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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 650,952 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jan Gies is the 7,905th most popular politician (up from 9,003rd in 2019), the 323rd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 385th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jan Gies ranks 7,905 out of 15,577. Before him are Svante Nilsson, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Velu Nachiyar, Mohammed Ben Aarafa, Edmund Heines, and Rosamund. After him are Aleksey Arakcheyev, Otto Orseolo, Antonis Samaras, Dinarchus, Milan Stojadinović, and Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Jan Gies ranks 108. Before him are Joseph Bonanno, Gertrude Ederle, Jean Daniélou, Edgar Snow, Nihal Atsız, and Hiroshi Inagaki. After him are Wanda Wasilewska, Karl Rappan, Frits Philips, Alexander Rodimtsev, Pierre Brasseur, and Maria von Trapp. Among people deceased in 1993, Jan Gies ranks 78. Before him are Pierre Bérégovoy, Desanka Maksimović, E. P. Thompson, John Connally, Maurice Yaméogo, and Wolfgang Lotz. After him are John Tuzo Wilson, René Pleven, Salah Jadid, Héctor Lavoe, József Antall, and Richard Jordan.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Gies ranks 323 out of 1,427. Before him are John Goodricke (1764), Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862), Karel Doorman (1889), Isaac Beeckman (1588), Hendrik Casimir (1909), and Mark van Bommel (1977). After him are Karel Dujardin (1622), Phillip Cocu (1970), Jan Miense Molenaer (1610), Floris V, Count of Holland (1254), Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210), and Jan Mandijn (1500).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Jan Gies ranks 54. Before him are William, Prince of Orange (1840), Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (940), Sicco Mansholt (1908), Frans Timmermans (1961), Gottfried van Swieten (1733), and Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743). After him are Floris V, Count of Holland (1254), Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210), Philippa of Guelders (1464), William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1613), Floris I, Count of Holland (1025), and James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649).

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