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Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten

1927 - 1977

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Jacob Louis Veldhuyzen van Zanten (5 February 1927 – 27 March 1977) was a Dutch aircraft captain and flight instructor. He was the captain of KLM Flight 4805, and died in the Tenerife airport disaster, the deadliest accident in aviation history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten has received more than 795,017 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten is the 24th most popular pilot (up from 25th in 2019), the 380th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 364th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten ranks 24 out of 71. Before him are Valery Chkalov, René Fonck, Mathias Rust, Claire Lee Chennault, Janina Lewandowska, and Vladimir Ilyushin. After him are Amy Johnson, Amet-khan Sultan, Igor Volk, Leyla Mammadbeyova, Carl Gustaf von Rosen, and Charles Nungesser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten ranks 136. Before him are Bernard Vukas, Roy Chiao, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Ahmad Jannati, Joe Turkel, and Vladimir Ilyushin. After him are Gordon Cooper, L. K. Advani, Chandra Shekhar, Althea Gibson, Coretta Scott King, and Allan Kaprow. Among people deceased in 1977, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten ranks 97. Before him are Alexander Rodimtsev, Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Pierre Clastres, Erroll Garner, Samael Aun Weor, and Pan Yuliang. After him are Ba Maw, Son Ngoc Thanh, Nathan Homer Knorr, Sergei Kruglov, Jim Thompson, and Alexander Tcherepnin.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten ranks 380 out of 1,646. Before him are Hendrick de Keyser (1565), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (1983), Jaap Stam (1972), Bennie Muller (1938), Aagje Deken (1741), and Hendrik Casimir (1909). After him are Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857), Floris II, Count of Holland (1091), Marc Overmars (1973), Cornelis Cort (1533), Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (1556), and Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (1472).

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Among PILOTS In Netherlands

Among pilots born in Netherlands, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten ranks 1. 

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