CYCLIST

Maurice Peeters

1882 - 1957

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Mouritius "Maurice" Prosper Peeters (5 May 1882 – 5 December 1957) was a track cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the two consecutive Summer Olympics (1920 and 1924).He was born in Antwerp, Belgium, but was raised in The Hague. He died in nearby Leidschendam. In 1920, Peeters became amateur world champion in track cycling. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Peeters has received more than 11,438 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Peeters is the 69th most popular cyclist (up from 230th in 2019), the 452nd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 654th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 0.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Maurice Peeters by language

Over the past year Maurice Peeters has had the most page views in the with 1,049 views, followed by Dutch (838), and German (532). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (103.08%), Egyptian Arabic (82.80%), and Polish (50.39%)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Maurice Peeters ranks 69 out of 1,613. Before him are André Leducq, Bernard Thévenet, Lucien Aimar, Gösta Pettersson, Greg LeMond, and Luigi Ganna. After him are Jan Ullrich, Hennie Kuiper, Paolo Pedretti, Leandro Faggin, Romain Maes, and Sylvère Maes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Maurice Peeters ranks 144. Before him are Arnold Rothstein, Douglas Mawson, Takenoshin Nakai, Otto Ruge, Federico Chávez, and Yakov Perelman. After him are Monteiro Lobato, Alexander Kutepov, Carl Diem, Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Auguste Herbin, and Pascual Orozco. Among people deceased in 1957, Maurice Peeters ranks 119. Before him are Georges Hébert, Théophile de Donder, Alexander Vertinsky, Elia Abu Madi, Luigi Ganna, and Ferenc Hirzer. After him are Kiyoshi Shiga, Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Harrison Ford, Peter Freuchen, Joseph Canteloube, and Bugs Moran.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Maurice Peeters ranks 452 out of 1,190. Before him are Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria (1938), Caspar Barlaeus (1584), Gaston Eyskens (1905), Adriaen Isenbrandt (1490), René Vandereycken (1953), and Katherine Swynford (1350). After him are Corneille Guillaume Beverloo (1922), Louis Gallait (1810), Raoul Servais (1928), Constant Permeke (1886), Hélène Dutrieu (1877), and Adrien-François Servais (1807).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Maurice Peeters ranks 19. Before him are Lucien Buysse (1892), Herman Van Springel (1943), Walter Godefroot (1943), Erik De Vlaeminck (1945), Stan Ockers (1920), and Maurice De Waele (1896). After him are Romain Maes (1912), Sylvère Maes (1909), Jean-Pierre Monseré (1948), Jean Aerts (1907), Michel Pollentier (1951), and Marcel Kint (1914).

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