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Pieter Both

1568 - 1615

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Pieter Both (1568 – 6 March 1615) was the first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. Not much is known of his early years. In 1599, Both was already an admiral in the New, or Brabant Company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pieter Both has received more than 74,622 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Pieter Both is the 9,623rd most popular politician (down from 9,531st in 2019), the 427th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 406th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Dutch Politician.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pieter Both ranks 9,623 out of 19,576. Before him are Mieczysław Rakowski, Mikhail Rodzianko, Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Tashfin ibn Ali, Æthelred of Mercia, and Gilbert Horal. After him are Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau, Ingvar of Kiev, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, Alan II, Duke of Brittany, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and Sandra Day O'Connor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1568, Pieter Both ranks 15. Before him are Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Marino Ghetaldi, Virginia de' Medici, Anna Vasa of Sweden, Leonora Dori, and Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza. After him are Sophie of Brandenburg, Michael Maier, Sō Yoshitoshi, Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Juan Martínez Montañés, and Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. Among people deceased in 1615, Pieter Both ranks 13. Before him are Heo Jun, Yodo-dono, Virginia de' Medici, Claudio Acquaviva, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, and Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia. After him are Sō Yoshitoshi, Marcantonio Memmo, Adriaan van Roomen, Lady Arbella Stuart, ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni, and Melchior Vulpius.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Pieter Both ranks 427 out of 1,646. Before him are Frits Bolkestein (1933), Matthias Stom (1600), Johannes Willebrands (1909), Barend Biesheuvel (1920), Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594), and Virgil van Dijk (1991). After him are Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau (1634), Adriaen van der Werff (1659), Fons Rademakers (1920), Dirk Jan de Geer (1870), Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581), and Wil van Gogh (1862).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Pieter Both ranks 66. Before him are Gottfried van Swieten (1733), Joseph Luns (1911), William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz (1613), Herman Willem Daendels (1762), Frits Bolkestein (1933), and Barend Biesheuvel (1920). After him are Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau (1634), Dirk Jan de Geer (1870), Louis Beel (1902), Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710), Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (1625), and Dirk I, Count of Holland (875).

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