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Menno van Coehoorn

1641 - 1704

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Menno, Baron van Coehoorn ([ˈmɛnoː vɑŋ ˈkuɦoːr(ə)n]; March 1641 – 17 March 1704) was a Dutch soldier and engineer, regarded as one of the most significant figures in Dutch military history. In an era when siege warfare dominated military campaigns, he and his French counterpart Vauban were the acknowledged experts in designing, taking and defending fortifications. Both had their advocates; Vauban's maxim of 'more powder, less blood' also took longer, an important consideration when most military deaths occurred from disease. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Menno van Coehoorn has received more than 106,321 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Menno van Coehoorn is the 151st most popular engineer (up from 161st in 2019), the 385th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 379th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Engineer.

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Among engineers, Menno van Coehoorn ranks 151 out of 323. Before him are Gabriel Voisin, Li Kui, Kerim Kerimov, Jorge Chávez, Mstislav Keldysh, and Hellmuth Walter. After him are John Loudon McAdam, Alexander Mozhaysky, Georges Leclanché, Ivan Yarkovsky, Alec Issigonis, and Giuseppe Colombo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1641, Menno van Coehoorn ranks 8. Before him are Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Regnier de Graaf, Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, Tokugawa Ietsuna, and Johann Weikhard von Valvasor. After him are Nehemiah Grew, Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, and Nicolaes Witsen. Among people deceased in 1704, Menno van Coehoorn ranks 12. Before him are Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Georg Muffat, Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, Jean-Baptiste Denys, Selim I Giray, and Charles Plumier. After him are John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen, Isabella Leonarda, Louis Bourdaloue, Francesco Provenzale, Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, and Agnes Block.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Menno van Coehoorn ranks 385 out of 1,427. Before him are Rafael van der Vaart (1983), Anna van Egmont (1533), Frans Brüggen (1934), Wim Ruska (1940), Arnold Houbraken (1660), and Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594). After him are Hendrick de Keyser (1565), Dirk I, Count of Holland (875), Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635), Melchior d'Hondecoeter (1636), Alexandrine Tinné (1835), and Petrus Camper (1722).

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Among ENGINEERS In Netherlands

Among engineers born in Netherlands, Menno van Coehoorn ranks 1. 

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