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Peter Freuchen

1886 - 1957

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Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen (20 February 1886 – 2 September 1957) was a Danish explorer, author, journalist and anthropologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Freuchen has received more than 1,488,020 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Freuchen is the 299th most popular explorer (down from 288th in 2019), the 332nd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 329th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

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  • 52.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Peter Freuchen ranks 299 out of 498. Before him are Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Lourenço Marques, Semyon Chelyuskin, Louis Jolliet, Charles Francis Hall, and László Almásy. After him are Alexander Gordon Laing, Fernão de Loronha, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Bertrand Piccard, Meriwether Lewis, and Gustav Adolf von Götzen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Peter Freuchen ranks 157. Before him are Dimitri Uznadze, John Cromwell, Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Catherine Desnitski, Constant Permeke, and Malak Hifni Nasif. After him are Alexander Svanidze, Roberto María Ortiz, Jean Hersholt, Georges Vantongerloo, Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, and Rose Wilder Lane. Among people deceased in 1957, Peter Freuchen ranks 123. Before him are Luigi Ganna, Ferenc Hirzer, Maurice Peeters, Kiyoshi Shiga, Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, and Harrison Ford. After him are Joseph Canteloube, Bugs Moran, Frank País, Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Augusto Genina, and Ralph Benatzky.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Peter Freuchen ranks 332 out of 1,032. Before him are Birthe Wilke (1936), Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811), Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia (1504), Henning Jensen (1949), Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655), and Cecil Bødker (1927). After him are Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1792), Jean Hersholt (1886), Per Nørgård (1932), Erik Eriksen (1902), Palle Huld (1912), and Hans Wegner (1914).

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Among EXPLORERS In Denmark

Among explorers born in Denmark, Peter Freuchen ranks 3. Before him are Vitus Bering (1681), and Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel (1784). After him are Lauge Koch (1892), Jørgen Jørgensen (1780), and Frans Blom (1893).

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