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Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

1581 - 1647

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Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpitər kɔrˈneːlɪsːoːn ˈɦoːft]; 16 March 1581 – 21 May 1647) - Knight in the Order of Saint Michael - was a Dutch historian, poet and playwright who lived during the Dutch Golden Age in literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft has received more than 75,738 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft is the 2,905th most popular writer (up from 8,661st in 2019), the 455th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 365th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Dutch Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft ranks 2,905 out of 5,755Before him are Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, Emma Orczy, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, William Goldman, Leah Goldberg, and Xanthus. After him are Anne Applebaum, Artur Lundkvist, Paul Fleming, Robert Harris, Michalina Wisłocka, and Jean-Antoine de Baïf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1581, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft ranks 12Before him are Bernardo Strozzi, James Ussher, Archduchess Gregoria Maximiliana of Austria, Hendrik Brouwer, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, and Hedwig of Denmark. After him are Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, and Edmund Gunter. Among people deceased in 1647, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft ranks 11Before him are Matthias Gallas, Zhang Xianzhong, Giovanni Lanfranco, Sebastiaen Vrancx, Zhu Yuyue, and Masaniello. After him are Pietro Carrera, Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, and Matthew Hopkins.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft ranks 455 out of 1,427Before him are Rinus Israël (1942), Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1619), Dirk Kuyt (1980), Eduard van Beinum (1900), Jan Luyken (1649), and Sjoukje Dijkstra (1942). After him are Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923), Floor Jansen (1981), Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934), Auguste Kerckhoffs (1835), Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (1845), and Willem de Vlamingh (1640).

Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft ranks 23Before him are Louis Couperus (1863), Isaac Titsingh (1745), Macropedius (1487), Gerard Reve (1923), Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882), and Jan Luyken (1649). After him are Willem Frederik Hermans (1921), Corrie ten Boom (1892), Tim Krabbé (1943), Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792), Jan Wolkers (1925), and Bertus Aafjes (1914).