1941 - Today
Neelie Kroes (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈneːli ˈkrus]; born 19 July 1941) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessperson who served as European Commissioner from 22 November 2004 to 1 November 2014.Kroes studied Economics at the Rotterdam School of Economics obtaining a Master of Economics degree. Kroes worked as a researcher at her alma mater from September 1963 to April 1968, and as a corporate director for a transport company in Delft from April 1968 until August 1971, and for the chamber of commerce of Rotterdam from July 1969 until August 1971. Kroes became a Member of the House of Representatives shortly after the election of 1971 on 3 August 1971, and served as a frontbencher and spokesperson for Transport and Education. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neelie Kroes has received more than 200,352 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Neelie Kroes is the 12,202nd most popular politician (down from 10,670th in 2019), the 568th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 492nd in 2019) and the 90th most popular Dutch Politician.
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Among politicians, Neelie Kroes ranks 12,202 out of 15,577. Before her are John I de la Roche, László Kövér, Jamshid Amouzegar, Quanah Parker, Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and Nihat Erim. After her are Juraj Dobrila, Kálmán Darányi, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Anton Seidl, and Carlos Veiga.
1300 - 1280
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 12,196
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 12,197
1923 - 2016
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 12,198
1845 - 1911
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 12,199
1677 - 1712
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 12,200
1912 - 1980
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 12,201
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 12,202
1812 - 1882
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 12,203
1886 - 1939
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 12,204
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 12,205
1709 - 1729
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 12,206
1850 - 1898
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 12,207
1949 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 12,208
Among people born in 1941, Neelie Kroes ranks 310. Before her are Dr. John, Alexander Ragulin, Maurice Piat, Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Ricardo Piglia, and Helen Reddy. After her are Diogo Freitas do Amaral, Ryuichi Sugiyama, Bo Svenson, Hipólito Mejía, Ewa Demarczyk, and Ibrahim Babangida.
1941 - 2019
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 304
1941 - 2004
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 305
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 306
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 307
1941 - 2017
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 308
1941 - 2020
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 309
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 310
1941 - 2019
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 311
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 312
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 313
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 314
1941 - 2020
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 315
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 316
Among people born in Netherlands, Neelie Kroes ranks 568 out of 1,427. Before her are Barry Hulshoff (1946), Henri Alexis Brialmont (1821), Maarten Schmidt (1929), Wubbo Ockels (1946), Frederik van Eeden (1860), and Kees Kist (1952). After her are Elly Ameling (1933), Simon Vestdijk (1898), Sandra Roelofs (1968), Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794), Dirk Brouwer (1902), and Estella Agsteribbe (1909).
1946 - 2020
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 562
1821 - 1903
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 563
1929 - 2022
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 564
1946 - 2014
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 565
1860 - 1932
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 566
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 567
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 568
1933 - Present
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 569
1898 - 1971
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 570
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 571
1794 - 1863
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 572
1902 - 1966
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 573
1909 - 1943
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 574
Among politicians born in Netherlands, Neelie Kroes ranks 90. Before her are Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885), Willem Schermerhorn (1894), Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692), Hendrikus Colijn (1869), Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1691), and Henri Alexis Brialmont (1821). After her are Sandra Roelofs (1968), Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794), Alexander Rueb (1882), Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal (1761), Pieter van Vollenhoven (1939), and Jan de Quay (1901).
1885 - 1961
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 84
1894 - 1977
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 85
1692 - 1766
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 86
1869 - 1944
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 87
1691 - 1741
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 88
1821 - 1903
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 89
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 90
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 91
1794 - 1863
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 92
1882 - 1959
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 93
1761 - 1799
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 94
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 95
1901 - 1985
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 96