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Wilfried Martens

1936 - 2013

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Wilfried Achiel Emma Martens (Dutch: [ˈʋɪlfrit ˈmɑrtəns] ; 19 April 1936 – 9 October 2013) was a Belgian politician who served as prime minister of Belgium from 1979 to 1981 and from 1981 to 1992. A member of the Flemish Christian People's Party, during his premiership he oversaw the transformation of Belgium into a federal state. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilfried Martens has received more than 172,904 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Wilfried Martens is the 5,577th most popular politician (down from 5,288th in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 185th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Belgian Politician.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wilfried Martens ranks 5,577 out of 19,576. Before him are Theudigisel, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, Stratonice of Syria, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Valentina Matviyenko, and Bolesław IV the Curly. After him are Beatrice of Castile, Nikolay Shvernik, Władysław Raczkiewicz, George XII of Georgia, Al-Musta'in, and John Russell, 1st Earl Russell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Wilfried Martens ranks 100. Before him are Don DeLillo, Moussa Traoré, Dean Stockwell, A. B. Yehoshua, Wolf Biermann, and Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild. After him are Roy Emerson, Ken Mattingly, Paul L. Smith, Nicos Poulantzas, Théo Sarapo, and Henry Lee Lucas. Among people deceased in 2013, Wilfried Martens ranks 78. Before him are Wojciech Kilar, Damiano Damiani, Bigas Luna, Seamus Heaney, Kenneth Waltz, and Sławomir Mrożek. After him are Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Ottmar Walter, Rossana Podestà, Stéphane Hessel, Arthur Danto, and Ken Norton.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Wilfried Martens ranks 188 out of 1,190. Before him are Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870), Adrien de Gerlache (1866), Fernand Khnopff (1858), Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), Pierre Alechinsky (1927), and Zénobe Gramme (1826). After him are Jacob van Artevelde (1290), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), Paul Otlet (1868), Eden Hazard (1991), Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes (919), and Robert Cailliau (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Wilfried Martens ranks 54. Before him are Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962), Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859), Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne (1735), Arnulf I, Count of Flanders (889), Queen Mathilde of Belgium (1973), and Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870). After him are Jacob van Artevelde (1290), Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes (919), Theroigne de Mericourt (1762), Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338), Henry II, Duke of Brabant (1207), and Henri de Baillet-Latour (1876).

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