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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 1,318,535 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Peter Freuchen is the 289th most popular explorer (down from 235th in 2019), the 331st most popular biography from Denmark (down from 267th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Explorer.

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  • 50.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Peter Freuchen ranks 289 out of 405. Before him are Gustav Adolf von Götzen, Edward S. Curtis, Francisco Moreno, Jens Munk, Grigory Potanin, and Lourenço Marques. After him are Sebastián Vizcaíno, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Alexander Gordon Laing, Gonçalo Velho Cabral, Bertrand Piccard, and Meriwether Lewis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Peter Freuchen ranks 153. Before him are Fernand Crommelynck, Grigory Neujmin, Kurt Schmitt, Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Chester Conklin, and Elise Ottesen-Jensen. After him are Florence Lawrence, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, Roberto María Ortiz, Jean Hersholt, G. I. Taylor, and Ernest Burgess. Among people deceased in 1957, Peter Freuchen ranks 118. Before him are Frank País, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Harald Sverdrup, Ralph Benatzky, Kiyoshi Shiga, and James Whale. After him are Augusto Genina, Ramon Magsaysay, Wilhelm Nusselt, Harrison Ford, Elia Abu Madi, and Carl-Gustaf Rossby.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Peter Freuchen ranks 331 out of 893. Before him are Sophus Nielsen (1888), Georg Mohr (1640), Conrad Malte-Brun (1775), Frank Arnesen (1956), Julius Petersen (1839), and August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1612). After him are Bjarne Riis (1964), Olafur Eliasson (1967), Kjeld Abell (1901), Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1609), Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia (1504), and Jean Hersholt (1886).

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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) and Jørgen Jørgensen (1780).

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