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Pim Fortuyn

1948 - 2002

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Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn (Dutch: [ˈpɪɱ fɔrˈtœyn] ; 19 February 1948 – 6 May 2002), was a Dutch politician, author, civil servant, businessman, sociologist and academic who founded the party Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn or LPF) in 2002.Fortuyn worked as a professor at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam before branching into a business career and was an advisor to the Dutch government on social infrastructure. He then became prominent in the Netherlands as a press columnist, writer and media commentator. Initially a Marxist who was sympathetic to the Communist Party of the Netherlands, and later a member of the Dutch Labour Party in the 1970s, Fortuyn's beliefs began to shift to the right in the 1990s, especially related to the immigration policies of the Netherlands. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pim Fortuyn has received more than 1,175,470 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Pim Fortuyn is the 3,191st most popular politician (up from 4,683rd in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 178th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Dutch Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Pim Fortuyns by language

Over the past year Pim Fortuyn has had the most page views in the with 176,220 views, followed by Dutch (159,780), and German (53,585). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (171.03%), Lombard (72.81%), and German (67.22%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pim Fortuyn ranks 3,191 out of 19,576. Before him are Nobusuke Kishi, Abu'l-Khayr Khan, Leopold I, Margrave of Austria, Yair Lapid, Albert IV, Duke of Austria, and Agis IV. After him are Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, Vortigern, Artur Rasizade, Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Emperor Ōjin, and Elio Di Rupo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Pim Fortuyn ranks 56. Before him are Arie Haan, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Valentin Ceaușescu, Brian Eno, Ian Paice, and Bernard-Henri Lévy. After him are Rudolf Schenker, Rory Gallagher, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Bille August, Claude Jade, and Svetlana Savitskaya. Among people deceased in 2002, Pim Fortuyn ranks 36. Before him are Jonas Savimbi, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Rod Steiger, James Tobin, George Porter, and John Gotti. After him are Hildegard Knef, Ne Win, Song Hye-rim, Aileen Wuornos, Zizinho, and Raf Vallone.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Pim Fortuyn ranks 138 out of 1,646. Before him are George Hendrik Breitner (1857), Gerard David (1450), Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967), Anton Mauve (1838), Etty Hillesum (1914), and Geert Hofstede (1928). After him are Pieter van der Aa (1659), Bernard Haitink (1929), Jan Swammerdam (1637), Ary Scheffer (1795), Meindert Hobbema (1638), and Johnny Rep (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Pim Fortuyn ranks 17. Before him are Dries van Agt (1931), Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584), William IV, Prince of Orange (1711), Geert Wilders (1963), William II of Holland (1228), and Mark Rutte (1967). After him are Pieter van der Aa (1659), William II, Duke of Bavaria (1365), Ruud Lubbers (1939), Wim Kok (1938), Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939), and John II, Count of Holland (1247).

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