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Jan Gies

1905 - 1993

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Jan Augustus Gies (Dutch pronunciation: [jɑŋ ˈɣis]; 18 August 1905 – 26 January 1993) was a member of the Dutch Resistance who, with his wife, Miep, helped hide Anne Frank, her sister Margot, their parents Otto and Edith, the van Pels family, and Fritz Pfeffer from Nazi persecution during the occupation of the Netherlands by aiding them as they resided in the Secret Annex. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Gies has received more than 715,856 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Gies is the 10,284th most popular politician (down from 7,882nd in 2019), the 473rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 322nd in 2019) and the 77th most popular Dutch Politician.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

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  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jan Gies ranks 10,284 out of 19,576. Before him are Michel Le Tellier, Kamal Ganzouri, Ljudevit, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Nicholas Orsini, and Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden. After him are Dmitri Shepilov, Hethum II, King of Armenia, Odo de St Amand, Vitale II Michiel, James Connolly, and Esther Hayut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Jan Gies ranks 146. Before him are Louis Rosier, Grigori Kozintsev, Fumiko Enchi, Zdeněk Burian, Manuel Ferreira, and Tore Keller. After him are Dmitri Shepilov, Robert Penn Warren, Michael Powell, Nise da Silveira, Georges Schehadé, and Theodor Oberländer. Among people deceased in 1993, Jan Gies ranks 109. Before him are Guido Masetti, Chishū Ryū, John Tuzo Wilson, Henry Hazlitt, Clarence Zener, and William L. Shirer. After him are Elvira Popescu, Sebastiano Baggio, Elmar Klos, William Berger, Anšlavs Eglītis, and Yulian Semyonov.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Gies ranks 473 out of 1,646. Before him are Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885), Anthon van Rappard (1858), Dirk Stikker (1897), Louis Couperus (1863), Pierre van Hooijdonk (1969), and Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1566). After him are Petrus Camper (1722), Gerrit Berckheyde (1638), Cornelis Ketel (1548), Jacob Moleschott (1822), Isaac van Ostade (1621), and Dick van Dijk (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Jan Gies ranks 77. Before him are Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (1625), Dirk I, Count of Holland (875), Nicolaes Witsen (1641), James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649), Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885), and Dirk Stikker (1897). After him are Jelle Zijlstra (1918), Roméo Dallaire (1946), Sigrid Kaag (1961), Johannes van den Bosch (1780), Anna van Egmont (1533), and Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz (1612).

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