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Sicco Mansholt

1908 - 1995

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Sicco Leendert Mansholt (Dutch: [ˈsɪkoː ˈleːndərt ˈmɑnsɦɔlt]; 13 September 1908 – 29 June 1995) was a Dutch farmer, politician and diplomat of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (PvdA), who served as the fourth president of the European Commission from 1 March 1972 until 5 January 1973. Mansholt worked as a farmer in Wieringermeer from 1937 until 1945. In 1940, during World War II, he joined the Dutch resistance against the German occupiers and helped shelter refugees. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sicco Mansholt has received more than 117,506 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Sicco Mansholt is the 6,814th most popular politician (up from 7,467th in 2019), the 289th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 301st in 2019) and the 46th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sicco Mansholt ranks 6,814 out of 19,576. Before him are Robert Surcouf, Pylyp Orlyk, Tarmashirin, Edmund the Martyr, Íngrid Betancourt, and Bamir Topi. After him are Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, Ernest, Margrave of Austria, Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Juan Velasco Alvarado, and Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Sicco Mansholt ranks 91. Before him are Cus D'Amato, Viktor Abakumov, Bjarni Benediktsson, Giacomo Manzù, Afet İnan, and Lev Pontryagin. After him are Gustavo Marzi, Lionel Hampton, Michael Redgrave, Michael DeBakey, Libertad Lamarque, and Carlo Abarth. Among people deceased in 1995, Sicco Mansholt ranks 81. Before him are Morarji Desai, Gabriel Urgebadze, Joseph Needham, Franciszek Gajowniczek, Clair Cameron Patterson, and Alexander Godunov. After him are Eazy-E, Annie Fischer, Nathan Rosen, Mia Martini, Sylvester Stadler, and Peter van de Kamp.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Sicco Mansholt ranks 289 out of 1,646. Before him are Erwin Koeman (1961), Alexandrine Tinné (1835), Titus van Rijn (1641), Arnold Houbraken (1660), Wim Hof (1959), and Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798). After him are Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210), Teddy Scholten (1926), Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (1968), Philip William, Prince of Orange (1554), Floris V, Count of Holland (1254), and Floris I, Count of Holland (1025).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Sicco Mansholt ranks 46. Before him are Jan Peter Balkenende (1956), William, Prince of Orange (1840), Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (940), Hendrik Verwoerd (1901), Joop den Uyl (1919), and Philippa of Guelders (1464). After him are Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210), Philip William, Prince of Orange (1554), Floris V, Count of Holland (1254), Floris I, Count of Holland (1025), Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1768), and Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788).

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