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Niels Holst-Sørensen

1922 - 2023

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Niels Holst-Sørensen (19 December 1922 – 24 October 2023) was a Danish athlete and air force officer, and a centenarian. He served as the commander-in-chief of the Royal Danish Air Force from 1970 to 1982, and as Denmark's military representative to NATO from 1982 to 1986. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Niels Holst-Sørensen has received more than 19,329 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Niels Holst-Sørensen is the 96th most popular athlete (up from 1,258th in 2019), the 237th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 558th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Niels Holst-Sørensen ranks 96 out of 6,025. Before him are Josy Barthel, Eddie Eagan, Armin Hary, Heather Armitage, Gustav Flatow, and Elvīra Ozoliņa. After him are Ralph Rose, Dora Ratjen, Frank Jarvis, Viktor Mamatov, Robert Hichens, and John Flanagan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Niels Holst-Sørensen ranks 157. Before him are Margherita Hack, Alan Perlis, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, Anker Jørgensen, Artemio Franchi, and Bea Arthur. After him are Howard Zinn, Vasko Popa, Shovkat Alakbarova, Kingsley Amis, Mauro Bolognini, and Theo Albrecht. Among people deceased in 2023, Niels Holst-Sørensen ranks 201. Before him are Odilon Polleunis, Paul Reubens, Amitai Etzioni, Valentina Ponomaryova, Evelyn Fox Keller, and Antonio Juliano. After him are Andre Braugher, Solomon Perel, M. S. Swaminathan, Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Irina Miroshnichenko, and Robert Hanssen.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Niels Holst-Sørensen ranks 237 out of 1,032. Before him are Anker Jørgensen (1922), Inger Christensen (1935), Jeppe Aakjær (1866), Gunnhild, Mother of Kings (910), Sidse Babett Knudsen (1968), and Ludvig Lorenz (1829). After him are Erik Scavenius (1877), Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark (1650), Otto Friedrich Müller (1730), Count Ingolf of Rosenborg (1940), Christen Købke (1810), and Susanne Bier (1960).

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Among ATHLETES In Denmark

Among athletes born in Denmark, Niels Holst-Sørensen ranks 1. After him are Viggo Jensen (1874), Edgar Aabye (1865), Karen Harup (1924), Lis Hartel (1921), Charles Winckler (1867), Ernst Schultz (1879), Eugen Schmidt (1862), Karen Hoff (1921), Hans Jacob Nielsen (1899), Henry Petersen (1900), and Kurt Helmudt (1943).

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