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Piet de Jong

1915 - 2016

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Petrus Jozef Sietse "Piet" de Jong (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpeːtrʏ ˈɕoːzəf ˈsitsə ˈpi(d) də ˈjɔŋ]; 3 April 1915 – 27 July 2016) was a Dutch politician and naval officer who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1967 to 1971. He was a member of the Catholic People's Party (KVP), later merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). De Jong applied at the Royal Naval College in Den Helder and graduated as an ensign in the Navy and joined the Submarine Service. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Piet de Jong has received more than 203,140 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Piet de Jong is the 8,447th most popular politician (down from 8,375th in 2019), the 363rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 350th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Dutch Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Piet de Jong ranks 8,447 out of 19,576. Before him are Taspar Qaghan, Ahmed Abdallah, Koca Davud Pasha, Yusuf ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri, Gertrude of Austria, and Elisabeth of Lorraine. After him are Joan, Duchess of Brittany, Phetracha, Manuel Valls, Katō Takaaki, Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, and Alamgir II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Piet de Jong ranks 91. Before him are Lorne Greene, Jo Van Fleet, Loris Francesco Capovilla, Tapio Wirkkala, Shogo Kamo, and Mariano Rumor. After him are Philip Morrison, Horst Sindermann, László Csatáry, Prince George William of Hanover, André Frossard, and Caterina Boratto. Among people deceased in 2016, Piet de Jong ranks 143. Before him are Maurice White, Loris Francesco Capovilla, Gordie Howe, Roger Y. Tsien, Arthur Hiller, and Chus Lampreave. After him are Anker Jørgensen, Silvana Pampanini, Trifon Ivanov, Zdravko Tolimir, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, and Peter Vaughan.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Piet de Jong ranks 363 out of 1,646. Before him are Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1657), Rafael van der Vaart (1983), Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923), Kea Bouman (1903), Aldo van Eyck (1918), and Giovanni van Bronckhorst (1975). After him are Jan van Huysum (1682), Anton Corbijn (1955), Huub Stevens (1953), Aert van der Neer (1603), Jan Timman (1951), and Cristina Deutekom (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Piet de Jong ranks 58. Before him are Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788), Frans Timmermans (1961), Henk Sneevliet (1883), Dirk V, Count of Holland (1053), Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743), and Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1657). After him are Floris II, Count of Holland (1091), Gottfried van Swieten (1733), Joseph Luns (1911), William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1613), Herman Willem Daendels (1762), and Frits Bolkestein (1933).

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