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Johan van Hulst

1911 - 2018

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Johan Willem van Hulst (28 January 1911 – 22 March 2018) was a Dutch school director, university professor, author, politician, chess player and centenarian. In 1943, with the help of the Dutch resistance and students of the nearby University of Amsterdam, he was instrumental in saving over 600 Jewish children from the nursery of the Hollandsche Schouwburg who were destined for deportation to Nazi concentration camps. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan van Hulst has received more than 178,583 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Johan van Hulst is the 16,648th most popular politician (down from 14,700th in 2019), the 962nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 789th in 2019) and the 129th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Johan van Hulst ranks 16,648 out of 19,576Before him are Mohamed Said Fofana, Roland Burris, Albert Camille Vital, Igor Lukšić, Steven Mnuchin, and Bruno Gollnisch. After him are John McEwen, William Barr, Youssouf Saleh Abbas, Srgjan Kerim, Augusto Pestana, and Eduard Nalbandyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Johan van Hulst ranks 363Before him are Francisco Rúa, Zheng Junli, Rezső Somlai, Helmut Berthold, Norman Malcolm, and Michael Hordern. After him are Héctor Freschi, Val Guest, Joseph Pevney, Rudolf Kotormány, Kristina Brenk, and Eric Williams. Among people deceased in 2018, Johan van Hulst ranks 470Before him are John Perry Barlow, Rim Banna, Frank Ramsey, Donald H. Peterson, Angelo Vanzin, and Bengt Nilsson. After him are Stanley Anderson, Danny Kirwan, Edwin Hawkins, Matti Kassila, Reg E. Cathey, and Pavel Panov.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Johan van Hulst ranks 962 out of 1,646Before him are Wim Crusio (1954), Stan Valckx (1963), Duncan Laurence (1994), Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (1973), Anna Dresden-Polak (1906), and Harry Lubse (1951). After him are Pieter Willem Korthals (1807), Rita Verdonk (1955), Ewine van Dishoeck (1955), Maxime Verhagen (1956), Johanna ter Steege (1961), and Peter Winnen (1957).

Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Johan van Hulst ranks 129Before him are Atje Keulen-Deelstra (1938), George van Rossem (1882), Charles Pahud de Mortanges (1896), Theo de Meester (1851), Pieter Omtzigt (1974), and Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (1973). After him are Rita Verdonk (1955), Maxime Verhagen (1956), Caroline van der Plas (1967), Anky van Grunsven (1968), Sophie in 't Veld (1963), and Hans van Baalen (1960).