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Peter Aerts

1970 - Today

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Peter Aerts (born 25 October 1970) is a Dutch retired kickboxer. Known for his devastating high kicks, which earned him the nickname "The Dutch Lumberjack", he is widely considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight kickboxers of all time. Born in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Aerts began training in Taekwondo at the age of fourteen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Aerts has received more than 931,463 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Aerts is the 33rd most popular martial arts (down from 32nd in 2019), the 672nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 539th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Martial Arts.

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  • 930k

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  • 56.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Peter Aerts ranks 33 out of 179. Before him are Benny Urquidez, Anderson Silva, Semmy Schilt, Shoji Nishio, Morihiro Saito, and Jérôme Le Banner. After him are Gozo Shioda, Francis Ngannou, Mirko Cro Cop, Rickson Gracie, Takayuki Kubota, and Royce Gracie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Peter Aerts ranks 115. Before him are Nicolas Winding Refn, Martin McDonagh, Petra Mede, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ekrem İmamoğlu, and Jonah Falcon. After him are Peter Tägtgren, Fazıl Say, Oded Fehr, Anna Maria Jopek, Julia Quinn, and Rahul Gandhi.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Peter Aerts ranks 672 out of 1,646. Before him are Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873), Dirck Barendsz (1534), Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper (1890), Harry Vos (1946), Bep Voskuijl (1919), and Jan Wils (1891). After him are Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1816), Jaap Bakema (1914), Janwillem van de Wetering (1931), Gerbrand Bredero (1585), Hans van Manen (1932), and Wim Jonk (1966).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Netherlands

Among martial arts born in Netherlands, Peter Aerts ranks 2. Before him are Semmy Schilt (1973). After him are Bas Rutten (1965), Gökhan Saki (1983), and Germaine de Randamie (1984).

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