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Peter Minuit

1589 - 1638

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Peter Minuit (also Pierre Minuit (french version), or Peter Minnewit (dutch version)) (between 1580 and 1585 – August 5, 1638) was a Walloon (then part of the Spanish Netherlands) merchant born in Wesel, in present-day northwestern Germany. He was the 3rd Director of the Dutch North American colony of New Netherland from 1626 until 1631, and 3rd Governor of New Netherland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Minuit has received more than 729,756 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Minuit is the 5,349th most popular politician (up from 5,487th in 2019), the 1,471st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,540th in 2019) and the 423rd most popular German Politician.

Peter Minuit is most famous for buying Manhattan Island from the Native Americans for $24 worth of goods.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peter Minuit ranks 5,349 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Konoe, Letsie III of Lesotho, Hedwig of Saxony, Joan Blaeu, Tahir ibn Husayn, and Marcus Antonius. After him are Gunther, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Osorkon II, Rami Hamdallah, Yang You, and Butvydas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1589, Peter Minuit ranks 7. Before him are Feodor II of Russia, Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria, Ivan Gundulić, Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal, John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, and 4th Dalai Lama. After him are Domenico Fetti, John, Duke of Östergötland, Teimuraz I of Kakheti, Hercules Seghers, Marko Krizin, and Gabriel Báthory. Among people deceased in 1638, Peter Minuit ranks 11. Before him are François Leclerc du Tremblay, Amakusa Shirō, Johannes Althusius, Cyril Lucaris, John Harvard, and Cornelis van Haarlem. After him are Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, Willem Blaeu, Hercules Seghers, Paulus Moreelse, Barbara Longhi, and Johann Heinrich Alsted.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Minuit ranks 1,471 out of 7,253. Before him are Samuel Scheidt (1587), Matilda of Frisia (1024), Werner Best (1903), Johann Eck (1486), Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773), and Anton von Werner (1843). After him are Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1570), Melitta Bentz (1873), Walter Warlimont (1894), Christian Wulff (1959), Frederick II, Elector Palatine (1482), and Adam Olearius (1603).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Peter Minuit ranks 423. Before him are Prince Charles of Prussia (1801), Arnold Gehlen (1904), Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676), Princess Feodora of Leiningen (1807), Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857), and Werner Best (1903). After him are Walter Warlimont (1894), Christian Wulff (1959), Frederick II, Elector Palatine (1482), Karl Eberhard Schöngarth (1903), Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887), and Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg (1617).

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