1911 - 2002
Joseph Marie Antoine Hubert Luns (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 151,583 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Joseph Luns is the 8,713th most popular politician (up from 9,341st in 2019), the 362nd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 409th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Dutch Politician.
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Among politicians, Joseph Luns ranks 8,713 out of 15,577. Before him are Beata Szydło, Emperor En'yū, Anne Lister, Andrei Bubnov, Laura Chinchilla, and Gerhard Schröder. After him are Roman Malinovsky, Manuel II of Trebizond, Begum Hazrat Mahal, Charles Curtis, William I of Provence, and Arthur Phillip.
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 8,707
959 - 991
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 8,708
1791 - 1840
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 8,709
1883 - 1938
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 8,710
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 8,711
1910 - 1989
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 8,712
1911 - 2002
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 8,713
1876 - 1918
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 8,714
1324 - 1333
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 8,715
1820 - 1879
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 8,716
1860 - 1936
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 8,717
950 - 993
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 8,718
1738 - 1814
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 8,719
Among people born in 1911, Joseph Luns ranks 116. Before him are Randolph Churchill, Alfredo Foni, Joe Rosenthal, Hans von Ohain, Renato Guttuso, and Mikhail Yangel. After him are Paul Goodman, Koçi Xoxe, Brunhilde Pomsel, Mstislav Keldysh, Merle Oberon, and Gustave Gilbert. Among people deceased in 2002, Joseph Luns ranks 105. Before him are Văn Tiến Dũng, David Riesman, Nikolai Amosov, Victor Weisskopf, J. Lee Thompson, and Ted Williams. After him are Dhirubhai Ambani, Waylon Jennings, Arno Peters, Michel Henry, Eugene Odum, and Nguyễn Văn Thuận.
1911 - 1968
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 110
1911 - 1985
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 111
1911 - 2006
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 112
1911 - 1998
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 113
1911 - 1987
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 114
1911 - 1971
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 115
1911 - 2002
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 116
1911 - 1972
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 117
1911 - 1949
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 118
1911 - 2017
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 119
1911 - 1978
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 120
1911 - 1979
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 121
1911 - 1977
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 122
1917 - 2002
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 99
1909 - 2002
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 100
1913 - 2002
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 101
1908 - 2002
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 102
1914 - 2002
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 103
1918 - 2002
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 104
1911 - 2002
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 105
1932 - 2002
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 106
1937 - 2002
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 107
1916 - 2002
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 108
1922 - 2002
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 109
1913 - 2002
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 110
1928 - 2002
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 111
Among people born in Netherlands, Joseph Luns ranks 362 out of 1,427. Before him are Jacob Moleschott (1822), Sharon den Adel (1974), Samuel Goudsmit (1902), Simon de Vlieger (1601), Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798), and Wil van Gogh (1862). After him are Jan Timman (1951), Ard Schenk (1944), Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten (1927), Cristina Deutekom (1931), Charles II, Duke of Guelders (1467), and Louis Andriessen (1939).
1822 - 1893
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 356
1974 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 357
1902 - 1978
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 358
1601 - 1653
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 359
1798 - 1872
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 360
1862 - 1941
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 361
1911 - 2002
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 362
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 363
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 364
1927 - 1977
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 365
1931 - 2014
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 366
1467 - 1538
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 367
1939 - 2021
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 368
Among politicians born in Netherlands, Joseph Luns ranks 62. Before him are Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210), Philippa of Guelders (1464), William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1613), Floris I, Count of Holland (1025), James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649), and Piet de Jong (1915). After him are Dirk V, Count of Holland (1053), Floris II, Count of Holland (1091), Anna van Egmont (1533), Dirk I, Count of Holland (875), Johannes van den Bosch (1780), and Herman Willem Daendels (1762).
1210 - 1234
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 56
1464 - 1547
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 57
1613 - 1664
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 58
1025 - 1061
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 59
1649 - 1685
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 60
1915 - 2016
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 61
1911 - 2002
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 62
1053 - 1091
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 63
1091 - 1121
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 64
1533 - 1558
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 65
875 - 939
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 66
1780 - 1844
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 67
1762 - 1818
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 68