1970 - Today
Peter Aerts (born 25 October 1970) is a Dutch semi-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. He won his first world title when he was nineteen years old in 1990, taking the International Kick Boxing Federation's Heavyweight Championship. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Aerts has received more than 866,797 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Peter Aerts is the 32nd most popular martial arts (down from 30th in 2019), the 540th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 584th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Martial Arts.
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Among martial arts, Peter Aerts ranks 32 out of 118. Before him are Koichi Tohei, Benny Urquidez, Shoji Nishio, Mirko Cro Cop, Semmy Schilt, and Hidetaka Nishiyama. After him are Gozo Shioda, Anderson Silva, Francis Ngannou, Takayuki Kubota, Jérôme Le Banner, and Alistair Overeem.
1920 - 2011
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 26
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 27
1927 - 2005
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 28
1974 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 29
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 30
1928 - 2008
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 31
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 32
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 33
1975 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 34
1986 - Present
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 35
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 36
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 37
1980 - Present
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 38
Among people born in 1970, Peter Aerts ranks 86. Before him are Elizabeth Mitchell, Warwick Davis, Mehmet Scholl, Igor Strelkov, Minnie Driver, and Matthew Lillard. After him are Lara Flynn Boyle, Ekrem İmamoğlu, Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Mustafa Sandal, Craig Parker, and Paul Potts.
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 80
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 81
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 82
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 83
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 84
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 85
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 86
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 87
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 88
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 89
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 90
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 91
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 92
Among people born in Netherlands, Peter Aerts ranks 540 out of 1,427. Before him are Evert van Aelst (1602), Willem Marinus Dudok (1884), Dirk Jan de Geer (1870), Badr Hari (1984), Theo de Jong (1947), and Jan Wolkers (1925). After him are Björn Kuipers (1973), Bertus Aafjes (1914), Richard Witschge (1969), Willem Johan Kolff (1911), George Knobel (1922), and Hakim Ziyech (1993).
1602 - 1657
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 534
1884 - 1974
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 535
1870 - 1960
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 536
1984 - Present
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 537
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 538
1925 - 2007
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 539
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 540
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 541
1914 - 1993
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 542
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 543
1911 - 2009
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 544
1922 - 2012
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 545
1993 - Present
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 546
Among martial arts born in Netherlands, Peter Aerts ranks 2. Before him are Semmy Schilt (1973).