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Gaston Thorn

1928 - 2007

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Gaston Egmond Thorn (3 September 1928 – 26 August 2007) was a Luxembourgish politician who served in a number of high-profile positions, both domestically and internationally. He most prominently served as prime minister of Luxembourg (1974–1979), President of the United Nations General Assembly (1975), and president of the European Commission (1981–1985). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaston Thorn is the 4,579th most popular politician (down from 4,229th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Luxembourg and the 7th most popular Luxembourger Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gaston Thorn ranks 4,579 out of 19,576. Before him are Mengu-Timur, Shoshenq III, Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Jean Bart, Agatha Barbara, and Prince Ernst of Hohenberg. After him are Anaxandridas II, Aaron Burr, René II, Duke of Lorraine, Theodemir, Arsaces II of Parthia, and Markos Vafeiadis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Gaston Thorn ranks 79. Before him are Tommaso Buscetta, Hans Modrow, Gustav Leonhardt, Lina Wertmüller, Capucine, and Musa al-Sadr. After him are Tony Richardson, Seki Matsunaga, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Elias James Corey, Manfred Rommel, and Bernard Cribbins. Among people deceased in 2007, Gaston Thorn ranks 50. Before him are Arawa Kimura, Momofuku Ando, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Abbé Pierre, John Backus, and Oscar Peterson. After him are Vladimir Kryuchkov, Nobuo Matsunaga, Paul Watzlawick, David Lane, Jean-Claude Brialy, and Michael Jackson.

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In Luxembourg

Among people born in Luxembourg, Gaston Thorn ranks 11 out of 95. Before him are Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1955), Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894), Jean-Claude Juncker (1954), Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896), Jules A. Hoffmann (1941), and Jacques Santer (1937). After him are Ernst von Mansfeld (1580), Hugo Gernsback (1884), Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg (1922), Joseph Bech (1887), Edward Steichen (1879), and Jean-Claude Hollerich (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In Luxembourg

Among politicians born in Luxembourg, Gaston Thorn ranks 7. Before him are Robert Schuman (1886), John of Bohemia (1296), Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894), Jean-Claude Juncker (1954), Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896), and Jacques Santer (1937). After him are Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg (1922), Joseph Bech (1887), Prince Charles of Luxembourg (1927), Viviane Reding (1951), Michel Théato (1878), and Luc Frieden (1963).

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