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Jan Wils

1891 - 1972

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Jan Wils (22 February 1891 – 11 February 1972) was a Dutch architect. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Wils has received more than 40,538 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jan Wils is the 377th most popular architect (up from 387th in 2019), the 671st most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 652nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Dutch Architect.

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  • 49.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Jan Wils ranks 377 out of 518. Before him are Wilhelm Kreis, Victor Laloux, Auguste de Montferrand, Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, Lipót Baumhorn, and Clemens Holzmeister. After him are Victor Baltard, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Jaap Bakema, Alessandro Antonelli, Alberto Palacio, and Shelley McNamara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Jan Wils ranks 188. Before him are Philipp Etter, Mae Busch, Princess Pilar of Bavaria, Françoise Rosay, Dmitry Furmanov, and Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Harald Öhquist, Franz Babinger, Fritz Rasp, Hamo Beknazarian, Jetta Goudal, and Alexander Gorbatov. Among people deceased in 1972, Jan Wils ranks 157. Before him are Romas Kalanta, Roger Courtois, Jessie Royce Landis, Mitchell Leisen, Prithviraj Kapoor, and Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Edward Cook, Walter Lang, Martim Mércio da Silveira, Arthur Russell, Cecil Day-Lewis, and Jamini Roy.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Wils ranks 671 out of 1,646. Before him are Ramon Dekkers (1969), Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873), Dirck Barendsz (1534), Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper (1890), Harry Vos (1946), and Bep Voskuijl (1919). After him are Peter Aerts (1970), Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1816), Jaap Bakema (1914), Janwillem van de Wetering (1931), Gerbrand Bredero (1585), and Hans van Manen (1932).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Netherlands

Among architects born in Netherlands, Jan Wils ranks 13. Before him are Aldo van Eyck (1918), Pieter Post (1608), Salomon de Bray (1597), Pierre Cuypers (1827), Willem Marinus Dudok (1884), and Tylman van Gameren (1632). After him are Jaap Bakema (1914), and Michel de Klerk (1884).

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