1887 - 1975
Joseph Bech (17 February 1887 – 8 March 1975) was a Luxembourgish politician and lawyer. He was the 15th prime minister of Luxembourg, serving for eleven years, from 16 July 1926 to 5 November 1937. He returned to the position after World War II, and served for another four years as the 17th prime minister, from 29 December 1953 until 29 March 1958. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Bech has received more than 107,240 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Joseph Bech is the 5,654th most popular politician (down from 5,407th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Luxembourg and the 8th most popular Luxembourger Politician.
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Among politicians, Joseph Bech ranks 5,654 out of 15,577. Before him are Shahrokh Shah, Athanagild, Al-Mustansir Billah, Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau, Tigranes III, and Zhang Chunqiao. After him are Jean-Claude Duvalier, Abd al-Hafid of Morocco, Maria Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, Pacorus II, Cao Zhang, and Bolesław V the Chaste.
1734 - 1796
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 5,648
517 - 567
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 5,649
1029 - 1094
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 5,650
1627 - 1667
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 5,651
100 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 5,652
1917 - 2005
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 5,653
1887 - 1975
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 5,654
1951 - 2014
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 5,655
1875 - 1937
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 5,656
1154 - 1208
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 5,657
50 - 105
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 5,658
190 - 223
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 5,659
1226 - 1279
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 5,660
Among people born in 1887, Joseph Bech ranks 80. Before him are Josef Čapek, Giovanni Gronchi, Vasily Chapayev, Leonard Bloomfield, George, Crown Prince of Serbia, and Sivananda Saraswati. After him are Tetsu Katayama, Wilhelm Kube, François Faber, Roscoe Arbuckle, Mario Roatta, and Korechika Anami. Among people deceased in 1975, Joseph Bech ranks 59. Before him are Ivan Maisky, Hans Bellmer, Marguerite Perey, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Eugen Fink, and Walker Evans. After him are Al Lettieri, Guy Mollet, Per Wahlöö, Franz Six, Lyubov Orlova, and William A. Wellman.
1887 - 1945
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 74
1887 - 1978
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 75
1887 - 1919
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 76
1887 - 1949
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 77
1887 - 1972
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 78
1887 - 1963
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 79
1887 - 1975
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 80
1887 - 1978
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 81
1887 - 1943
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 82
1887 - 1915
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 83
1887 - 1933
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 84
1887 - 1968
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 85
1887 - 1945
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 86
1884 - 1975
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 53
1902 - 1975
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 54
1909 - 1975
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 55
1889 - 1975
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 56
1905 - 1975
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 57
1903 - 1975
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 58
1887 - 1975
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 59
1928 - 1975
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 60
1905 - 1975
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 61
1926 - 1975
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 62
1909 - 1975
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 63
1902 - 1975
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 64
1896 - 1975
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 65
Among people born in Luxembourg, Joseph Bech ranks 16 out of 79. Before him are Jacques Santer (1937), Ernst von Mansfeld (1580), Gaston Thorn (1928), Hugo Gernsback (1884), Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894), and Edward Steichen (1879). After him are Charly Gaul (1932), Nicolas Frantz (1899), Josy Barthel (1927), Hermann von François (1856), Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg (1922), and Xavier Bettel (1973).
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 10
1580 - 1626
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 11
1928 - 2007
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 12
1884 - 1967
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 13
1894 - 1924
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 14
1879 - 1973
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 15
1887 - 1975
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 16
1932 - 2005
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 17
1899 - 1985
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 18
1927 - 1992
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 19
1856 - 1933
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 20
1922 - 2011
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 21
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 22
Among politicians born in Luxembourg, Joseph Bech ranks 8. Before him are John of Bohemia (1296), Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896), Jean-Claude Juncker (1954), Jacques Santer (1937), Gaston Thorn (1928), and Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894). After him are Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg (1922), Xavier Bettel (1973), Michel Théato (1878), Jacques Poos (1935), Viviane Reding (1951), and Jean Asselborn (1949).
1296 - 1346
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 2
1896 - 1985
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 3
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 4
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 5
1928 - 2007
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 6
1894 - 1924
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 7
1887 - 1975
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 8
1922 - 2011
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 9
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 10
1878 - 1919
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 11
1935 - 2022
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 12
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 13
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 14