 1622
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 12
1585 - 1596
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 13
1585 - 1645
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 14
1585 - 1622
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 15
1585 - 1629
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 16
1564 - 1616
HPI: 90.88
Rank: 1
1547 - 1616
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 2
1542 - 1616
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 3
1574 - 1616
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 4
1548 - 1616
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 5
1539 - 1616
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 6
1585 - 1616
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 7
1600 - 1616
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 8
1575 - 1616
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 9
1555 - 1616
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 10
1582 - 1616
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 11
1587 - 1616
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 12
1616 - 1616
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 13
Among people born in Belgium, Jacob Le Maire ranks 153 out of 1,019. Before him are Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165), Theroigne de Mericourt (1762), Eric Walter Elst (1936), Bartholomeus Spranger (1546), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), and The Singing Nun (1933). After him are Elio Di Rupo (1951), Leo Baekeland (1863), Charles Michel (1975), John I, Duke of Brabant (1252), Bavo of Ghent (589), and Blanche of Namur (1320).
1165 - 1235
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 147
1762 - 1817
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 148
1936 - 2022
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 149
1546 - 1611
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 150
1507 - 1568
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 151
1933 - 1985
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 152
1585 - 1616
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 153
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 154
1863 - 1944
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 155
1975 - Present
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 156
1252 - 1294
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 157
589 - 654
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 158
1320 - 1363
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 159
Among politicians born in Belgium, Jacob Le Maire ranks 46. Before him are Ermengarde of Hesbaye (778), Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne (1735), Louis II, Count of Flanders (1330), Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872), and Theroigne de Mericourt (1762). After him are Elio Di Rupo (1951), Charles Michel (1975), John I, Duke of Brabant (1252), Blanche of Namur (1320), Princess Louise of Belgium (1858), and Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859).
778 - 818
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 40
1903 - 1983
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 41
1735 - 1814
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 42
1330 - 1384
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 43
1872 - 1955
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 44
1762 - 1817
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 45
1585 - 1616
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 46
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 47
1975 - Present
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 48
1252 - 1294
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 49
1320 - 1363
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 50
1858 - 1924
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 51
1859 - 1869
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 52