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Ludo Martens

1946 - 2011

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Ludo Martens (12 March 1946 – 5 June 2011) was a Belgian activist who founded and served as the first leader of the Workers' Party of Belgium. He wrote several works on the political history of Central Africa and the Soviet Union. In 1968, Martens founded the group Alle macht aan de arbeiders (All Power to the Workers), which became the Workers' Party of Belgium in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludo Martens has received more than 88,756 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ludo Martens is the 12,699th most popular politician (down from 12,231st in 2019), the 514th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 487th in 2019) and the 108th most popular Belgian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 89k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ludo Martens by language

Over the past year Ludo Martens has had the most page views in the with 11,330 views, followed by Dutch (4,715), and French (4,221). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Telugu (52.55%), Breton (43.31%), and Turkish (34.12%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ludo Martens ranks 12,699 out of 19,576. Before him are Daniel Salamanca Urey, Keith Rowley, Katherine Karađorđević, Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal, Friedrich Wilhelm III, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer. After him are Orontes IV, Zotto, Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg, Maxtla, Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, and Daniel Webster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ludo Martens ranks 397. Before him are Henry Paulson, Ladislav Petráš, Michèle Alliot-Marie, Marc Forné Molné, Chava Alberstein, and Álvaro Arzú. After him are Andrej Hoteev, Franz Roth, Jiří Bělohlávek, Frank Hsieh, Mogens Lykketoft, and Andrew Davis. Among people deceased in 2011, Ludo Martens ranks 218. Before him are Vang Pao, Coen Moulijn, Nicol Williamson, Valery Rozhdestvensky, Robert Ballaman, and Friedrich Kittler. After him are Ida Fink, George Devol, Jeff Conaway, Héctor Núñez, Kenneth Mars, and James Arness.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Ludo Martens ranks 514 out of 1,190. Before him are André Cluytens (1905), Walter Meeuws (1951), Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (1805), Ferdinand Adams (1903), Justine Henin (1982), and David Ruelle (1935). After him are Kate Ryan (1980), Julien Ries (1920), Walthère Frère-Orban (1812), Ulu Grosbard (1929), Charles de Tornaco (1927), and Jules Malou (1810).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Ludo Martens ranks 108. Before him are Jean Duvieusart (1900), Joseph Lebeau (1794), Sophie Wilmès (1975), Andrei Kozyrev (1951), Reginar IV, Count of Mons (950), and Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (1805). After him are Walthère Frère-Orban (1812), Jules Malou (1810), Henri Jaspar (1870), Henry Carton de Wiart (1869), Paul-Émile Janson (1872), and Edmond Leburton (1915).

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