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Jan Luyken

1649 - 1712

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Johannes or Jan Luyken (16 April 1649 – 5 April 1712) was a Dutch poet, illustrator, and engraver. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Luyken has received more than 79,685 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jan Luyken is the 2,886th most popular writer (down from 2,641st in 2019), the 453rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 392nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Dutch Writer.

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  • 80k

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  • 51.97

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Luyken ranks 2,886 out of 5,755Before him are Guido Gezelle, Yakov Perelman, Elizabeth von Arnim, Uwe Johnson, Gérard de Villiers, and Vicente Huidobro. After him are August Šenoa, Cornelius Ryan, Saken Seifullin, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Paula von Preradović, and Pierre Gringore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1649, Jan Luyken ranks 11Before him are Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Thomas Tew, John Blow, Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, and Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp, Elihu Yale, Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and Titus Oates. Among people deceased in 1712, Jan Luyken ranks 18Before him are Jan van der Heyden, Nehemiah Grew, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Juan Bautista Cabanilles, Baltacı Mehmet Pasha, and Richard Simon. After him are Louisa Maria Stuart, Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Luyken ranks 453 out of 1,427Before him are Gerrit Berckheyde (1638), Reinhart Dozy (1820), Rinus Israël (1942), Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1619), Dirk Kuyt (1980), and Eduard van Beinum (1900). After him are Sjoukje Dijkstra (1942), Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581), Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923), Floor Jansen (1981), Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934), and Auguste Kerckhoffs (1835).

Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Jan Luyken ranks 22Before him are Herman Gorter (1864), Louis Couperus (1863), Isaac Titsingh (1745), Macropedius (1487), Gerard Reve (1923), and Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882). After him are Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581), Willem Frederik Hermans (1921), Corrie ten Boom (1892), Tim Krabbé (1943), Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792), and Jan Wolkers (1925).