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Johan de Witt

1625 - 1672

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Johan de Witt (24 September 1625 – 20 August 1672) was a Dutch statesman who was a major political figure during the First Stadtholderless Period, when flourishing global trade in a period of rapid European colonial expansion made the Dutch a leading trading and seafaring power in Europe, commonly referred to as the Dutch Golden Age. De Witt was elected Grand Pensionary of Holland, and together with his uncle Cornelis de Graeff, he controlled the Dutch political system from around 1650 until the Rampjaar (Disaster Year) of 1672. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan de Witt has received more than 2,191,760 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Johan de Witt is the 1,837th most popular politician (down from 1,364th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 47th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Dutch Politician.

Johan de Witt is most famous for being a Dutch statesman who was assassinated in 1672.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Johan de Witt ranks 1,837 out of 19,576. Before him are Ramiz Alia, Yakov Sverdlov, Hafizullah Amin, Kubrat, Yuri Dolgorukiy, and Kamala Harris. After him are Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Louis the Younger, Marie François Sadi Carnot, Sekhemkhet, Hongzhi Emperor, and Svatopluk I of Moravia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1625, Johan de Witt ranks 2. Before him is Giovanni Domenico Cassini. After him are Paulus Potter, Carlo Maratta, Rasmus Bartholin, John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, Erik Dahlbergh, Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern, Thomas Corneille, Gregorio Barbarigo, François de Créquy, and William Christoph, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. Among people deceased in 1672, Johan de Witt ranks 3. Before him are John II Casimir Vasa, and Heinrich Schütz. After him are Al-Rashid of Morocco, Peter Stuyvesant, Franciscus Sylvius, John Wilkins, Hümaşah Sultan, Marguerite of Lorraine, Adil Giray, Adriaen van de Velde, and Madeleine Béjart.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Johan de Witt ranks 64 out of 1,646. Before him are Paul J. Crutzen (1933), Han van Meegeren (1889), Frederick de Houtman (1571), Jan Tinbergen (1903), Pieter de Hooch (1629), and Simon van der Meer (1925). After him are Gerrit Rietveld (1888), Ronald Koeman (1963), Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920), William V, Prince of Orange (1748), and Dieric Bouts (1415).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Johan de Witt ranks 9. Before him are Juliana of the Netherlands (1909), Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165), William I of the Netherlands (1772), William III of England (1650), William II of the Netherlands (1792), and William II, Prince of Orange (1626). After him are William V, Prince of Orange (1748), Dries van Agt (1931), Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584), William IV, Prince of Orange (1711), Geert Wilders (1963), and William II of Holland (1228).

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