PHYSICIAN

Jacques Rogge

1942 - 2021

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Jacques Jean Marie, Count Rogge (French: [ʒɑk ʁɔɡ], Dutch: [ʑɑk ˈrɔɣə] ; 2 May 1942 – 29 August 2021) was a Belgian sports administrator and physician, who served as the eighth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 2001 to 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Rogge has received more than 579,636 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Jacques Rogge is the 74th most popular physician (down from 22nd in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Belgium (down from 25th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Physician.

Jacques Rogge is most famous for being the eighth president of the International Olympic Committee.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Jacques Rogge ranks 74 out of 726. Before him are Christiaan Barnard, Herophilos, Elias Lönnrot, Niels Ryberg Finsen, Frederick Banting, and Stanley Cohen. After him are Selman Waksman, August Krogh, Theodor Morell, Louis Auguste Blanqui, Elizabeth Blackwell, and Peter Canisius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Jacques Rogge ranks 40. Before him are Ian McShane, Mohamed ElBaradei, Giorgio Agamben, Tobin Bell, Michel Mayor, and Giacinto Facchetti. After him are Bob Hoskins, Jochen Rindt, László Sólyom, John Irving, Margaret Court, and Michael Crichton. Among people deceased in 2021, Jacques Rogge ranks 25. Before him are Roh Tae-woo, Paul J. Crutzen, Abolhassan Banisadr, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Nathalie Delon, and Sonny Chiba. After him are Hans Küng, Martinus J. G. Veltman, Colin Powell, Richard R. Ernst, Donald Rumsfeld, and Steven Weinberg.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jacques Rogge ranks 71 out of 1,190. Before him are Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Herman Van Rompuy (1947), Carlota of Mexico (1840), Adolphe Quetelet (1796), John of Gaunt (1340), and Quentin Matsys (1466). After him are Jacob Obrecht (1457), Albert Claude (1899), Paul Delvaux (1897), Adrian Willaert (1490), Dominique Pire (1910), and Émile Verhaeren (1855).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Belgium

Among physicians born in Belgium, Jacques Rogge ranks 2. Before him are Andreas Vesalius (1514). After him are Corneille Heymans (1892), Rembert Dodoens (1517), and Paul Janssen (1926).

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