1568 - 1615
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 68,676 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Pieter Both is the 9,558th most popular politician, the 407th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 70th most popular Dutch Politician.
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Among politicians, Pieter Both ranks 9,558 out of 15,577. Before him are George Koval, Anna Walentynowicz, Iajuddin Ahmed, Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Sa'dun Hammadi, and Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. After him are Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Iolu Abil, Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, José Félix Estigarribia, Abdirashid Shermarke, and Murad Giray.
1913 - 2006
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 9,552
1929 - 2010
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 9,553
1931 - 2012
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 9,554
1582 - 1632
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,555
1930 - 2007
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,556
1519 - 1567
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,557
1568 - 1615
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,558
1653 - 1728
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,559
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,560
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,561
1888 - 1940
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,562
1919 - 1969
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,563
1627 - 1696
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 9,564
Among people born in 1568, Pieter Both ranks 15. Before him are Giuseppe Cesari, Anna Vasa of Sweden, Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza, Marino Ghetaldi, and Michael Maier. After him are Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Juan Martínez Montañés. Among people deceased in 1615, Pieter Both ranks 12. Before him are Heo Jun, Dom Justo Takayama, Virginia de' Medici, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, and Claudio Acquaviva. After him are Marcantonio Memmo, Adriaan van Roomen, and Melchior Vulpius.
1568 - 1640
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 9
1568 - 1625
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 10
1568 - 1630
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 11
1568 - 1630
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 12
1568 - 1626
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 13
1568 - 1622
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 14
1568 - 1615
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 15
1568 - 1636
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 16
1568 - 1649
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 17
1546 - 1615
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 6
1552 - 1615
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 7
1568 - 1615
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 8
1550 - 1615
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 9
1535 - 1615
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 10
1543 - 1615
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 11
1568 - 1615
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 12
1536 - 1615
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 13
1561 - 1615
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 14
1570 - 1615
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 15
Among people born in Netherlands, Pieter Both ranks 407 out of 1,427. Before him are Herman Willem Daendels (1762), Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611), Herman Gorter (1864), Cornelis Cort (1533), Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (1625), and Herman Snellen (1834). After him are Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918), Adriaen van de Venne (1589), Caspar van Wittel (1653), Louis Couperus (1863), Ronald de Boer (1970), and Johannes Willebrands (1909).
1762 - 1818
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 401
1611 - 1693
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 402
1864 - 1927
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 403
1533 - 1578
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 404
1625 - 1663
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 405
1834 - 1908
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 406
1568 - 1615
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 407
1918 - 2000
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 408
1589 - 1662
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 409
1653 - 1736
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 410
1863 - 1923
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 411
1970 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 412
1909 - 2006
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 413
Among politicians born in Netherlands, Pieter Both ranks 70. Before him are Floris II, Count of Holland (1091), Anna van Egmont (1533), Dirk I, Count of Holland (875), Johannes van den Bosch (1780), Herman Willem Daendels (1762), and Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (1625). After him are Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau (1634), Dirk Stikker (1897), Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710), Nicolaes Witsen (1641), Roméo Dallaire (1946), and Louis Beel (1902).
1091 - 1121
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 64
1533 - 1558
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 65
875 - 939
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 66
1780 - 1844
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 67
1762 - 1818
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 68
1625 - 1663
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 69
1568 - 1615
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 70
1634 - 1696
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 71
1897 - 1979
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 72
1710 - 1777
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 73
1641 - 1717
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 74
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 75
1902 - 1977
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 76