WRITER

Rutger Bregman

1988 - Today

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Rutger Christiaan Bregman (born 26 April 1988) is a Dutch popular historian and author. He has published four books on history, philosophy, and economics, including Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World, which has been translated into thirty-two languages. His work has been featured in The Washington Post, The Guardian and the BBC. He has been described by The Guardian as the "Dutch wunderkind of new ideas" and by TED Talks as "one of Europe's most prominent young thinkers". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rutger Bregman has received more than 753,578 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Rutger Bregman is the 7,012th most popular writer, the 1,243rd most popular biography from Netherlands and the 63rd most popular Dutch Writer.

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  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rutger Bregman ranks 7,012 out of 7,302Before him are Dan Savage, Laura Lippman, Edwin O'Connor, Milan Ohnisko, Patrick Ness, and Julie Powell. After him are Bryan Konietzko, Michael Savage, Helen Dunmore, Chenjerai Hove, P. J. O'Rourke, and Lotta Lotass.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Rutger Bregman ranks 419Before him are Niclas Ekberg, Nikolay Mihaylov, Ritchie De Laet, Cody Walker, Analeigh Tipton, and Martin Olsson. After him are Kayne Vincent, Haruna Kojima, Bojana Živković, Marcos Freitas, Yuko Oshima, and Georges Mandjeck.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Rutger Bregman ranks 1,243 out of 1,646Before him are NikkieTutorials (1994), Erik van Rossum (1963), Marianne Timmer (1974), Niels van der Zwan (1967), Oğuzhan Özyakup (1992), and Jesse Klaver (1986). After him are Mohamed Ihattaren (2002), Hans Hateboer (1994), Mark Overmars (1958), Ids Postma (1973), André Paus (1965), and Kevin Hofland (1979).

Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Rutger Bregman ranks 63Before him are Ian Buruma (1951), Michel Faber (1960), Renate Dorrestein (1954), Gerbrand Bakker (1962), Arnon Grunberg (1971), and Jan van Steenbergen (1970). After him are Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (1991), and Femke Dekker (1979).