1972 - Today
Loek van Wely (born 7 October 1972) is a Dutch chess player and politician. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1993, and was rated among the world's top ten in 2001 with a rating of 2714. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Loek van Wely has received more than 72,243 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Loek van Wely is the 16,796th most popular politician (down from 15,055th in 2019), the 1,053rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 919th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular Dutch Politician.
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Among politicians, Loek van Wely ranks 16,796 out of 15,577. Before him are Markos Kyprianou, Patricia de Lille, Albert Brewer, Jean-Henry Céant, John Dingell, and Lincoln Chafee. After him are Masahiro Tanaka, Patty Murray, William Few, Olivier Besancenot, Vera C. Bushfield, and Vyacheslav Maltsev.
1960 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 16,790
1951 - Present
HPI: 34.93
Rank: 16,791
1928 - 2017
HPI: 34.93
Rank: 16,792
1956 - Present
HPI: 34.93
Rank: 16,793
1926 - 2019
HPI: 34.92
Rank: 16,794
1953 - Present
HPI: 34.92
Rank: 16,795
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.91
Rank: 16,796
1988 - Present
HPI: 34.91
Rank: 16,797
1950 - Present
HPI: 34.91
Rank: 16,798
1748 - 1828
HPI: 34.90
Rank: 16,799
1974 - Present
HPI: 34.90
Rank: 16,800
1889 - 1976
HPI: 34.90
Rank: 16,801
1964 - Present
HPI: 34.89
Rank: 16,802
Among people born in 1972, Loek van Wely ranks 589. Before him are Eimear Quinn, Zanele Muholi, Jasmin St. Claire, Zoltan Sabo, Ava DuVernay, and Yermakhan Ibraimov. After him are Ueslei, Sérgio Manoel, Jean-Jacques Tizié, Bang Soo-hyun, Martin Straka, and Anu Tali.
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.06
Rank: 583
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.00
Rank: 584
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.99
Rank: 585
1972 - 2020
HPI: 34.96
Rank: 586
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 587
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.93
Rank: 588
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.91
Rank: 589
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.90
Rank: 590
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 591
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.86
Rank: 592
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.86
Rank: 593
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.85
Rank: 594
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.82
Rank: 595
Among people born in Netherlands, Loek van Wely ranks 1,053 out of 1,427. Before him are Wout Poels (1987), Jeroen Boere (1967), Dylan Groenewegen (1993), Katja Herbers (1980), Harald Zwart (1965), and Davy Pröpper (1991). After him are Zakaria Labyad (1993), Luc Castaignos (1992), Wim Koevermans (1960), Jutta Leerdam (1998), Estavana Polman (1992), and Marco Bizot (1991).
1987 - Present
HPI: 35.01
Rank: 1,047
1967 - 2007
HPI: 35.01
Rank: 1,048
1993 - Present
HPI: 35.01
Rank: 1,049
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.98
Rank: 1,050
1965 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 1,051
1991 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 1,052
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.91
Rank: 1,053
1993 - Present
HPI: 34.89
Rank: 1,054
1992 - Present
HPI: 34.84
Rank: 1,055
1960 - Present
HPI: 34.76
Rank: 1,056
1998 - Present
HPI: 34.70
Rank: 1,057
1992 - Present
HPI: 34.65
Rank: 1,058
1991 - Present
HPI: 34.64
Rank: 1,059
Among politicians born in Netherlands, Loek van Wely ranks 132. Before him are Bert Koenders (1958), Wopke Hoekstra (1975), Pete Hoekstra (1953), Emile Roemer (1962), Wouter Bos (1963), and Marianne Thieme (1972). After him are Jutta Leerdam (1998), Ingrid Haringa (1964), Halbe Zijlstra (1969), Diederik Samsom (1971), Thierry Baudet (1983), and Lodewijk Asscher (1974).
1958 - Present
HPI: 37.76
Rank: 126
1975 - Present
HPI: 37.13
Rank: 127
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.98
Rank: 128
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.63
Rank: 129
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.08
Rank: 130
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.59
Rank: 131
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.91
Rank: 132
1998 - Present
HPI: 34.70
Rank: 133
1964 - Present
HPI: 33.92
Rank: 134
1969 - Present
HPI: 33.69
Rank: 135
1971 - Present
HPI: 33.65
Rank: 136
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.57
Rank: 137
1974 - Present
HPI: 32.33
Rank: 138