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Joseph Luns

1911 - 2002

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Joseph Marie Antoine Hubert Luns (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjoːzəf ˈlʏns]; 28 August 1911 – 17 July 2002) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP), now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), diplomat, and jurist. He served as Secretary General of NATO from 1 October 1971 until 25 June 1984. Luns attended Saint Ignatius Gymnasium in Amsterdam from April 1924 until June 1930. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Luns has received more than 167,686 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Joseph Luns is the 9,142nd most popular politician (down from 8,687th in 2019), the 399th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 361st in 2019) and the 61st most popular Dutch Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.99

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  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Luns ranks 9,142 out of 19,576. Before him are Shawar, Lorenzo Tiepolo, Kamo, Abdullah Abdullah, William IX, Count of Poitiers, and Princess Isabella of Croÿ. After him are Jules Favre, Vladivoj, Duke of Bohemia, Theodore I Palaiologos, Dan I of Wallachia, Staffan de Mistura, and Yaropolk Izyaslavich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Joseph Luns ranks 116. Before him are Simone Simon, Joe Rosenthal, Renato Guttuso, Leah Goldberg, Koçi Xoxe, and Otto Baum. After him are Barbara West, Carlos Marighella, Annie M. G. Schmidt, Mark Bernes, Joseph Alcazar, and Mikhail Yangel. Among people deceased in 2002, Joseph Luns ranks 110. Before him are Spyros Kyprianou, Văn Tiến Dũng, Domènec Balmanya, Barbara Valentin, Joseph Bonanno, and Brad Dexter. After him are John Cocke, Humaira Begum, Zaid ibn Shaker, Herb Ritts, Dudley Moore, and David Riesman.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Joseph Luns ranks 399 out of 1,646. Before him are Pieter Post (1608), Dirck Hals (1591), Faas Wilkes (1923), Simon de Vlieger (1601), Cornelis Engebrechtsz. (1468), and Theo de Jong (1947). After him are Allaert van Everdingen (1621), Paulus Moreelse (1571), William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1613), Jacob van Eyck (1590), Pim Verbeek (1956), and Hakim Ziyech (1993).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Joseph Luns ranks 61. Before him are Dirk V, Count of Holland (1053), Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743), Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1657), Piet de Jong (1915), Floris II, Count of Holland (1091), and Gottfried van Swieten (1733). After him are William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1613), Herman Willem Daendels (1762), Frits Bolkestein (1933), Barend Biesheuvel (1920), Pieter Both (1568), and Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau (1634).

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